• 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 Hartland Dancers
  • 2 Ten year old scrambler

  • 3 When horses score over the tractor

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

  • 5 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 6 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 7 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 8 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 9 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 10 End of the line

  • 11 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 12 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 13 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 14 All aboard the ark

  • 15 All for the love of a lady!

  • 16 Sight of a lifetime

  • 17 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 18 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 19 Picking the pops

  • 20 Six footed lamb

  • 21 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 22 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 23 New addition to Quay front

  • 24 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 25 Waldon Triplets
  • 26 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 27 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 28 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 29 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 30 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 31 For crying out loud!

  • 32 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 33 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 34 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 35 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 36

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 37 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 38 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 39 Happy Days!

  • 40 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 41 Recognise this resort?

  • 42 Clovelly custom

  • 43 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 44 The art of the thatcher

  • 45 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 46 New fire and ambulance stations

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

  • 48 Bideford loses training ship

  • 49 It really was the 'last time'

  • 50 Circus comes to town

  • 51 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 52 Loads of black and white

  • 53 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 54 Modern living at Bideford

  • 55 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 56 Twenty-one yachts

  • 57 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 58 Torrington's new amenity

  • 59 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 60 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 61 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 62 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 63

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 64 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 65 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 66

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 67 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 68 Service with a smile

  • 69 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 70 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 71 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 72 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 73

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 74 Grenville House for Bideford R.D.C.

  • 75 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 76 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 77 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 78 Northam's almshouse

  • 79 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 80 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 81 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 82 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 83 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 84 Just over a year old

  • 85 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 86 Clovelly nightmare

  • 87 Off on a great adventure

  • 88 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 89 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 90 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 91 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 92 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 93 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 94 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 95 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 96 Bideford computer stars

  • 97 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 98 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 99 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 100 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 101 A man and his wheel

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

  • 103 Some mushroom!

  • 104 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 105 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 106 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 107 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 108 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 109 North Devon Driving School

  • 110

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 111 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 112 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

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

  • 114

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 115 Peter poses for TV film

  • 116 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 117 Police station view of Bideford

  • 118 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 119 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 120 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 121 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 122 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 123 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 124 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 125 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 126 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 127 Private home for public pump

  • 128 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 129 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 130 Variety in summer weather

  • 131 Devil sent packing

  • 132 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 133 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 134 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 135 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 136 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 137 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 138 Puppet characters introduced

  • 139

    Bidefordians
  • 140 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 141 The Geneva marionettes

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

  • 143 Warmington's garage ad

  • 144 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 145 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 146 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

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

  • 148

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 149

    Building works
  • 150

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 151 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 152 School's link with cargo ship

  • 153 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 154 A roof-top view - where?

  • 155 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 156 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 157 New Lundy stamps

  • 158

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 159

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 160 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 161 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 162 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 163 Penny for the guy

  • 164 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 165 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 166 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 167 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 168

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 169

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 170 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 171 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 172 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 173 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 174 Finished in 1876

  • 175 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 176 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 177 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 178 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 179 Ships at Bideford

  • 180 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 181 Last train from Torrington

  • 182 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 183 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 184 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 185

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 186 First ship in 8 years

  • 187

    Was a missionary
  • 188

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 189 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 190 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 191 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 192 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 193 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 194 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 195 Artisans' Club

  • 196 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 197 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 198 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 199 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 200 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 201 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 202 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 203 School crossing patrol begins

  • 204 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 205 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 206 Hartland's invitation

  • 207 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 208 Northam footballers of the future

  • 209 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 210 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 211 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 212 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 213 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 214

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 215 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 216

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 217 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 218 Capers on the cobbles

  • 219 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 220 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 221 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 222 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 223 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 224 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 225 Littleham family's five generations

  • 226

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 227 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 228 Revenge in style

  • 229 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 230 First tankers arrive at new depot

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    New gateway
  • 232 Burnard family reunion

  • 233 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 234 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 235 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 236 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 237 Jumble sale fever

  • 238 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 239 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 240 By pony and trap to market

  • 241 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 242 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 243 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 244 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 245 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 246 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 247 New choral society's growing response

  • 248 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 249 A bird of their own!

  • 250 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 251 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 252 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 253 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 254 Weare Giffard potato

  • 255 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 256 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 257 Bideford Bridge re-opens

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

  • 259 Emergency ferry services

  • 260 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 261 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 262 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 263 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 264 New art gallery opened

  • 265 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 266 Torrington in 1967

  • 267 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 268 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 269

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 270 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

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    Cadets are given certificates
  • 272 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 273 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 274 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 275 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 276 Torrington children build igloo
  • 277 New civic medallions

  • 278 Bideford regatta

  • 279 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 280 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 281 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 282 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 283

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 284 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 285 Picking the pops

  • 286 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 287 Mobile missionary

  • 288 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 289 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 290 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 291 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 292 In their new robes and hats

  • 293 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 294 Simple Item 138
  • 295 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 296 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 297 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 298 Traditions and skills still there

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

  • 300 Can spring be far away?

  • 301 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

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

  • 303 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

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    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 305

    Relatives all over the world
  • 306 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 307 113 years at Instow

  • 308 He beat the floods

  • 309 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 310 They never miss a game at Torrington

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    First prize
  • 312 Riverside mystery

  • 313 Pannier Market's future?

  • 314 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 315 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 316

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 317 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 318 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 319 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 320 Hartland postman retires

  • 321 Decontrol of meat

  • 322 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 323 A story to tell!

  • 324 New look in the hayfields

  • 325 Appledore's largest

  • 326 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 327 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 328 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 329 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 330 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 331 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 332 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 333 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

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    Married in 1908
  • 335 Centenary of Gazette

  • 336 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 337 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 338 New Post Office

  • 339 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 340 No laughing matter

  • 341 New shipyard on schedule

  • 342

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 343 Malibou boys are all-the-year-round surfers

  • 344 Cruising down the river

  • 345 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 346 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 347

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 348 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 349

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 350 New life for Hartland organ

  • 351 Life begins at 80

  • 352 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 353 So this is the mainland!

  • 354 Bridging the stream

  • 355 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 356 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 357 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 358 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 359 Out of puff!

  • 360 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 361 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 362 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 363 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 364 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 365 No sale of Springfield House

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    Exhibition of school work
  • 367 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 368 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 369 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 370 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 371 What's the time?

  • 372 Colour TV salesman at eight

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

  • 374 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 375 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 376 They are parted pro-tem

  • 377 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 378 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 379 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 380 Some 240 exhibits

  • 381 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

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

  • 383 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 384 Parkham plan realised

  • 385 Bideford's first triplets for 12 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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  • 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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Arab Horses

A Fremington horse breeder is planning to start a stud for Arab horses, one of the world's top show animals and a rarity in North Devon.

3.9.1971 Arab horses

Miss Susan Pulsford wants to make this breed - which can be traced back to 2,000 BC - a regular competitor in North Devon show circles. She is asking the North Devon Show organisers to include a class for Arab horses in next year's event.
Gazette article dated 3 September 1971

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