• 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 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 2 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

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

  • 4 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 5 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 6 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 7 Born 1883 - still going strong

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

  • 9 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 10 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 11 Torrington's new amenity

  • 12 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 13 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 14 Cruising down the river

  • 15 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 16 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 17

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 18 Northam footballers of the future

  • 19 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

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

  • 21 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 22 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 23 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 24 Devil sent packing

  • 25 A man and his wheel

  • 26 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 27 No sale of Springfield House

  • 28 They are parted pro-tem

  • 29 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 30

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 31 North Devon Driving School

  • 32

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 33

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 34 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 35 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 36 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 37 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 38 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 39 Life begins at 80

  • 40 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 41 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 42 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 43 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 44

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 45 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 46 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 47 Hartland postman retires

  • 48 Emergency ferry services

  • 49 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 50 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 51 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 52 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 53 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 54 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 55 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 56 Revenge in style

  • 57 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 58 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 59 Centenary of Gazette

  • 60 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 61 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 62 A roof-top view - where?

  • 63 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 64 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 65 The art of the thatcher

  • 66 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 67 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 68 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 69 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 70 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 71 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 72 New look in the hayfields

  • 73 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 74

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 75

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 76 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 77 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 78 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 79 Loads of black and white

  • 80 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 81 New shipyard on schedule

  • 82 Circus comes to town

  • 83 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 84 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 85 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 86 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 87 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 88 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 89 Bridging the stream

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    New gateway
  • 91 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 92 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 93 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 94

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 95 Decontrol of meat

  • 96 Picking the pops

  • 97 When horses score over the tractor

  • 98 Last train from Torrington

  • 99 Picking the pops

  • 100 Panto time at Westward Ho!

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

  • 102 Jumble sale fever

  • 103 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 104 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 105 Police station view of Bideford

  • 106 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 107 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 108

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 109 Hartland's invitation

  • 110 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 111 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 112

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 113 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 114 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 115 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 116 Service with a smile

  • 117 Light reading for the lighthouse

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

  • 119 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 120 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 121 New life for Hartland organ

  • 122 Twenty-one yachts

  • 123 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 124 New art gallery opened

  • 125 Private home for public pump

  • 126 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 127 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 128 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 129 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 130 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 131 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 132 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 133 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 134 Hartland Dancers
  • 135 Warmington's garage ad

  • 136 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 137 Out of puff!

  • 138 Pannier Market's future?

  • 139 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 140 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 141 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 142 End of the line

  • 143 Ten year old scrambler

  • 144

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 145 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 146 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 147 Peter poses for TV film

  • 148 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 149 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 150 A bird of their own!

  • 151 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 152 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 153 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 154 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 155 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 156 Recognise this resort?

  • 157 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 158 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 159 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 160 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 161 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 162 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 163 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 164 Parkham plan realised

  • 165 It really was the 'last time'

  • 166 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 167 Off on a great adventure

  • 168 Northam's almshouse

  • 169 Bideford computer stars

  • 170 Ships at Bideford

  • 171 Mobile missionary

  • 172 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 173 Sight of a lifetime

  • 174 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

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

  • 176 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 177 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 178 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 179 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 180 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 181 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 182 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 183 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 184 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 185 New choral society's growing response

  • 186 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 187 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 188 Six footed lamb

  • 189 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 190 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 191

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 192 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 193 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 194 The Geneva marionettes

  • 195 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 196 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 197 Puppet characters introduced

  • 198 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 199 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 200 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 201

    Exhibition of school work
  • 202

    First prize
  • 203 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 204

    Bidefordians
  • 205 Burnard family reunion

  • 206 By pony and trap to market

  • 207 113 years at Instow

  • 208 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 209 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 210 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 211 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 212 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 213 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 214 Capers on the cobbles

  • 215 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 216 What's the time?

  • 217 Torrington in 1967

  • 218 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 219 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 220 Polish custom on Pancake Day

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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 222 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 223 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 224 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 225 Waldon Triplets
  • 226 Riverside mystery

  • 227 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 228 Bideford loses training ship

  • 229 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 230 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 231 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 232 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 233 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 234 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 235 School crossing patrol begins

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

  • 237 No laughing matter

  • 238

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 239 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 240 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 241 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 242 Littleham family's five generations

  • 243

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 244 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 245 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 246 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 247 So this is the mainland!

  • 248 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 249 Happy Days!

  • 250 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 251 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 252

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 253 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 254 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 255 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 256 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 257 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 258 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 259 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 260

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 261 Simple Item 138
  • 262 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 263 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 264 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 265 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 266 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 267 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 268 For crying out loud!

  • 269 School's link with cargo ship

  • 270 Torrington children build igloo
  • 271 Finished in 1876

  • 272 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 273 New Post Office

  • 274 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 275 New addition to Quay front

  • 276 Appledore's largest

  • 277 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 278 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 279 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 280 Weare Giffard potato

  • 281 New Lundy stamps

  • 282 First ship in 8 years

  • 283 Traditions and skills still there

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    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 285 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 286 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 287 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 288 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 289 All for the love of a lady!

  • 290 In their new robes and hats

  • 291 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 292 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 293 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 294 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

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    Close associations with North Devon
  • 296 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 297 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 298 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 299

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 300 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 301 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 302 Just over a year old

  • 303 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 304 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 305 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 306 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 307 New civic medallions

  • 308 Bideford regatta

  • 309 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 310

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 311 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 312 Clovelly nightmare

  • 313 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 314 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 315 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 316

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 317 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 318 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 319 Variety in summer weather

  • 320 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 321 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 322

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 323 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 324 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 325 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

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

  • 327 Some 240 exhibits

  • 328 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 329 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 330 They never miss a game at Torrington

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

  • 332 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 333 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 334 Some mushroom!

  • 335 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 336 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 337 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 338 Penny for the guy

  • 339 Clovelly custom

  • 340 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 341 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 342 Modern living at Bideford

  • 343 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 344 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 345 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 346

    Was a missionary
  • 347

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 348 Open-air art exhibition by 'under 40' group

  • 349 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 350

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 351 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 352 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 353 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 354 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 355 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 356 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 357 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 358 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 359 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 360 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 361 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 362 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 363

    Married in 1908
  • 364 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
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    Relatives all over the world
  • 366 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 367 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 368 A story to tell!

  • 369 Fleet of foot and fair of face

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    Building works
  • 371 East-the-Water's call for new school

  • 372 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 373 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 374 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 375 Artisans' Club

  • 376 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 377 Can spring be far away?

  • 378 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 379 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 380 All aboard the ark

  • 381 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 382 He beat the floods

  • 383 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 384 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 385 Revived market off to splendid start

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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  • 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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  • 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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New Housing Scheme

Moving In This Week

11.8.1961 Property Northam

This week the first tenants have been moving in to Northam Urban Council’s new bungalows which are replacing the converted wartime RAF hutments at Burrows Way.

Scheme is for 18 bungalows, and of 10 under construction six were completed this week.

Gazette article dated 11 August 1961

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