• 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 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 2 Off on a great adventure

  • 3 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 4 Hartland's invitation

  • 5 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 6 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 7 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 8 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 9 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 10 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 11 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 12 New Post Office

  • 13 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 14 Parkham plan realised

  • 15 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 16 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 17 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 18 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 19 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 20 Burnard family reunion

  • 21 Sight of a lifetime

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

  • 23 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 24 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 25 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 26 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 27 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 28 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 29 Littleham family's five generations

  • 30 Revenge in style

  • 31 Waldon Triplets
  • 32 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 33

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 34 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 35 A story to tell!

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

  • 37 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 38 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 39 School crossing patrol begins

  • 40 Hartland postman retires

  • 41

    Married in 1908
  • 42 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 43 Devil sent packing

  • 44 Variety in summer weather

  • 45 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 46 Traditions and skills still there

  • 47 Bideford regatta

  • 48 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 49 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 50 Recognise this resort?

  • 51 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 52 Artisans' Club

  • 53 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 54 It really was the 'last time'

  • 55 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 56 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 57 Torrington's new amenity

  • 58 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 59 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 60 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 61 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 62 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 63 In their new robes and hats

  • 64 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 65

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 66 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 67 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 68 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 69 Simple Item 138
  • 70 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 71 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 72 Just over a year old

  • 73 So this is the mainland!

  • 74 Bideford computer stars

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    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 76 Grenville House for Bideford R.D.C.

  • 77 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 78 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 79

    Bidefordians
  • 80 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 81 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 82 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 83 Twenty-one yachts

  • 84

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 85 New Lundy stamps

  • 86

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 87 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 88

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 89 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 90 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 91 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 92 Weare Giffard potato

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

  • 94 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 95 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 96 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 97 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 98 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 99 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

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

  • 101 The Geneva marionettes

  • 102 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 103

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 104 Loads of black and white

  • 105 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 106

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 107 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 108 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 109 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 110 He beat the floods

  • 111 Peter poses for TV film

  • 112

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 113 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 114 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 115 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 116 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 117 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 118 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 119 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 120 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 121 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 122 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 123 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 124 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 125 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 126 A roof-top view - where?

  • 127 Penny for the guy

  • 128 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 129 For crying out loud!

  • 130 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 131 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 132 North Devon Driving School

  • 133 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 134

    Was a missionary
  • 135

    Exhibition of school work
  • 136 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 137 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 138 Out of puff!

  • 139 Last train from Torrington

  • 140 All for the love of a lady!

  • 141 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 142 Puppet characters introduced

  • 143 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 144 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 145 No laughing matter

  • 146 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 147 School's link with cargo ship

  • 148 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 149 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 150 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 151 The art of the thatcher

  • 152 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 153 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 154 Bridging the stream

  • 155 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 156 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 157 Clovelly nightmare

  • 158 No sale of Springfield House

  • 159 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 160 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 161 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 162 Decontrol of meat

  • 163

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 164

    Building works
  • 165 Doing time - over 300 years of it - at Hartland

  • 166 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 167 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 168 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 169 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 170 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 171 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 172

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 173 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 174 Circus comes to town

  • 175 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 176 New life for Hartland organ

  • 177

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 178 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 179 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 180 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 181 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 182 Six footed lamb

  • 183 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 184 Daisy's pride and joy

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    New gateway
  • 186 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 187 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 188 Clovelly custom

  • 189 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 190 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 191 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 192 Police station view of Bideford

  • 193 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 194 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 195

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 196 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 197 Private home for public pump

  • 198

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 199

    First prize
  • 200 New art gallery opened

  • 201 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 202 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 203 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 204 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 205 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 206 Riverside mystery

  • 207 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 208 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 209 One of the luckier farmers in getting in the problem harvest

  • 210 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 211 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 212 Jumble sale fever

  • 213 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 214 New look in the hayfields

  • 215 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 216 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

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

  • 218 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 219 Mobile missionary

  • 220 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 221 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 222 Pannier Market's future?

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    Cadets are given certificates
  • 224 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 225 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 226 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 227 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

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    Relatives all over the world
  • 229 Ten year old scrambler

  • 230 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 231 Northam footballers of the future

  • 232 When horses score over the tractor

  • 233 By pony and trap to market

  • 234 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 235 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 236 Happy Days!

  • 237

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 238 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 239 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 240 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 241 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 242 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 243 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 244 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 246 Bideford 'What's my line?' challenger

  • 247 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 248 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 249 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 250

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 251 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 252 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 253 Emergency ferry services

  • 254 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 255 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 256 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 257 Picking the pops

  • 258 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 259 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 260 First ship in 8 years

  • 261 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 262 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 263 Life begins at 80

  • 264 New civic medallions

  • 265 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 266

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 267 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 268 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 269 Championship Trophy for Hartland
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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 271 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 272 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 273 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 274 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 275 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 276 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 277 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 278 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 279 Torrington in 1967

  • 280 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 281 New choral society's growing response

  • 282 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 283 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 284 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 285 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 286 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

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    Successful motor cycling team
  • 288 Hartland Dancers
  • 289 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 290 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 291 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 292 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 293 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 294 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 295 Service with a smile

  • 296 A man and his wheel

  • 297

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 298 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 299 Northam's almshouse

  • 300 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 301 New shipyard on schedule

  • 302 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 303 All aboard the ark

  • 304 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 305 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 306 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 307 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 308 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 309 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 310

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 311 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 312 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 313

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 314 New addition to Quay front

  • 315 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 316 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 317 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 318 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 319 Some mushroom!

  • 320 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 321 They are parted pro-tem

  • 322 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 323 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

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

  • 325 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 326 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 327 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 328 Ships at Bideford

  • 329 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 330 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 331 Centenary of Gazette

  • 332 The creative urge on Saturday morning

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

  • 334 Finished in 1876

  • 335 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 336 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 337 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 338 What's the time?

  • 339 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 340 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 341 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 342 Picking the pops

  • 343 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 344 Torrington children build igloo
  • 345 Appledore's largest

  • 346 Warmington's garage ad

  • 347 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 348 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 349 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 350 Some 240 exhibits

  • 351 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 352 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 353 End of the line

  • 354 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 355 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 356 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 357 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 358 Cruising down the river

  • 359 No ancient Grecian temple this

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

  • 361 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 362

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 363 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 364 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 365 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 366 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 367 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 368 Modern living at Bideford

  • 369 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 370 Can spring be far away?

  • 371 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 372 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 373 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 374 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 375 113 years at Instow

  • 376 Capers on the cobbles

  • 377 Bideford loses training ship

  • 378 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 379 A bird of their own!

  • 380 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 381 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 382 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

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

  • 384 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 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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Woolsery News

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