• 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 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 2 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 3 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 4 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 5 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 6 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 7 Weare Giffard potato

  • 8 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 9 Last train from Torrington

  • 10 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 11 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 12 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 13 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 14 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 15 Hartland postman retires

  • 16 Peter poses for TV film

  • 17 Modern living at Bideford

  • 18 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 19 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 20

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 21 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 22

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 23 Hartland Dancers
  • 24 End of the line

  • 25 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 26 Clovelly nightmare

  • 27 Simple Item 138
  • 28 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 29 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 30

    Married in 1908
  • 31 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 32 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 33

    Relatives all over the world
  • 34

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 35 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 36 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 37 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 38 Littleham family's five generations

  • 39 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 40 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 41 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 42 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 43 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 44 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 45 Happy Days!

  • 46 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 47 Recognise this resort?

  • 48 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 49 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 50 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 51 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 52 School crossing patrol begins

  • 53 Bridging the stream

  • 54 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 55 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 56 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 57 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

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

  • 59 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 60 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 61 He beat the floods

  • 62 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 63 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 64 Little 'Big Ben'

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

  • 66 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 67 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 68 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 69 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 70 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 71 New life for Hartland organ

  • 72 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 73 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 74 No sale of Springfield House

  • 75 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 76 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 77 School's link with cargo ship

  • 78 It really was the 'last time'

  • 79 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 80 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 81 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 82 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 83 Some mushroom!

  • 84

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 85 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 86

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 87 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 88 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 89 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 90 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 91 Out of puff!

  • 92

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 93 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 94 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 95

    Building works
  • 96 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 97 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 98 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 99 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 100 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 101 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 102 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 103 New addition to Quay front

  • 104 A man and his wheel

  • 105 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 106 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 107 For crying out loud!

  • 108 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 109 The cab at the corner>
  • 110 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 111 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 112 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 113 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 114 Traditions and skills still there

  • 115 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 116 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 117 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 118 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 119

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 120 In their new robes and hats

  • 121 Warmington's garage ad

  • 122 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 123 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 124 Appledore's largest

  • 125 Northam footballers of the future

  • 126 First ship in 8 years

  • 127 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 128 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 129 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 130 A roof-top view - where?

  • 131 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 132 Parkham plan realised

  • 133 A story to tell!

  • 134 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 135

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 136 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 137 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 138 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 139 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 140 No laughing matter

  • 141 Mobile missionary

  • 142 Space dominates Hartland carnival

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

  • 144 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 145 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 146 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 147

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 148 Centenary of Gazette

  • 149 All aboard the ark

  • 150 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 151

    New gateway
  • 152 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 153 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 154 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 155 River scenes that enchant the visitors

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

  • 157 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 158 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 159 Decontrol of meat

  • 160

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 161

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 162 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 163 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 164 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 165 Waldon Triplets
  • 166 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 167 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 168 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 169 Clovelly custom

  • 170 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 171 Police station view of Bideford

  • 172 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 173 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 174 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 175 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 176 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 177 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 178 Penny for the guy

  • 179 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 180 Pannier Market's future?

  • 181 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 182

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 183 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 184 Private home for public pump

  • 185 New art gallery opened

  • 186 Variety in summer weather

  • 187

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 188 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 189 They are parted pro-tem

  • 190 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 191 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 192 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 193 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 194 113 years at Instow

  • 195 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 196 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 197 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 198 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 199 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 200

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 201 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 202 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 203 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 204 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 205 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 206 When horses score over the tractor

  • 207

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 208 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 209 Emergency ferry services

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

  • 211 Circus comes to town

  • 212 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 213 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 214 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 215

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 216 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 217 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 218 New Post Office

  • 219 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 220 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 221 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 222 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 223 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 224 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 225 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 226 What's the time?

  • 227 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 228

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 229 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 230 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 231 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 232 Devil sent packing

  • 233 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 234 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 235 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

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

  • 237 Bideford loses training ship

  • 238 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 239 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 240 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 241 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 242 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 243 Puppet characters introduced

  • 244 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 245 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 246 Life begins at 80

  • 247 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 248 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 249 Service with a smile

  • 250 A bird of their own!

  • 251 Some 240 exhibits

  • 252 Can spring be far away?

  • 253 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 254 Jumble sale fever

  • 255

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 256 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 257 Sweets derationing

  • 258 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 259 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 260 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

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

  • 262 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 263 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 264 Revenge in style

  • 265 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 266

    Bidefordians
  • 267 Hartland's invitation

  • 268 Cruising down the river

  • 269 Filming at Hartland

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

  • 271 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 272 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 273 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 274 Twenty-one yachts

  • 275 Torrington children build igloo
  • 276 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 277 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 278 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 279 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 280 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 281 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 282 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 283 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 284 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 285 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 286 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 287 Loads of black and white

  • 288 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 289 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 290 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 291 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 292 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 293 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 294 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 295 By pony and trap to market

  • 296 Artisans' Club

  • 297 Sight of a lifetime

  • 298 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 299 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 300 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 301 Off on a great adventure

  • 302 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 303

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 304 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 305 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 306 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 307 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 308 New civic medallions

  • 309 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 310 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 311 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 312 From Bobby to Brian

  • 313 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 314 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 315 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 316 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 317 New look in the hayfields

  • 318 Ships at Bideford

  • 319 Burnard family reunion

  • 320 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

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

  • 322 Six footed lamb

  • 323 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 324 The Geneva marionettes

  • 325 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 326 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 327 All for the love of a lady!

  • 328 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 329 Riverside mystery

  • 330 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 331

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 332

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 333 New choral society's growing response

  • 334 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 335 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

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

  • 337 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 338 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 339 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 340 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 341 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 342 Fundraising trip for RNLI

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

  • 344 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 345 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 346 New shipyard on schedule

  • 347 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 348 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 349 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 350 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 351 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 352

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 353

    Was a missionary
  • 354 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 355 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 356 Quads join a Langtree happy family

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 358 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 359 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 360

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 361 Just over a year old

  • 362 Torrington in 1967

  • 363 Bideford regatta

  • 364 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 365 Capers on the cobbles

  • 366 New Lundy stamps

  • 367 Northam's almshouse

  • 368 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 369 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 370 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 371 So this is the mainland!

  • 372 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 373 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 374 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 375 Eight to strike and a race to win

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

  • 377 The art of the thatcher

  • 378 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 379 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 380 Ten year old scrambler

  • 381 Bideford computer stars

  • 382 Picking the pops

  • 383 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 384 Finished in 1876

  • 385 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 386 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 387 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 388 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 389 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 390 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 391 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 392 Torrington's new amenity

  • 393

    First prize
  • 394 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

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

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

  • 397 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 398 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 399 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 400 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 401

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 402 Picking the pops

  • 403 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 404 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 405 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 406 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 407 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 408 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 409 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 410 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 411

    Exhibition of school work
  • 412 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 413 North Devon Driving School

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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Monkleigh News

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