• 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 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 2 Sight of a lifetime

  • 3 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

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

  • 5 Police station view of Bideford

  • 6 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 7 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 8 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 9 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 10 Jumble sale fever

  • 11 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 12 Torrington's new amenity

  • 13 Circus comes to town

  • 14 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 15 A bird of their own!

  • 16 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 17 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 18 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 19

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 20 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 21 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 22

    Married in 1908
  • 23

    New gateway
  • 24 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 25 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 26 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 27 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 28 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 29

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 30 Private home for public pump

  • 31 Safe door weighing two tons

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

  • 33 A man and his wheel

  • 34 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 35 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 36 Torrington children build igloo
  • 37 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 38 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 39 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 40

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 41 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 42 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 43 113 years at Instow

  • 44 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 45 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 46 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 47 Puppet characters introduced

  • 48 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 49 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 50 School crossing patrol begins

  • 51 Just over a year old

  • 52 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 53 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 54 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 55 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 56 Service with a smile

  • 57 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 58 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 59 Weare Giffard potato

  • 60 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 61

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 62 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 63 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 64 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 65 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 66 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 67 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 68 Modern living at Bideford

  • 69

    First prize
  • 70 Mobile missionary

  • 71 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 72 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 73 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 74 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 75 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 76 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 77 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 78 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 79 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 80 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 81 Artisans' Club

  • 82 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 83

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 84 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 85 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 86 Peter poses for TV film

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

  • 88 Some mushroom!

  • 89 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 90

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 91 Off on a great adventure

  • 92 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 93 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 94 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 95 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
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    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 97 They are parted pro-tem

  • 98 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 99 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 100 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 101 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 102 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 103 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 104 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 105 New addition to Quay front

  • 106 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 107 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 108 A story to tell!

  • 109 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 110

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 111 New civic medallions

  • 112 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 113 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 114 Twenty-one yachts

  • 115 No sale of Springfield House

  • 116 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 117 Hartland Dancers
  • 118 Six footed lamb

  • 119

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 120 Grenville House for Bideford R.D.C.

  • 121 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 122 Torrington in 1967

  • 123

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 124 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 125 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 126 He beat the floods

  • 127 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 128 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 129 Loads of black and white

  • 130 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 131

    Exhibition of school work
  • 132 Picking the pops

  • 133 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 134

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 135 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 136 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 137 Capers on the cobbles

  • 138 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 139 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 140 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 141 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 142 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 143 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 144 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 145 Life begins at 80

  • 146 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 147 Littleham family's five generations

  • 148 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 149 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 150 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 151 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 152

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 153 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 154 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 155 Can spring be far away?

  • 156

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 157 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 158 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 159 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 160 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 161 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 162 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 163 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 164 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 165 Bideford computer stars

  • 166 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 167 Calf thinks of mare as mum

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

  • 169 Hartland postman retires

  • 170 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 171 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 172 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 173 School's link with cargo ship

  • 174 Clovelly nightmare

  • 175 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 176 Bridging the stream

  • 177 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 178 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 179 Emergency ferry services

  • 180 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 181 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 182 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 183 Recognise this resort?

  • 184 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 185 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 186

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 187 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 188 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 189 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 190 Bideford loses training ship

  • 191 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 192 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 193 When horses score over the tractor

  • 194

    Building works
  • 195 Riverside mystery

  • 196 New look in the hayfields

  • 197 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 198 So this is the mainland!

  • 199 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 200 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 201 The Geneva marionettes

  • 202 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 203 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 204 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 205 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 206 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 207 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 208 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 209 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 210 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 211 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 212

    Relatives all over the world
  • 213 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 214 Devil sent packing

  • 215 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 216 First ship in 8 years

  • 217 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 218 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 219 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 220 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 221 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 222 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 223 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 224 Warmington's garage ad

  • 225 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 226 Decontrol of meat

  • 227 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 228 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 229 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 230

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 231 No ancient Grecian temple this

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    Close associations with North Devon
  • 233 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 234 What's the time?

  • 235 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 236 Bideford regatta

  • 237 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 238 Centenary of Gazette

  • 239 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 240 Ten year old scrambler

  • 241 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 242 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 243 New shipyard on schedule

  • 244 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 245 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 246

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 247 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 248 Cruising down the river

  • 249 New choral society's growing response

  • 250 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 251 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 252 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 253 Ships at Bideford

  • 254 Simple Item 138
  • 255 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 256 All aboard the ark

  • 257 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 258 Last train from Torrington

  • 259 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 260 Parkham plan realised

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

  • 262 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 263 It really was the 'last time'

  • 264 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 265 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 266 Traditions and skills still there

  • 267 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 268 New Post Office

  • 269 End of the line

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    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 271 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 272 In their new robes and hats

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

  • 274 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 275 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 276 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 277 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 278 All for the love of a lady!

  • 279 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 280 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 281

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 282 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 283 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 284 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 285

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 286 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 287 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 288 Appledore's largest

  • 289

    Was a missionary
  • 290 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 291 Happy Days!

  • 292 Pannier Market's future?

  • 293 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 294 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 295 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 296

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 297 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 298 For crying out loud!

  • 299 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 300 New art gallery opened

  • 301 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 302 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 303 Northam's almshouse

  • 304 Hartland's invitation

  • 305 Clovelly custom

  • 306 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 307 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 308 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 309 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 310 By pony and trap to market

  • 311 Waldon Triplets
  • 312 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 313 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 314 Variety in summer weather

  • 315 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 316 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 317 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 318 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 319 Revenge in style

  • 320 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 321

    Bidefordians
  • 322 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 323

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 324 New Lundy stamps

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

  • 326 North Devon Driving School

  • 327 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 328 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 329 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 330 Some 240 exhibits

  • 331 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 332 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 333 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 334 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 335 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 336 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 337

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 338

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

  • 340 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 341 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 342 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 343 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 344 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 345 The art of the thatcher

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

  • 347 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 348 Northam footballers of the future

  • 349 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 350 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 351 Torrington's shelter for the aged

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

  • 353 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 354 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 355 No laughing matter

  • 356 Picking the pops

  • 357 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 358 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 359 Finished in 1876

  • 360 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 361 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 362 New life for Hartland organ

  • 363

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 364 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 365 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 366 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 367 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 368 Penny for the guy

  • 369 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 370 Out of puff!

  • 371 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 372 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 373 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 374 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 375 Saving money, wear and tear

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

  • 377 A roof-top view - where?

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

  • 379 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 380 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 381 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 382 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 383 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 384 Burnard family reunion

  • 385 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

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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Abbotsham Building Land

Abbotsham Building Land - 19th November 1971

19.11.1971 Abbotsham
 

Abbotsham Building Land Tops £6000 Per Acre

When six acres of building land at Abbotsham were offered by public auction on Tuesday by Messrs Kivell and Sons, bidding in the crowded room opened at £20,000, rising to £36,500 at which figure it was sold to Messrs S L Vanstone and Son.

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