• 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 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 2 Decontrol of meat

  • 3 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 4 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 5 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 6 Devil sent packing

  • 7 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 8 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 9 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 10 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 11 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 12 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 13 Hartland Dancers
  • 14 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 15 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 16 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 17 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

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

  • 19 New Lundy stamps

  • 20 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 21 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 22 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 23 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 24 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 25 Bideford regatta

  • 26 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 27 Northam's almshouse

  • 28

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 29 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 30 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 31 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 32 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 33

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 34 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 35 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 36 Happy Days!

  • 37 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 38 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 39 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 40 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 41 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 42 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 43 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 44 A story to tell!

  • 45

    Relatives all over the world
  • 46 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 47 Revenge in style

  • 48 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 49 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 50 Weare Giffard potato

  • 51 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 52 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 53 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 54 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 55 New Post Office

  • 56 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 57 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 58 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 59 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 60 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 61

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 62 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 63 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 64 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 65 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 66 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 67

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 68 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 69

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 70 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 71 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 72 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 73 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 74 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 75

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 76 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 77 Can spring be far away?

  • 78 So this is the mainland!

  • 79 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 80 Capers on the cobbles

  • 81 Off on a great adventure

  • 82 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 83 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 84 All for the love of a lady!

  • 85

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 86 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 87

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 88 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 89 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 90 Littleham family's five generations

  • 91 Cruising down the river

  • 92 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 93 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 94 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 95 It really was the 'last time'

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

  • 97 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 98 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 99 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 100 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 101 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 102 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 103 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 104 Centenary of Gazette

  • 105 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 106 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 107 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 108 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 109 New life for Hartland organ

  • 110

    First prize
  • 111 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 112 Service with a smile

  • 113 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 114 For crying out loud!

  • 115 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 116 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 117 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 118 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 119

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 120 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 121 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 122 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 123 The cab at the corner>
  • 124 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 125 Simple Item 138
  • 126

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 127 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 128 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 129 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

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

  • 131 New civic medallions

  • 132 They are parted pro-tem

  • 133 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 134 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 135 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 136 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 137 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 138 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 139 A roof-top view - where?

  • 140 Picking the pops

  • 141 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 142 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 143 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 144 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 145 Mobile missionary

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

  • 147 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 148 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 149 A bird of their own!

  • 150

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 151 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 152 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 153 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 154 Riverside mystery

  • 155 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 156 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 157 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

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

  • 159 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 160 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 161 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 162 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

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

  • 164 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 165 Hartland postman retires

  • 166 Variety in summer weather

  • 167 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 168 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 169 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 170

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 171 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 172 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 173 Torrington's new amenity

  • 174 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 175 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 176 113 years at Instow

  • 177 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 178 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 179 New shipyard on schedule

  • 180 Filming at Hartland

  • 181

    Building works
  • 182 Modern living at Bideford

  • 183 Appledore's largest

  • 184 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 185

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 186 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 187 Northam footballers of the future

  • 188 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 189 Loads of black and white

  • 190 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 191 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 192 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 193 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 194 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 195 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 196 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 197 Bideford computer stars

  • 198 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 199 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 200 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 201

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 202 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 203 Warmington's garage ad

  • 204 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 205 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 206 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 207

    Married in 1908
  • 208 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 209 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 210 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 211 School's link with cargo ship

  • 212 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 213 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 214 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 215 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 216 Picking the pops

  • 217 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 218 Clovelly custom

  • 219 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 220 Twenty-one yachts

  • 221 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 222 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 223 Life begins at 80

  • 224 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 225 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 226 Ten year old scrambler

  • 227 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 228 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 229 Puppet characters introduced

  • 230 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 231 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 232 Sweets derationing

  • 233 Circus comes to town

  • 234 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 235

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 236 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 237 Hartland's invitation

  • 238 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 239 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 240 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 241 Burnard family reunion

  • 242 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 243 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 244 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 245 From Bobby to Brian

  • 246 When horses score over the tractor

  • 247 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 248 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 249 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 250 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 251 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 252 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 253 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 254 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 255 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 256 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 257 Police station view of Bideford

  • 258 North Devon Driving School

  • 259 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 260 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 261 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 262 Parkham plan realised

  • 263 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 264 No sale of Springfield House

  • 265 The art of the thatcher

  • 266 New look in the hayfields

  • 267 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 268 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 269 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

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

  • 271 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

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

  • 273

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 274 Last train from Torrington

  • 275 End of the line

  • 276 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 277 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 278 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 279 A man and his wheel

  • 280

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 281 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 282 Finished in 1876

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

  • 284 New fire and ambulance stations

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

  • 286 What's the time?

  • 287 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 288 Jumble sale fever

  • 289 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 290

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 291

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 292 Artisans' Club

  • 293 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 294 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 295 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 296 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 297 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 298 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 299 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 300 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 301 Bideford loses training ship

  • 302 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 303 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 304 No laughing matter

  • 305 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 306 New choral society's growing response

  • 307 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 308 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 309 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 310 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 311 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 312 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 313

    Was a missionary
  • 314 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 315 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 316 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 317 By pony and trap to market

  • 318 He beat the floods

  • 319 All aboard the ark

  • 320 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 321 Some 240 exhibits

  • 322 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 323 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 324 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 325

    New gateway
  • 326 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 327

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 328 Sight of a lifetime

  • 329 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 330 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 331 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 332 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 333 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 334 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 335 School crossing patrol begins

  • 336 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 337 Torrington in 1967

  • 338 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 339 Waldon Triplets
  • 340

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 341 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 342 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 343 First ship in 8 years

  • 344 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 345 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 346 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 347 New addition to Quay front

  • 348 Penny for the guy

  • 349 Some mushroom!

  • 350 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 351 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

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

  • 353 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 354 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 355 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 356 New art gallery opened

  • 357 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 358

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 359 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 360

    Exhibition of school work
  • 361 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 362 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 363 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 364 Out of puff!

  • 365 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 366 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 367 Recognise this resort?

  • 368

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 369 Torrington children build igloo
  • 370 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 371

    Bidefordians
  • 372 Open-air art exhibition by 'under 40' group

  • 373 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 374 Emergency ferry services

  • 375 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 376 Clovelly nightmare

  • 377 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 378 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 379 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 380 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 381 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 382 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 383

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 384 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 385 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 386

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 387 Ships at Bideford

  • 388 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 389 Pannier Market's future?

  • 390 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 391 Just over a year old

  • 392 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 393 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 394 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 395 Traditions and skills still there

  • 396 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 397 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 398 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 399 The Geneva marionettes

  • 400 Peter poses for TV film

  • 401 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 402 Bridging the stream

  • 403 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 404 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 405 Private home for public pump

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

  • 407 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 408 Six footed lamb

  • 409 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 410 In their new robes and hats

  • 411 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 412 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 413 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

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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  • 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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  • 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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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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