• 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 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 2 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 3 Off on a great adventure

  • 4 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 5 Capers on the cobbles

  • 6 113 years at Instow

  • 7 Bideford regatta

  • 8 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 9 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 10 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 11 A bird of their own!

  • 12 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 13 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 14 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 15 So this is the mainland!

  • 16

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 17 End of the line

  • 18 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 19 Simple Item 138
  • 20 Mobile missionary

  • 21 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 22 A story to tell!

  • 23 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 24

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 25 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 26 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 27 Bideford computer stars

  • 28 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 29 Peter poses for TV film

  • 30 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 31 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 32 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 33 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 34

    First prize
  • 35 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 36 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 37 New civic medallions

  • 38

    New gateway
  • 39 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

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

  • 41 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 42 Police station view of Bideford

  • 43 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 44

    Relatives all over the world
  • 45 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 46 Hartland's invitation

  • 47 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 48 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 49 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 50 All aboard the ark

  • 51 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 52 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 53 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 54 Twenty-one yachts

  • 55 Passing of a Torrington landmark

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

  • 57 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 58 All for the love of a lady!

  • 59 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 60 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 61 Finished in 1876

  • 62 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 63 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 64 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 65 Out of puff!

  • 66 Ten year old scrambler

  • 67 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 68 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 69 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 70 Centenary of Gazette

  • 71 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 72 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 73

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 74 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 75 Torrington children build igloo
  • 76

    Building works
  • 77 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 78 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 79 When horses score over the tractor

  • 80 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 81 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 82 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 83 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 84

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 85

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 86 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 87 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 88 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 89 Circus comes to town

  • 90 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 91 Just over a year old

  • 92 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 93

    Exhibition of school work
  • 94

    Was a missionary
  • 95 Riverside mystery

  • 96 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 97 Emergency ferry services

  • 98 North Devon Driving School

  • 99 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 100 Can spring be far away?

  • 101

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 102 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 103 A roof-top view - where?

  • 104 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 105 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 106 Parkham plan realised

  • 107 Some mushroom!

  • 108 Pannier Market's future?

  • 109 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 110 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 111 Ships at Bideford

  • 112 Happy Days!

  • 113 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 114 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 115 Torrington's new amenity

  • 116 School crossing patrol begins

  • 117 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 118 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 119 Loads of black and white

  • 120 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 121 The art of the thatcher

  • 122 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 123 Six footed lamb

  • 124 New addition to Quay front

  • 125 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

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

  • 127 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 128

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 129 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 130 By pony and trap to market

  • 131 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 132 Jumble sale fever

  • 133

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

  • 135 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 136 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 137 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 138

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 139

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 140 East-the-Water's call for new school

  • 141 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 142 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 143 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 144 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 145 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 146 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 147 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 148 Sight of a lifetime

  • 149 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 150 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 151 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 152

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 153 Bideford 'What's my line?' challenger

  • 154 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 155 Devil sent packing

  • 156 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 157 They are parted pro-tem

  • 158 Warmington's garage ad

  • 159 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 160 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 161 For crying out loud!

  • 162 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 163 Bideford loses training ship

  • 164 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 165 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 166 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 167

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 168

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 169 Allhalland Street - then and now

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

  • 171 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 172 Service with a smile

  • 173 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 174 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 175 Private home for public pump

  • 176 Artisans' Club

  • 177 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 178 It really was the 'last time'

  • 179

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 180

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 181 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 182 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 183 New choral society's growing response

  • 184 New fire and ambulance stations

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

  • 186 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 187 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 188 Revenge in style

  • 189 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 190 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 191 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 192 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 193 What's the time?

  • 194 New look in the hayfields

  • 195 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 196 Picking the pops

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

  • 198 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 199 Waldon Triplets
  • 200 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 201 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 202 Littleham family's five generations

  • 203 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 204 New shipyard on schedule

  • 205 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 206 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 207

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 208

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 209 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 210 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 211 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 212 Some 240 exhibits

  • 213 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 214 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 215 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 216 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 217 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 218 Cruising down the river

  • 219 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 220 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 221 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 222 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 223 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 224 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 225 Puppet characters introduced

  • 226 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 227 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 228 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 229 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 230 Appledore's largest

  • 231 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 232 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 233 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 234 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 235 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 236 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 237 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 238 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 239 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 240 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 241 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 242 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 243 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 244 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 245 Hartland postman retires

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

  • 247 Decontrol of meat

  • 248 New art gallery opened

  • 249 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 250 Modern living at Bideford

  • 251 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 252 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 253 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 254 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 255 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 256 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 257 A man and his wheel

  • 258 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 259

    Married in 1908
  • 260 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 261 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 262 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 263 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 264 He beat the floods

  • 265 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 266 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 267

    Bidefordians
  • 268

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 269 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 270 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 271 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 272 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 273 Weare Giffard potato

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 275 Variety in summer weather

  • 276 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 277 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 278 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 279 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 280 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 281 Hartland Dancers
  • 282 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 283 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 284 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 285 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 286 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 287 Recognise this resort?

  • 288 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 289 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 290 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 291 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 292 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 293

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 294 Last train from Torrington

  • 295 Torrington in 1967

  • 296 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 297 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 298 No laughing matter

  • 299 No sale of Springfield House

  • 300 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 301 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 302 Picking the pops

  • 303 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 304 Traditions and skills still there

  • 305 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 306 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 307

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 308 Penny for the guy

  • 309 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

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

  • 311

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 312 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 313 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 314 In their new robes and hats

  • 315 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 316 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 317 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 318 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 319 New Lundy stamps

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

  • 321

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 322 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 323 First ship in 8 years

  • 324 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 325 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 326 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 327 Clovelly nightmare

  • 328 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 329 Burnard family reunion

  • 330 Bridging the stream

  • 331 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 332 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 333 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 334 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 335 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 336 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 337 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 338 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

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

  • 340 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 341 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 342 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 343

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 344 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 345 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 346 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 347 School's link with cargo ship

  • 348 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 349 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 350 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 351 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 352 Life begins at 80

  • 353 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 354 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 355 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 356 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 357 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 358 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 359 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 360 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 361 Northam's almshouse

  • 362 Clovelly custom

  • 363 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 364 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 365 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 366 The Geneva marionettes

  • 367 New life for Hartland organ

  • 368 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 369 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 370 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 371 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 372 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 373 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 374 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 375 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 376 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 377 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 378 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 379 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 380

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 381 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 382 Northam footballers of the future

  • 383 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 384 New Post Office

  • 385 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

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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