• 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 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 2 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 3 Service with a smile

  • 4 113 years at Instow

  • 5 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 6 When horses score over the tractor

  • 7 Devil sent packing

  • 8 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 9

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 10 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 11 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 12 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 13 The creative urge on Saturday morning

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

  • 15

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 16 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 17 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

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

  • 19 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

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

  • 21 Police station view of Bideford

  • 22 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 23 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 24 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 25

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 26

    New gateway
  • 27 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 28 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 29 Recognise this resort?

  • 30 Waldon Triplets
  • 31

    Married in 1908
  • 32

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 33 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 34 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 35 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 36 Twenty-one yachts

  • 37

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 38

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 39 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 40 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 41 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 42 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 43 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 44 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 45 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 46 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 47 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 48 Penny for the guy

  • 49 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 50 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 51 He beat the floods

  • 52 Bideford regatta

  • 53 End of the line

  • 54

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 55 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 56 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 57 Pannier Market's future?

  • 58 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 59 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 60 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 61 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 62 New addition to Quay front

  • 63 Off on a great adventure

  • 64 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 65

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 66 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 67 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 68 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 69 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 70 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 71 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 72 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 73 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 74 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 75 Northam's almshouse

  • 76 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 77 Torrington children build igloo
  • 78 School crossing patrol begins

  • 79 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 80 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 81 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 82 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 83 New Post Office

  • 84 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 85

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 86 Private home for public pump

  • 87 Emergency ferry services

  • 88 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 89 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 90 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 91 In their new robes and hats

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

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

  • 94 Just over a year old

  • 95 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 96 First ship in 8 years

  • 97 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 98 It really was the 'last time'

  • 99 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 100 Decontrol of meat

  • 101 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 102 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 103 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 104 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 105 Peter poses for TV film

  • 106 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 107 Calligrapher extraordinary

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

  • 109 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 110 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 111 Six footed lamb

  • 112 Artisans' Club

  • 113 North Devon Driving School

  • 114 Ships at Bideford

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

  • 116

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 117 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 118 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 119 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 120 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 121 New art gallery opened

  • 122 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 123 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 124 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 125

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 126 No laughing matter

  • 127 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 128 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 129 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 130

    Relatives all over the world
  • 131 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 132 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 133 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 134 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 135 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 136 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 137 Bridging the stream

  • 138 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 139 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 140 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 141 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 142 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 143 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 144 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 145 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 146 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 147

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 148 Capers on the cobbles

  • 149 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 150 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 151 Torrington in 1967

  • 152 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 153 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 154 Hartland Dancers
  • 155 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 156 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 157 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 158 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 159 So this is the mainland!

  • 160 A story to tell!

  • 161 Torrington's new amenity

  • 162 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 163 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 164 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 165 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 166 A craftsman's 'potted' history

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

  • 168 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 169 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 170 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 171

    Bidefordians
  • 172 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 173 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 174 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 175 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 176 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 177 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 178 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 179 School's link with cargo ship

  • 180

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 181 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 182 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 183 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 184 Bideford computer stars

  • 185 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 186 Simple Item 138
  • 187 Sight of a lifetime

  • 188 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 189 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 190 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 191

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 192 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 193 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 194 Ten year old scrambler

  • 195 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 196 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 197 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 198 Life begins at 80

  • 199 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 200 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 201 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 202 A man and his wheel

  • 203 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 204 Variety in summer weather

  • 205 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 206 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 207 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 208 Some mushroom!

  • 209 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 210 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 211 A roof-top view - where?

  • 212 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 213 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 214 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 215 Northam footballers of the future

  • 216

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 217 Some 240 exhibits

  • 218 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 219 Weare Giffard potato

  • 220 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 221 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 222 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 223 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 224 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 225 Picking the pops

  • 226 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 227 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 228 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 229 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 230 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 231 Littleham family's five generations

  • 232 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 233 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 234 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 235 Puppet characters introduced

  • 236 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 237 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 238 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 239 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 240 Modern living at Bideford

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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 242 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 243

    Building works
  • 244 Out of puff!

  • 245 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 246 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 247 For crying out loud!

  • 248 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 249 Mobile missionary

  • 250 Can spring be far away?

  • 251 New shipyard on schedule

  • 252 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 253 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 254 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 255 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 256 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 257 New life for Hartland organ

  • 258 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 259 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 260 Cruising down the river

  • 261 Appledore's largest

  • 262 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 263 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 264 Traditions and skills still there

  • 265 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 266 New look in the hayfields

  • 267

    Exhibition of school work
  • 268 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 269 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 270 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 271 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 272 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 273 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 274

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 275 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 276 Clovelly nightmare

  • 277 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 278 Circus comes to town

  • 279 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 280 All aboard the ark

  • 281 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 282 Hartland postman retires

  • 283 What's the time?

  • 284 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 285 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 286 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 287 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 288 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 289 Bideford loses training ship

  • 290 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 291 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 292 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 293 New Lundy stamps

  • 294 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 295 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 296

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 297

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 298 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 299 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 300 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

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    Was a missionary
  • 302 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 303 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 304 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 305 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 306 Centenary of Gazette

  • 307 New choral society's growing response

  • 308 Finished in 1876

  • 309 All for the love of a lady!

  • 310 By pony and trap to market

  • 311 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 312 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 313

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 314 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 315 No sale of Springfield House

  • 316 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 317 Riverside mystery

  • 318 Parkham plan realised

  • 319 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 320 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 321 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 322 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 323 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 324 The Geneva marionettes

  • 325 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 326

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 327 Burnard family reunion

  • 328 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 329 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 330 Revenge in style

  • 331 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 332 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 333 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 334

    First prize
  • 335 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 336 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 337 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 338 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 339 They are parted pro-tem

  • 340 Loads of black and white

  • 341 Jumble sale fever

  • 342 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 343

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 344 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 345 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 346 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 347 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 348 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 349

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 350 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 351 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 352 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 353 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 354 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 355 Happy Days!

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

  • 357 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 358 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 359 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 360 Last train from Torrington

  • 361 The art of the thatcher

  • 362 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 363 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 364 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 365 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 366 Clovelly custom

  • 367 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 368 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

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

  • 370 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

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

  • 372

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 373 A bird of their own!

  • 374 Hartland's invitation

  • 375 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 376 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 377 Warmington's garage ad

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

  • 379

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 380 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 381 Picking the pops

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

  • 383 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 384 New civic medallions

  • 385 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

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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