• 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 Just over a year old

  • 2 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 3 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 4 Out of puff!

  • 5

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 6 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 7 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 8 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 9 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 10 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 11 Artisans' Club

  • 12 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 13 Grenville House for Bideford R.D.C.

  • 14 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 15 Emergency ferry services

  • 16 New civic medallions

  • 17 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 18 Police station view of Bideford

  • 19 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 20 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 21 It really was the 'last time'

  • 22

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 23 They are parted pro-tem

  • 24

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 25

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 26 One of the luckier farmers in getting in the problem harvest

  • 27 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 28 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 29 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 30 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 31 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 32 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 33 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 34 Sight of a lifetime

  • 35 Safe door weighing two tons

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

  • 37 Pannier Market's future?

  • 38 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 39 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 40 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 41 Devil sent packing

  • 42 Recognise this resort?

  • 43

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 44 113 years at Instow

  • 45 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 46 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 47 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 48 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 49 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 50 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

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

  • 52 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 53 Centenary of Gazette

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

  • 55 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 56 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 57 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 58 New life for Hartland organ

  • 59 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 60 Can spring be far away?

  • 61 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 62 Northam footballers of the future

  • 63

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 64 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 65 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 66 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 67 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 68 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 69 Loads of black and white

  • 70 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 71 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 72

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 73 Penny for the guy

  • 74 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 75 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 76 Weare Giffard potato

  • 77 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 78 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 79 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 80 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 81 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 82 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 83 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 84 Variety in summer weather

  • 85 New Lundy stamps

  • 86 School's link with cargo ship

  • 87 Torrington in 1967

  • 88 Simple Item 138
  • 89 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 90 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 91 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 92 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 93 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 94 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 95 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 96 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 97

    New gateway
  • 98 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 99 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 100 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 101 Parkham plan realised

  • 102 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 103 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 104 Bideford regatta

  • 105 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 106 Clovelly custom

  • 107 Littleham family's five generations

  • 108 School crossing patrol begins

  • 109 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 110 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 111 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 112 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 113

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 114 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 115 Revenge in style

  • 116 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 117 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 118

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 119 Hartland's invitation

  • 120 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 121 Peter poses for TV film

  • 122 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 123 The art of the thatcher

  • 124 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 125 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 126 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 127 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 128

    First prize
  • 129 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 130 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 131 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 132 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 133 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 134 Life begins at 80

  • 135 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 136 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 137 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 138 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 139 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 140 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 141 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 142 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 143 Bideford loses training ship

  • 144 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 145 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 146 Northam's almshouse

  • 147 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 148 All for the love of a lady!

  • 149 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 150 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 151 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 152 When horses score over the tractor

  • 153 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 154 In their new robes and hats

  • 155 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 156 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 157 A bird of their own!

  • 158 Happy Days!

  • 159 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 160 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 161 Torrington children build igloo
  • 162

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 163

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 164 He beat the floods

  • 165 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 166 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 167 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 168 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 169 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 170 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 171 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 172 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 173 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 174 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 175 New choral society's growing response

  • 176 Clovelly nightmare

  • 177 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 178

    Bidefordians
  • 179 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 180 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 181 Circus comes to town

  • 182 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 183 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 184 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 185 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 186 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 187 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 188 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 189 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 190 Capers on the cobbles

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

  • 192 Finished in 1876

  • 193 Picking the pops

  • 194 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 195 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 196 All aboard the ark

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

  • 198 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 199 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 200 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 201 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 202 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 203 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 204 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 205 Ships at Bideford

  • 206 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 207 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 208 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 209 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 210 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 211 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 212 Appledore's largest

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

  • 214 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 215 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 216 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 217 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 218 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 219 Ten year old scrambler

  • 220 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 221 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 222 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 223 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 224 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 225 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 226 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 227 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 228 Decontrol of meat

  • 229 Hartland Dancers
  • 230 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 231 Quads join a Langtree happy family

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    Building works
  • 233 Modern living at Bideford

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

  • 235 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 236 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 237 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 238 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 239 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 240 Some 240 exhibits

  • 241 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 242 Six footed lamb

  • 243 Mobile missionary

  • 244 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 245 No sale of Springfield House

  • 246 New shipyard on schedule

  • 247 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 248 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 249 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 250 Last train from Torrington

  • 251 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 252 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 253 A story to tell!

  • 254 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 255 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 256 Bridging the stream

  • 257 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 258 By pony and trap to market

  • 259 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 260 Riverside mystery

  • 261 Private home for public pump

  • 262 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

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

  • 264 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 265 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 266 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 267

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 268 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 269 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 270 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 271 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 272 New art gallery opened

  • 273 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 274 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 275 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 276 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 277 Twenty-one yachts

  • 278 North Devon Driving School

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

  • 280 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 281 Service with a smile

  • 282 New addition to Quay front

  • 283 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 284 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 286

    Was a missionary
  • 287 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 288 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 289 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 290 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 291 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 292 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 293 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

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    Successful motor cycling team
  • 295 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 296 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 297 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 298 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 299 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 300 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 301 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 302 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 303 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 304

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 305

    Relatives all over the world
  • 306 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 307 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 308

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 309

    Married in 1908
  • 310

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 311 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 312

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 313 End of the line

  • 314 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 315 Some mushroom!

  • 316 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 317 Picking the pops

  • 318 A man and his wheel

  • 319 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 320

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 321 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 322 For crying out loud!

  • 323

    Exhibition of school work
  • 324 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 325 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 326 Puppet characters introduced

  • 327 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 328 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 329 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 330 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 331 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 332 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 333 No laughing matter

  • 334 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 335 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 336 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 337 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 338 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 339 Bideford computer stars

  • 340 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

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

  • 342 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 343 New Post Office

  • 344 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 345 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 346 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 347 Hartland postman retires

  • 348 Jumble sale fever

  • 349 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 350 First ship in 8 years

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

  • 352 Off on a great adventure

  • 353 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 354 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 355 Torrington's new amenity

  • 356 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 357 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 358 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 359 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 360 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 361 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 362

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 363

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 364 What's the time?

  • 365

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 366 Warmington's garage ad

  • 367 A roof-top view - where?

  • 368

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 369 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 370 Traditions and skills still there

  • 371

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 372

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 373 New look in the hayfields

  • 374 So this is the mainland!

  • 375 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 376 Burnard family reunion

  • 377 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 378 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 379 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 380 The Geneva marionettes

  • 381 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 382 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 383 Cruising down the river

  • 384 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 385 Waldon Triplets
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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  • 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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  • 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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Rosemary Shute Ration Book

Rosemary Shute Ration Book - 1953 - 1954

Rosemary Shute ration book
 

Ministry of Food 1953-1954 (child's) ration book - Rosemary Shute, Park, Horwood, Barnstaple

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