• 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 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 2 Some mushroom!

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

  • 4 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 5 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 6 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 7 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 8 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 9 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

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    Close associations with North Devon
  • 11 Recognise this resort?

  • 12 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 13 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 14 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 15 A roof-top view - where?

  • 16 Twenty-one yachts

  • 17 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 18 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 19 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 20 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 21 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 22 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 23 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 24 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 25 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 26 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 27 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 28 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 29 Torrington in 1967

  • 30 He beat the floods

  • 31 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 32 Happy Days!

  • 33 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 34 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 35 Bideford country dancers on TV

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

  • 37 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 38 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 39 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 40 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 41

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 42 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 43 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 44 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 45 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 46 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 47 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 48 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

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

  • 50 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 51

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 52 Mobile missionary

  • 53 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 54 New art gallery opened

  • 55 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 56 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 57 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 58 Grenville House for Bideford R.D.C.

  • 59 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 60 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 61 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 62 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 63 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 64 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 65 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 66 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 67 New Lundy stamps

  • 68 Torrington's new amenity

  • 69 The cab at the corner>
  • 70 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 71

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 72 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 73 Simple Item 138
  • 74 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 75 Bridging the stream

  • 76 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 77 Variety in summer weather

  • 78

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 79 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 80 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 81 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 82 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 83

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 84 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 85 The art of the thatcher

  • 86 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 87 When horses score over the tractor

  • 88 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 89

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 90 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 91 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 92 All for the love of a lady!

  • 93 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 94 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 95 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 96 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 97 Parkham plan realised

  • 98 Loads of black and white

  • 99 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 100 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 101 New life for Hartland organ

  • 102 School crossing patrol begins

  • 103 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 104 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 105 Riverside mystery

  • 106 Just over a year old

  • 107 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 108 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 109 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 110 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 111 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 112 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 113 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 114

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 115 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 116 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 117 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 118 Cruising down the river

  • 119 Hartland's invitation

  • 120 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 121 Warmington's garage ad

  • 122 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 123 Six footed lamb

  • 124 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 125 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 126 Polish custom on Pancake Day

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

  • 128 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

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

  • 130 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 131 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 132

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 133

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 134 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 135 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 136

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 137 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 138 Penny for the guy

  • 139 Emergency ferry services

  • 140 North Devon Driving School

  • 141 Hartland Dancers
  • 142 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 143 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 144 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 145 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 146 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 147 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 148 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 149 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 150 Jumble sale fever

  • 151 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 152 It really was the 'last time'

  • 153 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 154 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 155 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 156

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 157 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

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

  • 159 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 160 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 161 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 162 Ten year old scrambler

  • 163 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 164 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 165 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 166 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 167 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 168 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 169 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

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

  • 171

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 172 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 173 Centenary of Gazette

  • 174 All aboard the ark

  • 175 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 176

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 177 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 178 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 179 Filming at Hartland

  • 180 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 181

    Was a missionary
  • 182 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 183

    Relatives all over the world
  • 184 Traditions and skills still there

  • 185 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 186 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 187 Picking the pops

  • 188 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 189 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 190 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

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

  • 192 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 193 New civic medallions

  • 194 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 195 Clovelly custom

  • 196 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 197 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 198 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 199 Modern living at Bideford

  • 200 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 201 Ships at Bideford

  • 202 End of the line

  • 203 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 204 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 205 Last train from Torrington

  • 206 The Geneva marionettes

  • 207 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 208 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 209 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 210 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 211 They are parted pro-tem

  • 212 New shipyard on schedule

  • 213 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 214 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 215 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 216 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 217 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 218 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 219 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 220 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 221 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 222 Circus comes to town

  • 223 Peter poses for TV film

  • 224 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 225 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 226 Revenge in style

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

  • 228 Clovelly nightmare

  • 229

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 230 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 231 Devil sent packing

  • 232 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 233 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 234 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 235 Littleham family's five generations

  • 236 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 237 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 238 From Bobby to Brian

  • 239 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 240 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 241 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 242 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 243 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 244 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 245 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 246 Off on a great adventure

  • 247 Weare Giffard potato

  • 248 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 249 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 250 A story to tell!

  • 251 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 252 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 253 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 254 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 255 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 256 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 257 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 258 Burnard family reunion

  • 259 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 260 Artisans' Club

  • 261 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 263 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 264 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 265 Bideford regatta

  • 266 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 267 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 268 113 years at Instow

  • 269

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 270 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 271 First ship in 8 years

  • 272 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 273 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 274 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 275 Life begins at 80

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    Building works
  • 277 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 278

    Married in 1908
  • 279 New choral society's growing response

  • 280 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 281 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 282 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 283 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 284 Bideford loses training ship

  • 285

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 286 Can spring be far away?

  • 287 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 288 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 289 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 290 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 291 Out of puff!

  • 292 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 293 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 294 For crying out loud!

  • 295 No sale of Springfield House

  • 296 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 297 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 298 A bird of their own!

  • 299 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 300 Appledore's largest

  • 301 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 302 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 303 Hartland postman retires

  • 304 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 305 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 306 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 307 Service with a smile

  • 308 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 309

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 310 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 311 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 312 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 313 In their new robes and hats

  • 314 Decontrol of meat

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

  • 316 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 317 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 318 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 319 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 320 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 321 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 322 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 323 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 324 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 325 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 326 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 327 Bideford - as Rowlandson saw it about 1810-15

  • 328 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 329 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 330 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 331

    First prize
  • 332 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 333 Puppet characters introduced

  • 334 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 335 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 336 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 337 Sweets derationing

  • 338 Northam's almshouse

  • 339 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 340 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 341 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 342 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 343

    New gateway
  • 344 What's the time?

  • 345 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 346 Torrington children build igloo
  • 347

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 348 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 349 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 350 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 351 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 352 Pannier Market's future?

  • 353 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 354

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 355 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 356 Finished in 1876

  • 357 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 358

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 359 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 360 Bideford computer stars

  • 361

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 362 New look in the hayfields

  • 363 School's link with cargo ship

  • 364 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 365 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 366 So this is the mainland!

  • 367 New Post Office

  • 368 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 369 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 370

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 371 Private home for public pump

  • 372 New addition to Quay front

  • 373 By pony and trap to market

  • 374 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 375 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 376

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 377 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 378 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 379 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 380 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

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

  • 382 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

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

  • 384 Capers on the cobbles

  • 385

    Bidefordians
  • 386 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 387 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 388 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 389 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 390 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 391 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 392 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 393 Sight of a lifetime

  • 394 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 395 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 396 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 397 Waldon Triplets
  • 398 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 399 Northam footballers of the future

  • 400 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 401

    Exhibition of school work
  • 402 Police station view of Bideford

  • 403 A man and his wheel

  • 404 Picking the pops

  • 405 No laughing matter

  • 406 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 407 Some 240 exhibits

  • 408 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 409 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 410 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 411 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 412 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 413 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

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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  • 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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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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