• 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 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 2 First ship in 8 years

  • 3

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 4 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 5 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 6 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 7 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 8 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 9 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 10 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 11 Decontrol of meat

  • 12 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 13 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 14 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 15 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 16 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 17 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

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

  • 19 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 20

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 21 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 22 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 23 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 24 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 25 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 26 School's link with cargo ship

  • 27 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 28 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 29 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 30 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 31 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 32 Bideford regatta

  • 33 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 34 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 35 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 36 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 37 Mobile missionary

  • 38 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 39 Happy Days!

  • 40 Recognise this resort?

  • 41 End of the line

  • 42 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 43 Riverside mystery

  • 44 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 45

    Relatives all over the world
  • 46 Torrington's new amenity

  • 47 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 48

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 49 Bideford loses training ship

  • 50 A story to tell!

  • 51 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 52 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 53 All aboard the ark

  • 54 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 55 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 56 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 57 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 58 New Post Office

  • 59 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 60 Puppet characters introduced

  • 61 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 62 Police station view of Bideford

  • 63 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 64 Centenary of Gazette

  • 65 Simple Item 138
  • 66 School crossing patrol begins

  • 67 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 68 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 69 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 70 Northam footballers of the future

  • 71 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 72

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 73 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 74 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 75 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 76 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 77 Variety in summer weather

  • 78 Torrington children build igloo
  • 79

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 80 By pony and trap to market

  • 81 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 82 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 83 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 84 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 85 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 86 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 87 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 88 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 89 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 90 Revived market off to splendid start

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

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

  • 93

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 94 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 95 Clovelly custom

  • 96

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

  • 98 Warmington's garage ad

  • 99 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 100 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 101

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 102 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 103 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 104

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 105 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 106 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 107 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 108 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 109 113 years at Instow

  • 110 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 111 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 112 Clovelly nightmare

  • 113

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 114 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 115 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 116 Waldon Triplets
  • 117 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 118 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 119 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 120 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 121 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 122

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 123 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 124 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 125 A bird of their own!

  • 126 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 127 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 128 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 129 New shipyard on schedule

  • 130 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 131 They are parted pro-tem

  • 132 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 133 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 134 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 135 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 136 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 137 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 138 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 139 Service with a smile

  • 140 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 141 New civic medallions

  • 142 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 143 Burnard family reunion

  • 144 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 145 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 146

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 147 Ten year old scrambler

  • 148 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 149 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 150 In their new robes and hats

  • 151 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 152 Some 240 exhibits

  • 153 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 154 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 155 Capers on the cobbles

  • 156

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 157 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 158 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 159 Devil sent packing

  • 160 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 161 All for the love of a lady!

  • 162 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 163 Jumble sale fever

  • 164 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 165 Loads of black and white

  • 166 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 167 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 168

    Was a missionary
  • 169 New choral society's growing response

  • 170 New life for Hartland organ

  • 171 New art gallery opened

  • 172

    Exhibition of school work
  • 173 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 174 Peter poses for TV film

  • 175 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 176 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 177 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 178 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 179

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 180 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 181 Emergency ferry services

  • 182 No laughing matter

  • 183 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 184 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 185 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 186

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 187 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 188 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 189 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 190 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 191 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 192 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 193 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 194 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 195 Picking the pops

  • 196 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 197 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 198 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 199 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 200 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 201 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 202 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 203 Bideford computer stars

  • 204 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 205 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 206 Appledore's largest

  • 207 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 208 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 209 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 210

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 211 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 212 Parkham plan realised

  • 213 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 214 A roof-top view - where?

  • 215 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 216 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 217 Circus comes to town

  • 218 Hartland postman retires

  • 219 So this is the mainland!

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

  • 221 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 222 For crying out loud!

  • 223 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 224 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 225

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 226 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 227 Ships at Bideford

  • 228 Twenty-one yachts

  • 229 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 230 Hartland Dancers
  • 231 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 232 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 233 Penny for the guy

  • 234 Artisans' Club

  • 235 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 236 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 237 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 238 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 239 New look in the hayfields

  • 240 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 241 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 242 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 243 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 244 Picking the pops

  • 245 No sale of Springfield House

  • 246 He beat the floods

  • 247 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 248 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 249 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 250 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 251 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 252 Cruising down the river

  • 253 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 254 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 255 Can spring be far away?

  • 256 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 257 Liked holidays here - so starts business

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

  • 259 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 260 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

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

  • 262 Weare Giffard potato

  • 263 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 264 X-ray shoe fitting

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 266 What's the time?

  • 267 New Lundy stamps

  • 268 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 269 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 270 Modern living at Bideford

  • 271 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 272 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 273 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 274 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 275

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 276 Doing time - over 300 years of it - at Hartland

  • 277 Hartland's invitation

  • 278 Finished in 1876

  • 279 It really was the 'last time'

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    Building works
  • 281

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 282 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 283 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 284 Train returns to Westleigh straight

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

  • 286 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 287 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 288 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 289 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 290 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 291 Private home for public pump

  • 292 New addition to Quay front

  • 293 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 294

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 295 Pannier Market's future?

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

  • 297 The art of the thatcher

  • 298 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 299

    First prize
  • 300 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 301 The Geneva marionettes

  • 302 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 303 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 304 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 305 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 306 Out of puff!

  • 307 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 308 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 309 Some mushroom!

  • 310 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

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    New gateway
  • 312 Littleham family's five generations

  • 313 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 314 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 315 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

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

  • 317 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 318

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 319 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 320 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 321 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 322 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 323 Bridging the stream

  • 324 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 325 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 326 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 327

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 328 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 329 A man and his wheel

  • 330 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 331 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 332 They never miss a game at Torrington

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    Bidefordians
  • 334 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 335 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 336 Life begins at 80

  • 337 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 338 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 339 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 340 Torrington in 1967

  • 341 Meredith's ironmongers

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

  • 343 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 344 Just over a year old

  • 345 Six footed lamb

  • 346 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 347 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 348 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 349 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 350 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 351 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 352 North Devon Driving School

  • 353 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 354 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 355

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 356 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 357 Traditions and skills still there

  • 358 Sight of a lifetime

  • 359 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 360 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 361 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 362 When horses score over the tractor

  • 363 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 364 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 365 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 366 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 367 Northam's almshouse

  • 368 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 369 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 370 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 371 Off on a great adventure

  • 372 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 373 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 374 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 375 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 376 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 377 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 378 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 379

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 380 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 381 Little 'Big Ben'

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

  • 383 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 384

    Married in 1908
  • 385 Revenge in style

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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  • 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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  • 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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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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