• 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 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 2 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 3 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 4 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 5 New life for Hartland organ

  • 6 Simple Item 138
  • 7 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 8 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 9

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 10 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 11 Recognise this resort?

  • 12 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 13 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 14 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 15

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 16 Some 240 exhibits

  • 17 Life begins at 80

  • 18 Variety in summer weather

  • 19 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

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

  • 21 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 22 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 23 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 24 Water Board mains spread through villages

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

  • 26 A bird of their own!

  • 27 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 28 It really was the 'last time'

  • 29 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 30 Cruising down the river

  • 31 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 32

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 33 Ten year old scrambler

  • 34 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 35 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 36 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 37 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 38 By pony and trap to market

  • 39 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 40 Sweets derationing

  • 41 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 42 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 43 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 44 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 45 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 46 What's the time?

  • 47 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 48

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 49 Northam footballers of the future

  • 50 Waldon Triplets
  • 51 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 52 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 53 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 54 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 55 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 56 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 57 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 58 Bideford regatta

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

  • 60 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 61 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 62 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 63 School crossing patrol begins

  • 64 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 65 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 66 Six footed lamb

  • 67 A roof-top view - where?

  • 68 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 69 Weare Giffard potato

  • 70 Circus comes to town

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

  • 72 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 73 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 74

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 75 Loads of black and white

  • 76 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 77

    Was a missionary
  • 78 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 79

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 80 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 81 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 82 113 years at Instow

  • 83 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 84 Warmington's garage ad

  • 85 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 86 Torrington in 1967

  • 87 Torrington children build igloo
  • 88 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 89 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 90 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 91 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 92 Just over a year old

  • 93 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

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

  • 95 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 96 Afternoon tea in the park

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

  • 98 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 99 Twenty-one yachts

  • 100

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 101 Finished in 1876

  • 102 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 103 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 104 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 105 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 106 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 107 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 108 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 109 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 110 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 111 New Post Office

  • 112 New shipyard on schedule

  • 113 New Lundy stamps

  • 114 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 115 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 116 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 117 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 118 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 119

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 120 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 121 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 122 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 123 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 124 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 125 A man and his wheel

  • 126 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 127 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 128 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 129 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 130 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 131 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 132 For crying out loud!

  • 133 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 134 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 135 When horses score over the tractor

  • 136 Happy Days!

  • 137 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 138 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 139 Riverside mystery

  • 140 New look in the hayfields

  • 141 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 142 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 143

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 144 Picking the pops

  • 145

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 146

    Relatives all over the world
  • 147 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 148 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 149 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 150 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 151 Artisans' Club

  • 152 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 153 Service with a smile

  • 154 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 155 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 156 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 157 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 158 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 159 First ship in 8 years

  • 160 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 161 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 162 Bideford loses training ship

  • 163 Bideford computer stars

  • 164 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 165 Sight of a lifetime

  • 166 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 167 New civic medallions

  • 168 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 169 So this is the mainland!

  • 170 Revenge in style

  • 171 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 172 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 173 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 174 Clovelly custom

  • 175 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 176 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 177 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 178 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 179 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 180 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 181 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 182 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 183 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 184 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 185 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 186 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 187 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 188 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 189 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 190 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 191 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

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

  • 193 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 194 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 195 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 196 They are parted pro-tem

  • 197 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 198 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 199 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 200

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 201 School's link with cargo ship

  • 202 New addition to Quay front

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

  • 204 Penny for the guy

  • 205

    Building works
  • 206 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 207

    Bidefordians
  • 208 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 209 Hartland's invitation

  • 210 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 211 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 212 From Bobby to Brian

  • 213 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 214 Devil sent packing

  • 215

    First prize
  • 216 The Geneva marionettes

  • 217 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 218

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 219 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 220 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 221 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 222 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 223 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 224 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 225

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 226 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 227

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 228 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 229 Peter poses for TV film

  • 230 Jumble sale fever

  • 231 Police station view of Bideford

  • 232 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 233 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 234 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 235 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 236 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 237

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 238 Mobile missionary

  • 239 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 240 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 241 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 242 Emergency ferry services

  • 243 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 244 Holiday scene near Sandymere

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

  • 246 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 247 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 248 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 249 Littleham family's five generations

  • 250 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 251

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 252 In their new robes and hats

  • 253 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 254 Capers on the cobbles

  • 255 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 256 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 257 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 258 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 259 Clovelly nightmare

  • 260 Burnard family reunion

  • 261 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 262 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 263 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 264 Centenary of Gazette

  • 265 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 266 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 267 Puppet characters introduced

  • 268 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 269 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 270 Last train from Torrington

  • 271 End of the line

  • 272 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 273 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 274 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 275 Buckland goes to County Show

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    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 277 Farewell to passenger trains

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

  • 279 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 280 Picking the pops

  • 281 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 282 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 283 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 284 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 285 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 286 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 287 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 288 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 289 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 290 He beat the floods

  • 291 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 292 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 293 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 294 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 295 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 296 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 297 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 298

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 299 The cab at the corner>
  • 300 No laughing matter

  • 301 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 302 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 303 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 304 New choral society's growing response

  • 305 Modern living at Bideford

  • 306 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 307 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 308 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 309 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 310 Off on a great adventure

  • 311 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 312 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 313 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 314 Pannier Market's future?

  • 315 Fundraising trip for RNLI

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

  • 317 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 318 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 319 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 320 Quads join a Langtree happy family

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    Close associations with North Devon
  • 322 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 323 New art gallery opened

  • 324 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 325 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 326

    Exhibition of school work
  • 327 Decontrol of meat

  • 328

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 329 Bridging the stream

  • 330 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 331 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 332

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 333 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 334

    New gateway
  • 335 Some mushroom!

  • 336 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 337 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 338 Parkham plan realised

  • 339 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 340 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 341 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 342 Filming at Hartland

  • 343 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 344 Ships at Bideford

  • 345 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 346 All for the love of a lady!

  • 347 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 348 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 349 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 350 Out of puff!

  • 351 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 352 Northam's almshouse

  • 353 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 354 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 355 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 356 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 357 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 358 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 359 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 360 Torrington's new amenity

  • 361 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 362 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 363 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 364 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 365 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 366 Hartland Dancers
  • 367 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 368 Lundy memorial to John Pennington Harman V.C.

  • 369 No sale of Springfield House

  • 370

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 371 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 372 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 373 North Devon Driving School

  • 374

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 375 Malibou boys are all-the-year-round surfers

  • 376 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 377 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 378 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 379 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 380 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 381 Championship Trophy for Hartland
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    Married in 1908
  • 383 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 384 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 385 All aboard the ark

  • 386 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 387 Traditions and skills still there

  • 388 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 389 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 390 Private home for public pump

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

  • 392 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 393 The art of the thatcher

  • 394 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 395 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 396 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 397 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 398

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 399 Hartland postman retires

  • 400 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 401 A story to tell!

  • 402

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 403 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 404 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 405 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 406 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 407 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 408 Appledore's largest

  • 409 Can spring be far away?

  • 410 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 411 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 412 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 413 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

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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Landcross

Landcross

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Landcross, or Lancras, in the hundred of Shebbear and in the deanery of Hertland, lies about two miles and a half from Bideford. The manor belonged, anciently, tot he family of Beaumont, from whom it passed to Basset, and from Basset, by marriage, to Pomeroy. It was afterwards in Giffard; Sir John Rolle died seised of it in 1706; it is now the property of Lord Rolle, who is the patron of the rectory. In the parish-church is the monument of Anthony Giffard, lord of the manor, who died in 1649. General Monnk appears to have been a native of this village; he was baptized at Lancras, December 11, 1608.

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