• 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 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 2 When horses score over the tractor

  • 3 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 4 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 5 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 6 Private home for public pump

  • 7 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 8 New life for Hartland organ

  • 9 Recognise this resort?

  • 10 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 11 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 12 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

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

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

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

  • 16 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 17 Modern living at Bideford

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

  • 19

    Exhibition of school work
  • 20 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 21 Service with a smile

  • 22 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 23 Some 240 exhibits

  • 24 Bideford computer stars

  • 25 Last train from Torrington

  • 26 Revenge in style

  • 27 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 28 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 29 Simple Item 138
  • 30 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 31 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 32 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 33 Ten year old scrambler

  • 34 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 35 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 36 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 37 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 38 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 39 Emergency ferry services

  • 40 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 41 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 42 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 43 The cab at the corner>
  • 44 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 45 Mobile missionary

  • 46 So this is the mainland!

  • 47

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 48 Hartland's invitation

  • 49 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 50 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 51 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 52 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 53 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 54 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 55 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 56 Penny for the guy

  • 57 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 58 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 59

    Building works
  • 60 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 61 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 62 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 63 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 64 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 65 Off on a great adventure

  • 66 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 67 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 68 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 69

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 70 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 71 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 72 Bideford regatta

  • 73 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 74 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 75 Northam footballers of the future

  • 76 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 77 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 78 Last of Bideford factory chimney

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

  • 80 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 81 Torrington's new amenity

  • 82 A bird of their own!

  • 83 Finished in 1876

  • 84

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 85

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 86 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 87 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 88 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 89 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 90 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 91 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 92 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 93 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 94 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 95 No sale of Springfield House

  • 96 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 97 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 98 The art of the thatcher

  • 99 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 100

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 101 Traditions and skills still there

  • 102 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

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

  • 104 Bridging the stream

  • 105 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 106 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 107

    Relatives all over the world
  • 108 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 109 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 110 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 111 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 112 Clovelly nightmare

  • 113 Riverside mystery

  • 114 Police station view of Bideford

  • 115

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 116 Parkham plan realised

  • 117 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 118 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 119 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 120 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 121 Northam's almshouse

  • 122 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 123 Puppet characters introduced

  • 124 Picking the pops

  • 125 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 126 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 127 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 128 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 129 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 130 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 131 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 132 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 133 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 134 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 135 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 136 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 137 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 138 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

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

  • 140 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 141 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 142 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 143 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 144 Pannier Market's future?

  • 145 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 146 Twenty-one yachts

  • 147 Calf thinks of mare as mum

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

  • 149 End of the line

  • 150 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 151 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 152 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 153 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 154 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 155 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 156 Waldon Triplets
  • 157 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 158 Burnard family reunion

  • 159

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 160 School crossing patrol begins

  • 161

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 162 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 163 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 164

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 165 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 166 Sweets derationing

  • 167 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 168 In their new robes and hats

  • 169 Life begins at 80

  • 170 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 171

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 172

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 173 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 174 Filming at Hartland

  • 175 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 176 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 177 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 178 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 179 No laughing matter

  • 180 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 181 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 182 Cruising down the river

  • 183 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 184 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 185 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 186 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 187 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 188 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 189 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 190 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 191 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 192 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 193 Saving money, wear and tear

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

  • 195 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 196 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 197 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 198 A man and his wheel

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

  • 200 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 201 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 202 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 203 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 204 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 205 Centenary of Gazette

  • 206 Ships at Bideford

  • 207 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 208 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 209 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 210

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 211 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 212 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 213 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 214 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 215 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 216

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 217 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 218 New addition to Quay front

  • 219 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 220 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 221 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 222 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 223 A roof-top view - where?

  • 224 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 225 Capers on the cobbles

  • 226 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 227 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 228 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 229 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 230 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 231 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 232 Just over a year old

  • 233 All for the love of a lady!

  • 234

    New gateway
  • 235 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 236 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 237 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 238 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 239

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 240 New look in the hayfields

  • 241 Circus comes to town

  • 242 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 243 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 244 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 245 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 246 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 247 Clovelly custom

  • 248 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 249 Can spring be far away?

  • 250 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 251 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 252 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 253 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 254 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 255 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 256 New Post Office

  • 257 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 258 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 259 What's the time?

  • 260 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 261 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 262 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 263 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 264 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 265 They are parted pro-tem

  • 266 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 267 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 268 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 269 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 270 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 271 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 272 Hartland Dancers
  • 273 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 274 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 275 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 276 113 years at Instow

  • 277 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 278 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 279 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 280 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 281 A story to tell!

  • 282 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 283 The Geneva marionettes

  • 284 Loads of black and white

  • 285 Six footed lamb

  • 286 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 287 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 288 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 289 New choral society's growing response

  • 290 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

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

  • 292 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 293 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 294 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 295 Out of puff!

  • 296 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 297 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 298 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 299 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 300 Decontrol of meat

  • 301 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 302 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 303 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 304 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 305 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 306 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 307 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 308 New Lundy stamps

  • 309 New shipyard on schedule

  • 310 Jumble sale fever

  • 311 Weare Giffard potato

  • 312 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 313 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 314 Sight of a lifetime

  • 315

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 316 Torrington in 1967

  • 317 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 318 From Bobby to Brian

  • 319 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 320 Picking the pops

  • 321 Some mushroom!

  • 322 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 323 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 324 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 325 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 326

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 327 First ship in 8 years

  • 328 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 329 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 330

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 331 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 332 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 333

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 334 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

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

  • 336 Appledore's largest

  • 337 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 338 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 339 For crying out loud!

  • 340 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 341 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 342 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 343 Warmington's garage ad

  • 344 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 345 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 346 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 347 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 348 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 349 Artisans' Club

  • 350 It really was the 'last time'

  • 351 By pony and trap to market

  • 352 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 353 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 354 Devil sent packing

  • 355

    Married in 1908
  • 356

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 357 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 358 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 359 Peter poses for TV film

  • 360 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 361 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 362

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 363 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 364 School's link with cargo ship

  • 365

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 366

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 367 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 368

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 369 Torrington children build igloo
  • 370 New civic medallions

  • 371 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 372 North Devon Driving School

  • 373

    First prize
  • 374 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

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

  • 376 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 377 Littleham family's five generations

  • 378 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 379 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 380 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 381 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 382 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 383 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 384 Hartland postman retires

  • 385 Happy Days!

  • 386 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 387 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 388 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 389 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 390 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 391 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 392 New art gallery opened

  • 393 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 394 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 395 He beat the floods

  • 396 Bideford loses training ship

  • 397 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 398 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 399

    Bidefordians
  • 400 Chess - their bridge over the years

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

  • 402

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 403 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 404 Variety in summer weather

  • 405 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 406 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 407 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 408

    Was a missionary
  • 409 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 410 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 411

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 412 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 413 All aboard the ark

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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  • 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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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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