• 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 He beat the floods

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    Cadets are given certificates
  • 3

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 4 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 5 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 6 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 7 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 8 113 years at Instow

  • 9 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 10 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 11 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 12 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 13 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 14 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 15

    Married in 1908
  • 16 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 17 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 18 Peter poses for TV film

  • 19 Northam's almshouse

  • 20 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 21 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 22 New choral society's growing response

  • 23 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 24 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 25 Police station view of Bideford

  • 26 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 27 Revenge in style

  • 28 Ships at Bideford

  • 29 First ship in 8 years

  • 30 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 31 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 32 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 33 Jumble sale fever

  • 34 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 35 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

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

  • 37

    Relatives all over the world
  • 38

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 39 Simple Item 138
  • 40 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 41 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 42 A bird of their own!

  • 43 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 44 Can spring be far away?

  • 45 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 46 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 47 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 48 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 49 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 50 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 51 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

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

  • 53 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 54 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 55 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 56 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 57 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 58 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 59 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 60 Riverside mystery

  • 61 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 62 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 63 Hartland's invitation

  • 64 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 65 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 66 All for the love of a lady!

  • 67 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 68 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 69 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 70 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 71 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 72 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 73 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 74 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 75 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 76 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 77

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 78 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 79 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 80 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 81 Burnard family reunion

  • 82 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 83 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 84 A story to tell!

  • 85

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 86 Devil sent packing

  • 87 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 88 Recognise this resort?

  • 89 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 90 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 91 Picking the pops

  • 92

    First prize
  • 93 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 94 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 95 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 96 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 97 Parkham plan realised

  • 98 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 99 By pony and trap to market

  • 100 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 101 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 102 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 103

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 104 Some 240 exhibits

  • 105 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 106 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 107 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 108 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 109 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 110 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 111 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 112 New life for Hartland organ

  • 113 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 114 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 115 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 116 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 117 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 118 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 119 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 120 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 121 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 122 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 123 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 124 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 125

    New gateway
  • 126 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 127 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 128 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 129 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 130 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 131 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

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

  • 133 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 134 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 135

    Was a missionary
  • 136 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 137 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 138 Mobile missionary

  • 139 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 140 A roof-top view - where?

  • 141 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 142 Penny for the guy

  • 143 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

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

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

  • 146

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 147 New addition to Quay front

  • 148 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 149 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 150 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 151

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 152 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 153 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 154 Sight of a lifetime

  • 155 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 156 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 157 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 158 Puppet characters introduced

  • 159 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 160 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 161 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 162

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 163

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 164

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 165 End of the line

  • 166 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 167 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 168 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 169

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

  • 171 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 172 Bideford computer stars

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

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

  • 175 New shipyard on schedule

  • 176 Hartland Dancers
  • 177 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 178 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 179 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 180 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 181 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 182 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 183 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 184 New civic medallions

  • 185 New look in the hayfields

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

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

  • 188 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 189 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 190 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 191 New art gallery opened

  • 192

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 193 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 194 All aboard the ark

  • 195 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 196

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 197 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 198 Twenty-one yachts

  • 199 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 200 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 201 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 202 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 203 Capers on the cobbles

  • 204 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 205 They are parted pro-tem

  • 206 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 207 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 208 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 209 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 210 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 211 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 212 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 213 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 214 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 215 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 216 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

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

  • 218 Variety in summer weather

  • 219 School crossing patrol begins

  • 220 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 221 Happy Days!

  • 222 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 223

    Building works
  • 224 Ten year old scrambler

  • 225 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 226 School's link with cargo ship

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

  • 228 Centenary of Gazette

  • 229 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 230 Modern living at Bideford

  • 231

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 232 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 233 Last train from Torrington

  • 234 For crying out loud!

  • 235 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 236 Pannier Market's future?

  • 237 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 238 Circus comes to town

  • 239 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 240 The Geneva marionettes

  • 241 No sale of Springfield House

  • 242 New Post Office

  • 243

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 244 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 245 When horses score over the tractor

  • 246 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 247

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 248 In their new robes and hats

  • 249 Appledore's largest

  • 250 Clovelly custom

  • 251 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 252 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 253 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 254 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 255 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 256 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 257 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 258 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 259 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 260 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 261 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 262 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 263 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 264 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 265

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 266 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 267

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 268 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 269 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 270 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 271 Finished in 1876

  • 272 Waldon Triplets
  • 273 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 274 Life begins at 80

  • 275 Torrington children build igloo
  • 276 Weare Giffard potato

  • 277 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 278 Torrington in 1967

  • 279 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 280 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 281

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 282 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 283 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 284 Decontrol of meat

  • 285 No laughing matter

  • 286

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 287 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 288 Littleham family's five generations

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

  • 290 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 291 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 292 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 293 Picking the pops

  • 294 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 295 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 296 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 297 So this is the mainland!

  • 298 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 299

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 300 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 301 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 302 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 303 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 304 Out of puff!

  • 305 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 306 Artisans' Club

  • 307 Northam footballers of the future

  • 308 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 309 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 310 Just over a year old

  • 311 What's the time?

  • 312 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 313 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 314 The art of the thatcher

  • 315 Some mushroom!

  • 316 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 317 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 318 Clovelly nightmare

  • 319 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 320 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 321 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 322 Private home for public pump

  • 323 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 324 Service with a smile

  • 325 Off on a great adventure

  • 326 Warmington's garage ad

  • 327 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 328 Loads of black and white

  • 329 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 330 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 331 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 332 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 333 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 334 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 335 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 336 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 337 It really was the 'last time'

  • 338 Bideford loses training ship

  • 339 Bideford regatta

  • 340

    Bidefordians
  • 341 Bridging the stream

  • 342 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 343 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 344 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 345 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 346 Torrington's new amenity

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

  • 348 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 349 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 350 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 351 Six footed lamb

  • 352 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 353 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 354 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 355 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 356

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 357 Hartland postman retires

  • 358 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 359 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 360 Traditions and skills still there

  • 361 A man and his wheel

  • 362 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 363 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 364 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 365

    Exhibition of school work
  • 366 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 367 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 368 New Lundy stamps

  • 369 Cruising down the river

  • 370 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 371 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 372 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 373 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 374 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 375 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 376 Emergency ferry services

  • 377 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 378 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 379 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 380

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 381 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 382

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 383 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 384 North Devon Driving School

  • 385 Unique holiday adventure!

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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  • 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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  • 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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