• 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 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 2 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 3 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 4 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 5 All for the love of a lady!

  • 6 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 7 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 8 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 9 Clovelly custom

  • 10

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 11 Just over a year old

  • 12 A man and his wheel

  • 13 No sale of Springfield House

  • 14 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 15 Loads of black and white

  • 16 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 17 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 18 Appledore's largest

  • 19 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 20 So this is the mainland!

  • 21

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 22 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 23 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 24 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 25 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 26 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 27 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 28 Bridging the stream

  • 29 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 30 Traditions and skills still there

  • 31 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 32 Cruising down the river

  • 33 The art of the thatcher

  • 34 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 35 Circus comes to town

  • 36 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 37 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 38 Capers on the cobbles

  • 39 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 40 Hartland Dancers
  • 41 No ancient Grecian temple this

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

  • 43 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 44 Happy Days!

  • 45 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 46

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 47 Some mushroom!

  • 48 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 49 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 50 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 51 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 52 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 53 Filming at Hartland

  • 54 When horses score over the tractor

  • 55 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 56 Simple Item 138
  • 57 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 58 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 59 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 60 First tankers arrive at new depot

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

  • 62 Hartland postman retires

  • 63 Clovelly nightmare

  • 64 Picking the pops

  • 65 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 66 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 67 First ship in 8 years

  • 68 For crying out loud!

  • 69 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 70 Decontrol of meat

  • 71 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 72

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 73 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 74 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 75 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 76 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 77 Recognise this resort?

  • 78 New look in the hayfields

  • 79 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 80 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 81 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 82 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 83 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 84 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 85 Life begins at 80

  • 86 Sweets derationing

  • 87 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 88 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 89 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 90 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 91 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 92 A roof-top view - where?

  • 93 Picking the pops

  • 94 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 95 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 96 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 97 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 98 Jumble sale fever

  • 99 Riverside mystery

  • 100 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 101 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 102 What's the time?

  • 103 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 104 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 105 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 106 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 107 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 108 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 109 They are parted pro-tem

  • 110 North Devon Driving School

  • 111 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 112

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 113 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 114 Torrington's new amenity

  • 115 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 116 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 117 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 118 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 119 No laughing matter

  • 120 New addition to Quay front

  • 121 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 122 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 123 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 124 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 125 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 126 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 127 Torridge wins on time schedule

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

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

  • 130 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 131 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 132 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 133 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 134 Some 240 exhibits

  • 135 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 136 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 137 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 138 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 139 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 140 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 141 Private home for public pump

  • 142 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 143 Puppet characters introduced

  • 144 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 145 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 146 113 years at Instow

  • 147 School's link with cargo ship

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

  • 149 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 150 Ten year old scrambler

  • 151 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 152 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 153 Artisans' Club

  • 154

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 155 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 156 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 157 Devil sent packing

  • 158 A lost Bideford 'island'

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

  • 160 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 161 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 162 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 163 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 164 End of the line

  • 165 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 166 New life for Hartland organ

  • 167 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 168 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 169 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 170 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 171 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 172 New civic medallions

  • 173 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 174 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 175 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 176 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 177 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 178 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 179 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 180 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 181 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 182 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 183 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 184 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 185 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

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

  • 187 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 188 Can spring be far away?

  • 189 Finished in 1876

  • 190 Littleham family's five generations

  • 191 New choral society's growing response

  • 192 Twenty-one yachts

  • 193 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 194 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 195 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 196

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 197 Penny for the guy

  • 198

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 199 One of the luckier farmers in getting in the problem harvest

  • 200 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 201 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 202 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 203 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 204 Service with a smile

  • 205 New Lundy stamps

  • 206 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 207 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 208

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 209 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 210 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 211

    New gateway
  • 212 Centenary of Gazette

  • 213 Torrington children build igloo
  • 214

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 215 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 216 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 217 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 218

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 219 The Geneva marionettes

  • 220 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 221 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 222

    Relatives all over the world
  • 223 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 224 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 225 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 226 Hartland's invitation

  • 227 Bideford computer stars

  • 228

    Exhibition of school work
  • 229 Burnard family reunion

  • 230 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 231 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 232

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 233 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 234 From Bobby to Brian

  • 235 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 236 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 237 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 238 Parkham plan realised

  • 239 Bideford loses training ship

  • 240 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 241 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 242

    First prize
  • 243 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 244 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 245 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 246 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 247 Police station view of Bideford

  • 248

    Bidefordians
  • 249 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 250 School crossing patrol begins

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

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

  • 253 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 254 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 255 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 256

    Was a missionary
  • 257 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 258 Ships at Bideford

  • 259 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 260 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 261 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 262 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 263 All aboard the ark

  • 264 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 265 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 266 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 267 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 268 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 269 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 270 New Post Office

  • 271 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 272

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 273 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 274 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 275 Out of puff!

  • 276 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 277 Emergency ferry services

  • 278 New art gallery opened

  • 279 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 280 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 281 It really was the 'last time'

  • 282 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 283 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 284 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 285 Bideford regatta

  • 286 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 287 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 288

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 289 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 290 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 291 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 292 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 293 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 294 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 295 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 296 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 297 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 298 A bird of their own!

  • 299 Last of Bideford factory chimney

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    Building works
  • 301

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 302 Modern living at Bideford

  • 303

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 304 A story to tell!

  • 305 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 306 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 307 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 308 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 309 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 310

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 311 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 312 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 313 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 314 Last train from Torrington

  • 315 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 316 Waldon Triplets
  • 317 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 318 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 319 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 320 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 321 Off on a great adventure

  • 322 Northam footballers of the future

  • 323 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 324 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 325 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 326 Pannier Market's future?

  • 327 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 328 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 329 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 330 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 331 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 332 New shipyard on schedule

  • 333 Northam's almshouse

  • 334

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 335 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 336 Mobile missionary

  • 337 Sight of a lifetime

  • 338 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 339

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 340 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 341 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 342 Warmington's garage ad

  • 343 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 344 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 345 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 346 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 347 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

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

  • 349 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 350 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 351 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 352 Torrington in 1967

  • 353 He beat the floods

  • 354 By pony and trap to market

  • 355 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 356 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 357 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 358 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 359

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 360 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 361 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 362 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 363 Peter poses for TV film

  • 364 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 365 Variety in summer weather

  • 366 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 367 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 368 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 369

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 370

    Married in 1908
  • 371 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 372 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 373 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 374 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 375 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 376 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 377 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 378 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 379 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 380

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 381 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 382 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 383 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 384 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 385

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 386 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 387 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 388 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 389

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 390 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 391 In their new robes and hats

  • 392 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 393 Six footed lamb

  • 394 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 395

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 396 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 397 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 398 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 399 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 400 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 401 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 402 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 403 Weare Giffard potato

  • 404 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 405 The cab at the corner>
  • 406 Malibou boys are all-the-year-round surfers

  • 407 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 408 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 409 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 410 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 411 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 412 Revenge in style

  • 413 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

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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