• 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 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

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    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 3 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 4 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 5 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 6 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 7 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 8 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 9 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 10 Torrington in 1967

  • 11 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 12 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 13 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 14 Police station view of Bideford

  • 15 The Geneva marionettes

  • 16 Simple Item 138
  • 17 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 18

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 19 So this is the mainland!

  • 20 School crossing patrol begins

  • 21 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 22 A roof-top view - where?

  • 23 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 24 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 25 Twenty-one yachts

  • 26 First ship in 8 years

  • 27 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 28 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 29 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 30 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 31 Bideford computer stars

  • 32 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 33 End of the line

  • 34 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 35 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 36 Parkham plan realised

  • 37 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 38 Artisans' Club

  • 39

    Relatives all over the world
  • 40 New life for Hartland organ

  • 41 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 42 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 43

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 44 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 45 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 46 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 47 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 48 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 49 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 50 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

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

  • 52 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 53 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 54 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 55 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 56 Just over a year old

  • 57 Last train from Torrington

  • 58 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 59 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 60 Traditions and skills still there

  • 61 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 62 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 63 All aboard the ark

  • 64 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 65

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 66 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 67 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 68 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 69 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 70 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 71 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 72 New Lundy stamps

  • 73 Torrington's new amenity

  • 74 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 75 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 76 Filming at Hartland

  • 77 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 78 Appledore's largest

  • 79 North Devon Driving School

  • 80 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 81 Bideford loses training ship

  • 82 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 83 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 84 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 85 Emergency ferry services

  • 86 Sweet success at Langtree School

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

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

  • 89 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 90 Service with a smile

  • 91

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 92 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 93 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 94 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 95 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 96 Penny for the guy

  • 97 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 98 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 99 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 100 Puppet characters introduced

  • 101 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 102 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 103 Loads of black and white

  • 104 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 105 Picking the pops

  • 106 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 107 Circus comes to town

  • 108 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 109 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 110 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 111 Pannier Market's future?

  • 112 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 113 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 114 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 115 New civic medallions

  • 116 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 117 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 118 The art of the thatcher

  • 119 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 120 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 121 Ten year old scrambler

  • 122 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 123 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 124 Daisy's pride and joy

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

  • 126 They are parted pro-tem

  • 127 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 128 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 129 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 130 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 131 Life begins at 80

  • 132 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 133 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 134 Clovelly custom

  • 135 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 136 Saving money, wear and tear

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

  • 138 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 139 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 140 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 141

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 142 He beat the floods

  • 143 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 144 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 145 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 146 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 147 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 148 New addition to Quay front

  • 149 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 150 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 151 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 152 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 153 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 154 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 155 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 156

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 157 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 158 All for the love of a lady!

  • 159 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 160 Finished in 1876

  • 161

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 162 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 163 Hartland postman retires

  • 164 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 165 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 166 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 167 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 168 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 169 Jumble sale fever

  • 170

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 171 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 172 Private home for public pump

  • 173 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 174 New look in the hayfields

  • 175 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 176 Capers on the cobbles

  • 177 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 178 Out of puff!

  • 179 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 180 Centenary of Gazette

  • 181 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 182 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 183 A bird of their own!

  • 184 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 185 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 186 Clovelly nightmare

  • 187 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 188 Off on a great adventure

  • 189 Cruising down the river

  • 190 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 191 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 192 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 193 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 194 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 195

    Married in 1908
  • 196 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 197 Bridging the stream

  • 198 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 199 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 200 Hartland Dancers
  • 201 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 202 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 203 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 204 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 205

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 206 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 207 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 208 Six footed lamb

  • 209 Torrington children build igloo
  • 210 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 211 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 212 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 213 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 214 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 215 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 216 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 217 Variety in summer weather

  • 218 No laughing matter

  • 219 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 220 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 221 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 222 Decontrol of meat

  • 223

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 224

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 225 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 226

    Bidefordians
  • 227 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 228 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 229 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 230 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 231 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 232 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 233 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 234 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 235 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 236 Colour TV salesman at eight

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 238 One of the luckier farmers in getting in the problem harvest

  • 239 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 240 Revenge in style

  • 241 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 242 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 243 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 244 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 245

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 246 New choral society's growing response

  • 247 No ancient Grecian temple this

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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 249 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 250 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 251 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 252 A story to tell!

  • 253 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 254 Northam's almshouse

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

  • 256 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 257 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 258 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 259 Modern living at Bideford

  • 260 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 261 113 years at Instow

  • 262 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 263 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 264 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 265 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 266 What's the time?

  • 267 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 268 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 269 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 270 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 271 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 272 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 273 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 274 Picking the pops

  • 275 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 276 Some mushroom!

  • 277 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 278 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

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

  • 280 No sale of Springfield House

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    First prize
  • 282 Ship-in-bottle world record

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

  • 285 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 286 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 287 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 288 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 289 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 290 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 291 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 292 Waldon Triplets
  • 293 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 294

    Building works
  • 295 New shipyard on schedule

  • 296 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 297 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 298 School's link with cargo ship

  • 299

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 300 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 301 In their new robes and hats

  • 302 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 303 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 304 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 305 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 306 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 307 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 308 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 309 Devil sent packing

  • 310 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 311 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 312 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 313 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 314 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 315

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 316 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 317 Ships at Bideford

  • 318 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 319 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 320 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 321 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 322 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 323 Burnard family reunion

  • 324 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 325 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 326

    Was a missionary
  • 327 It really was the 'last time'

  • 328 Warmington's garage ad

  • 329 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 330 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 331 Childrens' model of Torrington

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

  • 333 New Post Office

  • 334 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 335 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 336 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 337 Riverside mystery

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

  • 339 Mobile missionary

  • 340 Can spring be far away?

  • 341 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 342 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 343 Sight of a lifetime

  • 344 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 345 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 346 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 347 A man and his wheel

  • 348 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 349

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 350

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 351

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 352 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 353 Peter poses for TV film

  • 354 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 355 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 356 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

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

  • 358 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 359 Designed and made in Bideford

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

  • 361 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

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    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 363 East-the-Water's call for new school

  • 364 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 365 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 366 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 367 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 368 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 369 Sweets derationing

  • 370 New art gallery opened

  • 371 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 372 From Bobby to Brian

  • 373 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 374 Some 240 exhibits

  • 375 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 376 Littleham family's five generations

  • 377 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 378 Weare Giffard potato

  • 379 For crying out loud!

  • 380 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 381 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 382

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 383

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 384 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 385 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 386 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 387 The cab at the corner>
  • 388 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 389 Happy Days!

  • 390 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 391 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 392 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 393 Recognise this resort?

  • 394

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 395 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 396 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 397 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 398 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 399 Northam footballers of the future

  • 400 Sooty is quick on the draw

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    Exhibition of school work
  • 402 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 403 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 404 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 405 Bideford regatta

  • 406 Photo mural in Bideford bank

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

  • 408 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 409

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 410 By pony and trap to market

  • 411 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 412 Hartland's invitation

  • 413 When horses score over the tractor

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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