• 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 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 2 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 3 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

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    Married in 1908
  • 5 Revenge in style

  • 6 Cruising down the river

  • 7

    New gateway
  • 8 Picking the pops

  • 9 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 10 North Devon Driving School

  • 11 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 12 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 13 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 14 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 15 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 16 Some mushroom!

  • 17 They are parted pro-tem

  • 18 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 19 First ship in 8 years

  • 20 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 21 All aboard the ark

  • 22 Loads of black and white

  • 23 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 24 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 25 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 26 No laughing matter

  • 27 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 28 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 29 Hartland postman retires

  • 30 A roof-top view - where?

  • 31 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 32 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 33 The cab at the corner>
  • 34 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 35 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 36 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 37 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 38 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 39 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 40 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 41 Hartland Dancers
  • 42 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 43 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 44 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 45 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 46 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 47 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 48 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 49 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 50 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 51 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 52 New shipyard on schedule

  • 53 New Lundy air-mail stamps

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

  • 55 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 56 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 57 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 58 Devil sent packing

  • 59 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 60 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 61 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 62 Life begins at 80

  • 63

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 64 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 65 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 66 Out of puff!

  • 67 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 68 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 69 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 70 Sight of a lifetime

  • 71 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 72 For crying out loud!

  • 73

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 74 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 75 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 76 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 77 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 78 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 79 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 80 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 81 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 82 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 83 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 84 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 85 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 86 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 87 Parkham plan realised

  • 88 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 89 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 90 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 91 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 92 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 93 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 94 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 95 Clovelly nightmare

  • 96 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 97 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 98 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 99 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 100 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 101 Traditions and skills still there

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

  • 103 Hartland's invitation

  • 104 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 105 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 106 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 107 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 108 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 109 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 110 Private home for public pump

  • 111 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 112 Variety in summer weather

  • 113 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 114

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 115 Just over a year old

  • 116 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 117

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 118 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 119 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 120 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 121 Filming at Hartland

  • 122 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 123 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 124 Emergency ferry services

  • 125 Clovelly custom

  • 126 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 127 Happy Days!

  • 128 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 129

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 130 Bicycle now does donkey work

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

  • 132 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 133 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

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

  • 135 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 136 Waldon Triplets
  • 137 It really was the 'last time'

  • 138

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 139 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 140 Decontrol of meat

  • 141 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 142 Landmark at Bradworthy

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

  • 144 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 145 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 146 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 147 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 148 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 149 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 150 A story to tell!

  • 151 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 152

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 153 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 154 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 155 Pannier Market's future?

  • 156 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 157

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 158 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 159

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 160 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 161 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 162

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 163 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 164 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 165 Finished in 1876

  • 166 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 167 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 168 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 169 Littleham family's five generations

  • 170 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 171 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 172 New addition to Quay front

  • 173 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 174 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 175 East-the-Water sets town an example

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

  • 177 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 178 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 179 All for the love of a lady!

  • 180 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 181 By pony and trap to market

  • 182 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 183 Bridging the stream

  • 184 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 185 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 186 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

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

  • 188 Burnard family reunion

  • 189 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 190 Capers on the cobbles

  • 191 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 192 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 193 The Geneva marionettes

  • 194 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 195

    Was a missionary
  • 196 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 197 Modern living at Bideford

  • 198 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 199 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 200 Circus comes to town

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

  • 202 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 203 He beat the floods

  • 204 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 205 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 206 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 207 Simple Item 138
  • 208 Can spring be far away?

  • 209 Twenty-one yachts

  • 210 Northam's almshouse

  • 211 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 212 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 213 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 214 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 215 Recognise this resort?

  • 216 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 217 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 218

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 219 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 220 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 221 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 222

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 223 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 224

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 225 Riverside mystery

  • 226 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 227 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 228 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 229 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 230 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 231 Police station view of Bideford

  • 232 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 233 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 234 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 235

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 236 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 237

    Building works
  • 238

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 239 New look in the hayfields

  • 240

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 241 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 242 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 243 Service with a smile

  • 244 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 245 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 246 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 247 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 248

    Relatives all over the world
  • 249

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 250 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 251 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 252 Centenary of Gazette

  • 253 Warmington's garage ad

  • 254 Six footed lamb

  • 255 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 256 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 257 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 258 Torrington children build igloo
  • 259 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

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

  • 261 From Bobby to Brian

  • 262

    Exhibition of school work
  • 263 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 264 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 265 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 266 New Post Office

  • 267 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 268 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 269 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 270 Artisans' Club

  • 271 Ship-in-bottle world record

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    Cadets are given certificates
  • 273 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 274 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 275 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 276 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 277 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 278 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 279 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 280 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 281 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 282 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 283 Bideford regatta

  • 284 First steel ship built at Bideford

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    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 286 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 287 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 288 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 289 No sale of Springfield House

  • 290 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 291 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 292 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 293 New civic medallions

  • 294 When horses score over the tractor

  • 295 Last train from Torrington

  • 296 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 297 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 298 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 299 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

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

  • 301 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 302 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 303 A man and his wheel

  • 304 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 305 Mobile missionary

  • 306 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 307

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 308 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 309 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 310 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 311 Bideford loses training ship

  • 312 School crossing patrol begins

  • 313 New choral society's growing response

  • 314 Penny for the guy

  • 315

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 316 Jumble sale fever

  • 317 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 318 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 319 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 320 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 321 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 322 Bideford computer stars

  • 323 Northam footballers of the future

  • 324

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 325 Weare Giffard potato

  • 326 A bird of their own!

  • 327 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 328 Some 240 exhibits

  • 329 Puppet characters introduced

  • 330 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 331 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 332 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 333 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 334 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 335 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 336

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 337 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 338 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 339 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 340 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 341 Off on a great adventure

  • 342 School's link with cargo ship

  • 343

    First prize
  • 344 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 345 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 346 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 347 Appledore's largest

  • 348 Torridge wins on time schedule

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

  • 350 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 351 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 352 Ships at Bideford

  • 353 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 354 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 355 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 356 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 357 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 358

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 359 New art gallery opened

  • 360 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 361 New Lundy stamps

  • 362 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 363 113 years at Instow

  • 364

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 365 What's the time?

  • 366 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 367 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 368 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 369 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 370 The art of the thatcher

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

  • 372 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 373 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 374 Peter poses for TV film

  • 375 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 376 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 377 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 378 Sweets derationing

  • 379 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 380 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 381 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 382 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 383 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 384 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 385 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 386

    Bidefordians
  • 387 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 388 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 389 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 390 Ten year old scrambler

  • 391 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 392 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 393 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 394 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

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

  • 396 Torrington's new amenity

  • 397 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 398 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 399 In their new robes and hats

  • 400 New life for Hartland organ

  • 401 Torrington in 1967

  • 402 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 403 End of the line

  • 404 Picking the pops

  • 405 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 406 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 407 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 408 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 409 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 410 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 411 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 412 So this is the mainland!

  • 413 Quads join a Langtree happy family

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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