• 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 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 2 113 years at Instow

  • 3 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 4 Hartland Dancers
  • 5

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 6 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 7 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 8

    Bidefordians
  • 9 Appledore's largest

  • 10 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 11 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 12 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 13 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 14 Recognise this resort?

  • 15 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 16 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 17 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 18 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 19

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 20 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 21 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 22 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 23 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 24 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 25 Northam's almshouse

  • 26 North Devon Driving School

  • 27 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 28 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 29 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 30 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 31 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 32 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 33 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 34

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 35 Out of puff!

  • 36

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 37 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 38 New art gallery opened

  • 39 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 40 New Lundy stamps

  • 41 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 42 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 43 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 44 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 45

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 46 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

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

  • 48 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 49 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 50 Bideford regatta

  • 51 Variety in summer weather

  • 52 All aboard the ark

  • 53 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 54 Last train from Torrington

  • 55 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 56 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 57

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 58 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 59 New look in the hayfields

  • 60 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 61 Bideford loses training ship

  • 62 Bideford computer stars

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

  • 64 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 65 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 66 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 67 Littleham family's five generations

  • 68 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 69 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 70

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 71 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 72 They are parted pro-tem

  • 73 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 74 Finished in 1876

  • 75 Warmington's garage ad

  • 76 Police station view of Bideford

  • 77 School crossing patrol begins

  • 78 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 79

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 80 Service with a smile

  • 81 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 82 First ship in 8 years

  • 83 Traditions and skills still there

  • 84 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 85 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 86 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 87 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 88 Loads of black and white

  • 89 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 90 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 91 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 92 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 93 So this is the mainland!

  • 94 Getting up steam for tomorrow

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

  • 96 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 97 No sale of Springfield House

  • 98 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 99

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 100 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 101 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 102 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 103

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 104 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 105 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 106 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 107 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 108 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 109 Revenge in style

  • 110 A bird of their own!

  • 111 Pannier Market's future?

  • 112 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 113 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 114 Circus comes to town

  • 115 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 116 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 117 Northam footballers of the future

  • 118 Sight of a lifetime

  • 119 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 120 Some 240 exhibits

  • 121 Ships at Bideford

  • 122 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 123 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 124 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 125 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 126 In their new robes and hats

  • 127 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 128 Ten year old scrambler

  • 129 Weare Giffard potato

  • 130 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 131 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 132 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 133 Torrington's new amenity

  • 134 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 135 Hartland's invitation

  • 136 Burnard family reunion

  • 137 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 138 Cruising down the river

  • 139 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 140 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 141 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 142 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 143 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 144 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 145 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 146 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 147

    Was a missionary
  • 148 No laughing matter

  • 149 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 150 Some mushroom!

  • 151 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 152 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 153

    Married in 1908
  • 154 Puppet characters introduced

  • 155 'Les Girls' of Hartland

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

  • 157 Torrington in 1967

  • 158 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 159 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 160

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 161 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 162 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 163 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 164 What's the time?

  • 165 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 166 Bridging the stream

  • 167 End of the line

  • 168 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 169 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 170 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 171 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 172 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 173 Parkham plan realised

  • 174 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 175 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 176 New Post Office

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

  • 178 Happy Days!

  • 179 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 180 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 181 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 182 Picking the pops

  • 183 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 184 New addition to Quay front

  • 185 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 186 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 187 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 188 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 189

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 190 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 191 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 192 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 193 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 194 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 195 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 196 Riverside mystery

  • 197 School's link with cargo ship

  • 198 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 199 Clovelly custom

  • 200 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 201 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 202 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 203

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 204 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 205 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 206 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 207 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 208

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 209 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 210 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

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

  • 212 Emergency ferry services

  • 213 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 214 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 215 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 216 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 217 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 218 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 219 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 220 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 221 Torrington children build igloo
  • 222 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 223 It really was the 'last time'

  • 224 Centenary of Gazette

  • 225 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 226 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 227 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 228 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 229

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 230 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 231

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

  • 233 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 234 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 235

    New gateway
  • 236 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 237 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 238 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 239 Decontrol of meat

  • 240 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 241 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 242 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 243 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 244 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 245 Practical sympathy at Northam

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

  • 247 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 248 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 249 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 250 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 251 Can spring be far away?

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    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 253 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

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

  • 255 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 256 Hartland postman retires

  • 257

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 258 Calligrapher extraordinary

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

  • 260 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 261 A man and his wheel

  • 262 Devil sent packing

  • 263 All for the love of a lady!

  • 264 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

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

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

  • 267 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 268

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 269 Just over a year old

  • 270

    Exhibition of school work
  • 271 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 272 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 273 Waldon Triplets
  • 274 Capers on the cobbles

  • 275 Clovelly nightmare

  • 276 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 277 Mobile missionary

  • 278 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 279 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 280 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 281 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 282 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 283 A story to tell!

  • 284 For crying out loud!

  • 285 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 286 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 287 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 288 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 289 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 290 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 291

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 292 New civic medallions

  • 293 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 294 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 295

    Relatives all over the world
  • 296 The art of the thatcher

  • 297 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 298 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 299 Six footed lamb

  • 300 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 301 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 302 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 303 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 304 Artisans' Club

  • 305 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 306 Jumble sale fever

  • 307 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 308 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 309 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 310 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 311 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 312

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 313 When horses score over the tractor

  • 314 Penny for the guy

  • 315 Torridge wins on time schedule

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

  • 317 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 318 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 319 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 320 The Geneva marionettes

  • 321 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 322 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 323 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 324 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 325 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 326 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 327 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 328 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 329 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 330 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 331

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 332 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 333

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

  • 335 Off on a great adventure

  • 336 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 337 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 338 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 339 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 340

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 341 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 342 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 343 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 344 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 345 A roof-top view - where?

  • 346 Modern living at Bideford

  • 347 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 348 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 349

    First prize
  • 350 Private home for public pump

  • 351 Picking the pops

  • 352 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 353 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 354 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 355 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 356 Life begins at 80

  • 357 By pony and trap to market

  • 358 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 359 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 360 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 361 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 362

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 363 Simple Item 138
  • 364

    Building works
  • 365 Twenty-one yachts

  • 366 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 367 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 368 New choral society's growing response

  • 369 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 370 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 371 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 372 He beat the floods

  • 373 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 374 New shipyard on schedule

  • 375 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 376 Peter poses for TV film

  • 377 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 378 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 379 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 380 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 381 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 382 New life for Hartland organ

  • 383 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 384 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 385 Alwington School closing after 120 years

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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School Sports At Buckland Brewer

Principal prizewinners at Buckland Brewer Primary School sports were:

4.8.1961 School sports BB

C Worthing; L Coles; I Dennis; C Barnstable; M Prance; P Fishleigh; M Mitchell; M Nicholls; A Levick; J Broad; M George; G Brimacombe; Dennis and G Jeffery.

Officials were Mr A Levick and his staff, Mr R Channon and Mrs H J Gilbert. Also helping were Mrs A Levick, Mrs E Prance, Mrs W J Prance, Mr Barker and Mr Dennis. A bring and buy stall was supervised by Mesdames M Blight, S Brown and R Simpson.

Article dated 4 August 1961

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