• 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 Out of puff!

  • 2 Life begins at 80

  • 3 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 4 Emergency ferry services

  • 5 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 6 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 7 All for the love of a lady!

  • 8 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 9 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 10 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 11

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 12

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 13 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 14 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 15 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 16 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 17 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 18 By pony and trap to market

  • 19 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 20 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 21 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 22 New addition to Quay front

  • 23 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 24 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 25

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 26 Weare Giffard potato

  • 27 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 28

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 29

    Married in 1908
  • 30 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 31 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 32 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 33 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 34 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 35 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 36 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 37 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 38

    First prize
  • 39 Devil sent packing

  • 40 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 41 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 42 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 43 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

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

  • 45 113 years at Instow

  • 46 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 47 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 48 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 49 Sight of a lifetime

  • 50 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 51 Capers on the cobbles

  • 52 Northam footballers of the future

  • 53 Circus comes to town

  • 54 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 55 Last train from Torrington

  • 56 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 57 Recognise this resort?

  • 58 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 59 New life for Hartland organ

  • 60 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 61

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 62 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 63 Just over a year old

  • 64

    Relatives all over the world
  • 65 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 66 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 67

    Was a missionary
  • 68 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 69 Private home for public pump

  • 70 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 71 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 72 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 73 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 74 Mobile missionary

  • 75 Bideford loses training ship

  • 76 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 77 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 78 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 79 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 80 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 81 Decontrol of meat

  • 82 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 83 New look in the hayfields

  • 84 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

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

  • 86 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 87 Cruising down the river

  • 88 Liked holidays here - so starts business

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

  • 90 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 91 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 92 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 93 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 94 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 95 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 96

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 97 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 98 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 99 A bird of their own!

  • 100 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 101 The art of the thatcher

  • 102 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 103 Clovelly nightmare

  • 104 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 105 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 106 A man and his wheel

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

  • 108 Jumble sale fever

  • 109 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 110 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 111

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 112 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 113 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 114 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 115 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 116 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 117 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 118 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 119 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 120 For crying out loud!

  • 121 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 122 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 123 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 124 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 125 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 126 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 127 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 128 It really was the 'last time'

  • 129 School crossing patrol begins

  • 130

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 131 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 132 Variety in summer weather

  • 133

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 134 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 135 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 136 Simple Item 138
  • 137 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 138 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 139 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 140

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 141 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 142 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 143 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 144 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 145 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 146 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 147 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 148 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 149 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 150 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 151

    Bidefordians
  • 152 They are parted pro-tem

  • 153 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 154 A roof-top view - where?

  • 155 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 156 New choral society's growing response

  • 157 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 158 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 159 He beat the floods

  • 160 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 161 Northam's almshouse

  • 162 Torrington's new amenity

  • 163 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 164 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 165 All aboard the ark

  • 166 Hartland Dancers
  • 167 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 168 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 169 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 170 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 171 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 172 Service with a smile

  • 173 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 174 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 175

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 176 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 177

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 178 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 179 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 180 Steep street of old Bideford

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

  • 182 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 183 Loads of black and white

  • 184 Clovelly custom

  • 185 Off on a great adventure

  • 186 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 187 Some mushroom!

  • 188 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 189 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 190 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 191 New Post Office

  • 192

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 193 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 194 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 195 Centenary of Gazette

  • 196 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 197 Modern living at Bideford

  • 198 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 199 New shipyard on schedule

  • 200 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 201 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 202 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 203 Traditions and skills still there

  • 204 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 205 Finished in 1876

  • 206 No sale of Springfield House

  • 207

    Exhibition of school work
  • 208 Burnard family reunion

  • 209 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 210 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 211 Waldon Triplets
  • 212 New Lundy stamps

  • 213 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 214 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 215

    New gateway
  • 216 Picking the pops

  • 217 Some 240 exhibits

  • 218 Torrington in 1967

  • 219 Six footed lamb

  • 220 Pannier Market's future?

  • 221 Puppet characters introduced

  • 222 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 223 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 224 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 225 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 226 Can spring be far away?

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

  • 228 Warmington's garage ad

  • 229 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 230 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 231 No laughing matter

  • 232 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 233 Littleham family's five generations

  • 234 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 235 End of the line

  • 236 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 237 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 238 Revenge in style

  • 239 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 240 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 241 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 242 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 243 Bideford regatta

  • 244 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 245 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 246 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 247 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 248 Penny for the guy

  • 249 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 250 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 251 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 252 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 253 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 254 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 255 Parkham plan realised

  • 256 Hartland postman retires

  • 257 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 258 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 259

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 260 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 261 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 262 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 263 Artisans' Club

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

  • 265 Appledore's largest

  • 266 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 267 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 268 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 269 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 270 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 271

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 272 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 273 Happy Days!

  • 274

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 275 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 276 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 277 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 278 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 279 Ships at Bideford

  • 280 A story to tell!

  • 281 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 282 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 283 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 284

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 285 New art gallery opened

  • 286 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 287 North Devon Driving School

  • 288 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 289

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 290 Record player of 80 years ago

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

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

  • 293

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 294 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 295 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 296 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 297 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 298 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 299 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 300 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 301 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 302 Riverside mystery

  • 303

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 304 Malibou boys are all-the-year-round surfers

  • 305 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 306 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 307 Bideford computer stars

  • 308 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 309 The Geneva marionettes

  • 310 So this is the mainland!

  • 311 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 312 When horses score over the tractor

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

  • 314 Ten year old scrambler

  • 315 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 316 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 317 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 318 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 319 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 320 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 321

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 322 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 323 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 324 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 325 Police station view of Bideford

  • 326 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 327 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 328 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 329 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 330 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 331

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 332 Bridging the stream

  • 333 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 334 Twenty-one yachts

  • 335 What's the time?

  • 336 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 337 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 338 New civic medallions

  • 339 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 340 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 341 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 342 Hartland's invitation

  • 343

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 344 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 345 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 346 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 347 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 348 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 349 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 350 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 351 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 352 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

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

  • 354 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 355 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 356 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 357 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 358 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 359 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 360 Torrington children build igloo
  • 361 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 362

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 363 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 364 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 365

    Building works
  • 366 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 367 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 368 School's link with cargo ship

  • 369 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 370 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 371 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 372 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 373 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 374 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 375 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 376 In their new robes and hats

  • 377 Peter poses for TV film

  • 378 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 379 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 380 Picking the pops

  • 381 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 382 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 383 First ship in 8 years

  • 384 New Lundy air-mail stamps

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    Toasted with musical honours
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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Margaret Gilbert

Shebbear Harvest Queen

Margaret Gilbert, of Knowle Farm, Monkleigh, was chosen Harvest Queen at a harvest ball organised by Shebbear Church repair committee and held in the village hall there.

Harvest Queen

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