• 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 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 2 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 3 Some mushroom!

  • 4

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 5 Appledore's largest

  • 6 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 7 All for the love of a lady!

  • 8 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 9 Northam's almshouse

  • 10 Burnard family reunion

  • 11 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 12 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 13 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

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

  • 15 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 16

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 17 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 18 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 19 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 20 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 21 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 22 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 23 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 24 First ship in 8 years

  • 25 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 26 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 27 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 28 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 29 Out of puff!

  • 30 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 31 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 32 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 33 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 34 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 35 Northam footballers of the future

  • 36 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 37 Filming at Hartland

  • 38 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 39 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 40 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 41 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 42

    Relatives all over the world
  • 43 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 44 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 45

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 46 No laughing matter

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

  • 48 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 49 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

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

  • 51 Ships at Bideford

  • 52 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 53 New life for Hartland organ

  • 54 What's the time?

  • 55 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 56 Penny for the guy

  • 57 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 58 Torrington in 1967

  • 59 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 60

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 61 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 62 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 63 Loads of black and white

  • 64 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 65 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 66 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 67 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 68 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 69 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 70 New look in the hayfields

  • 71 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 72 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 73 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 74 Picking the pops

  • 75 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 76

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 77 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 78 School crossing patrol begins

  • 79 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 80 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 81 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 82

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 83

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 84 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 85 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 86 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 87 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 88 North Devon Driving School

  • 89 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 90 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 91 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 92 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 93 Hartland postman retires

  • 94 Revenge in style

  • 95 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 96 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 97 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 98 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 99 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 100 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 101 Traditions and skills still there

  • 102 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 103 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 104 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 105 Hartland's invitation

  • 106 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 107 113 years at Instow

  • 108 Torrington's new amenity

  • 109 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 110 End of the line

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

  • 112 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 113 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 114 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 115 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 116 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 117

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 118

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 119 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 120 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 121 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 122 Life begins at 80

  • 123 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 124

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 125 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 126 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 127 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 128 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 129 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 130 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 131 Waldon Triplets
  • 132 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 133 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 134 A bird of their own!

  • 135 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 136 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 137

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 138 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 139 Torrington children build igloo
  • 140 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 141 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 142 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 143 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 144 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 145 He beat the floods

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

  • 147 Riverside mystery

  • 148 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 149 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 150 Puppet characters introduced

  • 151

    Was a missionary
  • 152 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 153 The cab at the corner>
  • 154 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 155 Simple Item 138
  • 156 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 157 It really was the 'last time'

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

  • 159 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 160 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 161 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 162 Ten year old scrambler

  • 163 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 164 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 165 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 166 Hartland Dancers
  • 167 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 168 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 169 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 170 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 171 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 172 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 173 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 174 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 175 Mobile missionary

  • 176 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 177 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 178 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 179 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 180 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 181

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 182 By pony and trap to market

  • 183 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 184 Alwington School closing after 120 years

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

  • 186 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 187

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 188 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 189 Capers on the cobbles

  • 190 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 191 So this is the mainland!

  • 192

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 193 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 194 When horses score over the tractor

  • 195 Picking the pops

  • 196 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 197

    Building works
  • 198 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 199 Recognise this resort?

  • 200

    Bidefordians
  • 201

    Married in 1908
  • 202 Bideford 'What's my line?' challenger

  • 203 All aboard the ark

  • 204 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 205 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 206 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 207 Bideford regatta

  • 208 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 209 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 210 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 211 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 212 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 213 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 214 Bideford computer stars

  • 215 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 216 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 217 School's link with cargo ship

  • 218 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 219 Emergency ferry services

  • 220 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 221 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 222

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 223 Happy Days!

  • 224 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 225 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 226 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 227 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 228 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 229 Decontrol of meat

  • 230 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 231 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 232 Modern living at Bideford

  • 233 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 234 Jumble sale fever

  • 235 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 236

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 237 Service with a smile

  • 238 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 239 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 240 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 241 Pannier Market's future?

  • 242 New civic medallions

  • 243 Devil sent packing

  • 244 Just over a year old

  • 245 From Bobby to Brian

  • 246 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 247 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 248 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 249 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

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

  • 251 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 252 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 253 In their new robes and hats

  • 254

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 255 The Geneva marionettes

  • 256 A roof-top view - where?

  • 257 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 258 Clovelly nightmare

  • 259 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 260 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 261 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 262 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 263 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 264 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 265 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 266 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 267 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 268 Artisans' Club

  • 269 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 270 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 271 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 272 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

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

  • 274 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 275 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 276 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 277 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 278 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 279 They are parted pro-tem

  • 280 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 281 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 282

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 283 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 284 Cruising down the river

  • 285 New addition to Quay front

  • 286 Sweets derationing

  • 287 Bideford's private wharves busier

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

  • 289 Off on a great adventure

  • 290 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 291 Six footed lamb

  • 292

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 293 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 294 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 295 Bideford loses training ship

  • 296 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 297 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 298 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 299 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 300 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 301

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 302

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 303 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 304

    First prize
  • 305 Weare Giffard potato

  • 306 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 307 No sale of Springfield House

  • 308 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 309 Clovelly custom

  • 310 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 311 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 312 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 313 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 314 Peter poses for TV film

  • 315 New shipyard on schedule

  • 316 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 317 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 318 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 319 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 320 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 321

    Exhibition of school work
  • 322 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 323 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 324 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 325 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 326 Some 240 exhibits

  • 327 Can spring be far away?

  • 328 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 329 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 330 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 331 Centenary of Gazette

  • 332

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 333 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

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

  • 335 New Lundy stamps

  • 336 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 337 Littleham family's five generations

  • 338 Warmington's garage ad

  • 339 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 340 Bridging the stream

  • 341 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 342

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 343 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 344 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 345 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 346 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 347 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 348 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 349 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 350 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 351 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 352 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 353 Parkham plan realised

  • 354 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 355 Last train from Torrington

  • 356 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 357 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 358 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 360 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 361 Twenty-one yachts

  • 362 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 363 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 364 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 365 Police station view of Bideford

  • 366 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 367 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 368 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 369 The art of the thatcher

  • 370 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 371 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 372 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 373 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 374 New choral society's growing response

  • 375 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 376 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 377 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 378 For crying out loud!

  • 379 A story to tell!

  • 380 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 381

    New gateway
  • 382 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 383 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 384 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 385 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 386 A man and his wheel

  • 387 Sight of a lifetime

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

  • 389 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 390 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 391 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 392 Finished in 1876

  • 393 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 394 Circus comes to town

  • 395 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 396 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 397 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 398 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 399 New Post Office

  • 400 New art gallery opened

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

  • 402 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 403 Variety in summer weather

  • 404 Private home for public pump

  • 405 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 406 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 407 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 408 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 409 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 410 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 411 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 412

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 413 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

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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