• 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 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 2 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 3 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 4 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 5 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 6 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 7 Bideford regatta

  • 8 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 9 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 10 Picking the pops

  • 11 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 12 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 13 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 14 In their new robes and hats

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

  • 16 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 17

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 18 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 19

    Exhibition of school work
  • 20 Torrington children build igloo
  • 21 No sale of Springfield House

  • 22 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 23 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 24

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 25 They never miss a game at Torrington

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

  • 27 Private home for public pump

  • 28 End of the line

  • 29 First ship in 8 years

  • 30 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 31 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 32 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 33 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 34 New life for Hartland organ

  • 35 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 36 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 37 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 38

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 39

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 40 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 41 Hartland's invitation

  • 42 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 43 Police station view of Bideford

  • 44 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 45 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 46 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 47 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 48 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 49 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

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

  • 51 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 52 Bideford loses training ship

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

  • 54 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 55

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 56

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 57 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 58 113 years at Instow

  • 59 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 60 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 61 No laughing matter

  • 62 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 63

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 64 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 65 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 66 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 67 All for the love of a lady!

  • 68 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 69 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 70 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 71 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 72 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 73 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

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

  • 75 Littleham family's five generations

  • 76 Devil sent packing

  • 77 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 78 New Post Office

  • 79 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 80 New art gallery opened

  • 81 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 82 What's the time?

  • 83 It really was the 'last time'

  • 84 Six footed lamb

  • 85 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 86 They are parted pro-tem

  • 87 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 88

    Was a missionary
  • 89

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 90 Artisans' Club

  • 91

    Building works
  • 92 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 93 Torrington's new amenity

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

  • 95 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 96

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 97 Bideford 'What's my line?' challenger

  • 98 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 99 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 100 Torrington in 1967

  • 101 Weare Giffard potato

  • 102

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 103 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 104 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 105 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 106 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 107 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 108 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 109

    Married in 1908
  • 110 Parkham plan realised

  • 111 New look in the hayfields

  • 112 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 113 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 114 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 115 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 116 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 117 Circus comes to town

  • 118 Warmington's garage ad

  • 119 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 120 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 121 He beat the floods

  • 122 A roof-top view - where?

  • 123 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 124 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 125 Out of puff!

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

  • 127 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 128 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 129 By pony and trap to market

  • 130 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 131 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 132 Penny for the guy

  • 133 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 134 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 135 A man and his wheel

  • 136

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 137 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 138 A bird of their own!

  • 139 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 140 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 141 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 142 Bideford computer stars

  • 143 Sight of a lifetime

  • 144 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 145 Pannier Market's future?

  • 146 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 147 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 148

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 149

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 150 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 151 Off on a great adventure

  • 152 Clovelly nightmare

  • 153 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 154 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 155 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 156 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 157 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 158 Jumble sale fever

  • 159 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 160 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 161 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 162 Service with a smile

  • 163 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 164 When horses score over the tractor

  • 165

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 166 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 167 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 168 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 169 Some mushroom!

  • 170 Peter poses for TV film

  • 171 Happy Days!

  • 172 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 173 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 174 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 175 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 176 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 177 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 178 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 179 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 180 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

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    Bidefordians
  • 182 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 183 Just over a year old

  • 184 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 185 Recognise this resort?

  • 186 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 187 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 188 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 189 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 190 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 191 Can spring be far away?

  • 192 No ancient Grecian temple this

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    First prize
  • 194 Emergency ferry services

  • 195

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 196 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 197 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 198 Waldon Triplets
  • 199 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 200 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 201 New Lundy stamps

  • 202 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 203 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 204 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 205 Hartland Dancers
  • 206 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 207 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 208 Some 240 exhibits

  • 209 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 210 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 211 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 212 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 213 Northam's almshouse

  • 214 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 215 New civic medallions

  • 216 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 217 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 218 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 219 Bideford country dancers on TV

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

  • 221 Life begins at 80

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

  • 223 Last train from Torrington

  • 224 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 225 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 226 Ten year old scrambler

  • 227 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 228 Loads of black and white

  • 229 Puppet characters introduced

  • 230 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 231 A story to tell!

  • 232 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 233 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 234 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 235 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

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

  • 237 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 238 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 239 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 240 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 241 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 242 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 243 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 244 For crying out loud!

  • 245 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 246 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 247 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 248 Mobile missionary

  • 249 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 250 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 251 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 252 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 253 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 254 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 255 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 256 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 257 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 258 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 259 Appledore's largest

  • 260 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 261 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 262 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 263 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 264 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 265 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 266 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 267 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 268 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 269 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 270 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 271 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 272 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 273 Bridging the stream

  • 274 So this is the mainland!

  • 275 Picking the pops

  • 276 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 277 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 278 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 279 Twenty-one yachts

  • 280 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 281

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
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    New gateway
  • 283 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 284 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 285 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 286 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 287 Riverside mystery

  • 288 Cruising down the river

  • 289 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 290 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 291 All aboard the ark

  • 292 Ships at Bideford

  • 293 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 294 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 295 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 296 Traditions and skills still there

  • 297 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 298

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
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    Relatives all over the world
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    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 301 The art of the thatcher

  • 302 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 303 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 304 Capers on the cobbles

  • 305 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 306 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 307 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 308 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 309 X-ray shoe fitting

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

  • 311 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 312 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 313 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 314 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 315 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 316 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 317 School's link with cargo ship

  • 318 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 319 Simple Item 138
  • 320 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 321 Variety in summer weather

  • 322 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 323 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 324 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 325 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 326 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 327

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 328 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 329 Finished in 1876

  • 330 New shipyard on schedule

  • 331 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 332

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 333

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 334 The Geneva marionettes

  • 335 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 336 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 337 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 338 Centenary of Gazette

  • 339 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 340 Northam footballers of the future

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    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 342 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 343 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 344 Burnard family reunion

  • 345 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 346 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 347 Television comes to Torridge District

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    Close associations with North Devon
  • 349 Clovelly custom

  • 350 Modern living at Bideford

  • 351 Calligrapher extraordinary

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

  • 353 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 354 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 355 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 356 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 357 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 358 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 359 An early 'special' to Bideford

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    Cadets are given certificates
  • 361 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 362 School crossing patrol begins

  • 363 New choral society's growing response

  • 364

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 365 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 366 Hartland postman retires

  • 367 Decontrol of meat

  • 368 New addition to Quay front

  • 369 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 370 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 371 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 372 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 373 North Devon Driving School

  • 374 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 375 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 376 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 377 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 378 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 379 Revenge in style

  • 380 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 381 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 382 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 383 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 384 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 385 Bideford Bridge re-opens

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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