• 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 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 2 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 3 Photo mural in Bideford bank

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

  • 5

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 6 A bird of their own!

  • 7 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 8 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 9 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 10 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 11 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 12 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 13 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 14 Last train from Torrington

  • 15 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 16

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 17 The Geneva marionettes

  • 18 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 19 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 20 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 21 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 22 Simple Item 138
  • 23 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 24

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 25 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 26 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 27 Can spring be far away?

  • 28 Burnard family reunion

  • 29 Life begins at 80

  • 30 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 31 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 32 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 33 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 34 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 35 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 36 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 37 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 38 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 39 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 40 A story to tell!

  • 41 River scenes that enchant the visitors

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

  • 43 Artisans' Club

  • 44

    Bidefordians
  • 45 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 46 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 47 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 48 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 49 New addition to Quay front

  • 50 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 51 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 52 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 53 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 54 Waldon Triplets
  • 55 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 56 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 57 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 58 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 59 Private home for public pump

  • 60

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 61 Traditions and skills still there

  • 62 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 63 A roof-top view - where?

  • 64 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 65 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 66 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 67 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 68 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 69 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 70 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 71

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 72 Weare Giffard potato

  • 73 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 74 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 75 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 76 Appledore's largest

  • 77 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 78 Peter poses for TV film

  • 79 Circus comes to town

  • 80 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 81 New life for Hartland organ

  • 82 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 83 Emergency ferry services

  • 84 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 85 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 86 New art gallery opened

  • 87

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 88 Polish custom on Pancake Day

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

  • 91 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 92 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 93 Bideford computer stars

  • 94 Finished in 1876

  • 95 Parkham plan realised

  • 96

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 97 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 98 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 99 Loads of black and white

  • 100 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 101 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 102 Sweets derationing

  • 103 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 104 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 105 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 106 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 107 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 108 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 109 Clovelly nightmare

  • 110

    Relatives all over the world
  • 111 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 112 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 113 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 114 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 115 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 116 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 117 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 118 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 119 Picking the pops

  • 120

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 121 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 122 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 123 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 124 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 125 Safe door weighing two tons

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

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

  • 128 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 129 They are parted pro-tem

  • 130 When horses score over the tractor

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

  • 132 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 133 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 134 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 135 Riverside mystery

  • 136 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 137 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 138 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 139 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 140 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 141 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 142 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 143 Pannier Market's future?

  • 144 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 145 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 146

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 147 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 148 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 149 Sight of a lifetime

  • 150 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 151 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 152 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 153 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 154

    First prize
  • 155 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 156 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 157

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 158 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 159 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 160

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 161 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 162 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 163 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 164 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 165 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 166 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 167 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 168 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 169 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 170 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 171 Filming at Hartland

  • 172

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

  • 174 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 175 Hartland's invitation

  • 176 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 177 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 178 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 179 Police station view of Bideford

  • 180 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 181 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 182 Centenary of Gazette

  • 183 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 184

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 185 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 186 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 187 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 188 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 189 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 190 New civic medallions

  • 191 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 192 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 193

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 194 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 195 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 196 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 197 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 198 Warmington's garage ad

  • 199

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 200 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 201 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 202 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 203 School's link with cargo ship

  • 204 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 205 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 206 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 207 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 208 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 209 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 210

    Was a missionary
  • 211 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

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

  • 213 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 214 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 215

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 216 Six footed lamb

  • 217 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 218 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 219 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 220 Capers on the cobbles

  • 221 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 222 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 223 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 224 Hartland Dancers
  • 225 Service with a smile

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

  • 227 Out of puff!

  • 228 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 229 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 230 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 231 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 232

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 233 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 234 By pony and trap to market

  • 235 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 236 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 237 113 years at Instow

  • 238

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 239 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 240 The art of the thatcher

  • 241 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 242 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 243 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 244 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 245 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 246 Cruising down the river

  • 247 So this is the mainland!

  • 248 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 249 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 250

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 251 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 252 No sale of Springfield House

  • 253 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 254 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 255 What's the time?

  • 256 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 257 End of the line

  • 258 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 259 Littleham family's five generations

  • 260 Devil sent packing

  • 261 It really was the 'last time'

  • 262 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 263 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 264 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 265 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 266 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 267 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 268 First ship in 8 years

  • 269 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 270 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 271 Ten year old scrambler

  • 272 The cab at the corner>
  • 273 Some mushroom!

  • 274 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 275 New Post Office

  • 276 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 277 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 278 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 279 Recognise this resort?

  • 280 New Lundy stamps

  • 281 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 282 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 283 Jumble sale fever

  • 284 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 285 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 286 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 287 Torrington's new amenity

  • 288 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 289 New choral society's growing response

  • 290 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 291 Picking the pops

  • 292 Torrington in 1967

  • 293 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 294 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 295 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 296 Bridging the stream

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

  • 298 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 299 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 300 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 301 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 302 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 303

    Exhibition of school work
  • 304 Clovelly custom

  • 305 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 306

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 307 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 308 Off on a great adventure

  • 309 Hartland postman retires

  • 310 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 311 Modern living at Bideford

  • 312 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 313 Revenge in style

  • 314 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

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

  • 316 No laughing matter

  • 317 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 318 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 319 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 320 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 321 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 322 He beat the floods

  • 323 Happy Days!

  • 324 Penny for the guy

  • 325 Dismantling of wireless mast

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

  • 327 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 328

    Married in 1908
  • 329 New shipyard on schedule

  • 330 Twenty-one yachts

  • 331

    New gateway
  • 332 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 333 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 334 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 335 Northam's almshouse

  • 336 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 337 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 338 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 339 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 340 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 341 Ships at Bideford

  • 342 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

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

  • 344 New look in the hayfields

  • 345 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 346 For crying out loud!

  • 347 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

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

  • 349 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 350 Just over a year old

  • 351 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 352 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 353 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 354 A man and his wheel

  • 355

    Building works
  • 356 All aboard the ark

  • 357 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 358 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 359 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 360 All for the love of a lady!

  • 361 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 362

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 363 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 364 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 365 Variety in summer weather

  • 366 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 367 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 368 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 369 Decontrol of meat

  • 370

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 371

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 372 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 373 North Devon Driving School

  • 374 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 375 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 376 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 377 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 378 Bideford regatta

  • 379 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 380 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 381 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 382

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 383 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 384 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 385 Pretty pennies at Beaford

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

  • 387 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 388 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 389 Northam footballers of the future

  • 390 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 391 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 392 Bideford loses training ship

  • 393 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 394 School crossing patrol begins

  • 395 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 396 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 397 Puppet characters introduced

  • 398 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 399 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 400 Mobile missionary

  • 401 Some 240 exhibits

  • 402 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 403 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 404 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 405 In their new robes and hats

  • 406 Torrington children build igloo
  • 407

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 408 From Bobby to Brian

  • 409 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 410 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 411 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 412 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 413 Down at the dump something stirs

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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