• 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 Recognise this resort?

  • 2 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 3 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 4 Jumble sale fever

  • 5 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 6 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 7 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 8 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 9 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 10 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 11 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

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

  • 13 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 14 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 15 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 16

    Building works
  • 17 Ten year old scrambler

  • 18 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 19 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 20 Capers on the cobbles

  • 21 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 22 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 23 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 24 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 25 Picking the pops

  • 26 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 27 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 28

    Married in 1908
  • 29 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 30 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 31 Picking the pops

  • 32 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 33 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 34 A story to tell!

  • 35 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 36 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 37

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 38 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 39 Bideford regatta

  • 40 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 41 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 42 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 43 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 44 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 45

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 46 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 47 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 48 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 49

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 50 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

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

  • 52 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 53 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 54

    Relatives all over the world
  • 55 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 56 All aboard the ark

  • 57 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 58 Twenty-one yachts

  • 59 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 60 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 61 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 62 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 63 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 64

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 65 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 66 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 67 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 68 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 69 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 70 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 71 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 72 New Post Office

  • 73 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 74 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 75 Sweets derationing

  • 76 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 77 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 78 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 79 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 80 Private home for public pump

  • 81 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 82 New addition to Quay front

  • 83 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 84 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 85 End of the line

  • 86 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 87 Light reading for the lighthouse

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

  • 89 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 90 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 91 Hartland postman retires

  • 92 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 93 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 94 Six footed lamb

  • 95 Burnard family reunion

  • 96 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 97 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 98 Riverside mystery

  • 99

    First prize
  • 100 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 101 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 102 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 103 Making way for the double-deckers

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

  • 105

    New gateway
  • 106 Littleham family's five generations

  • 107 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 108 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 109 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 110 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 111 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 112 Bideford loses training ship

  • 113 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 114 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 115 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 116 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 117 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 118 Circus comes to town

  • 119 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 120 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 121 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 122 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 123 It really was the 'last time'

  • 124 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 125 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 126 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 127 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 128 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 129 Just over a year old

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

  • 131 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 132 Quads join a Langtree happy family

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

  • 134 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 135 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 136 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 137 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 138 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 139 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 140 So this is the mainland!

  • 141

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 142 Revenge in style

  • 143 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 144 School's link with cargo ship

  • 145 New civic medallions

  • 146 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 147 Modern living at Bideford

  • 148 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 149 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 150 New art gallery opened

  • 151 Torrington children build igloo
  • 152 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 153 New look in the hayfields

  • 154 The cab at the corner>
  • 155 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 156 Centenary of Gazette

  • 157 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 158 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 159 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 160 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 161 Puppet characters introduced

  • 162 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 163 A roof-top view - where?

  • 164 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 165 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 166 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 167 He beat the floods

  • 168 Happy Days!

  • 169 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 170 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 171 In their new robes and hats

  • 172 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 173 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 174 Traditions and skills still there

  • 175 Bideford computer stars

  • 176 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 177 First ship in 8 years

  • 178 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 179 Mobile missionary

  • 180

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 181 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 182 Bridging the stream

  • 183

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 184 Pannier Market's future?

  • 185 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 186 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 187 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 188 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 189 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 190 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 191 Some mushroom!

  • 192 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 193 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 194

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 195 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 196 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 197 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 198 Hartland's invitation

  • 199 When horses score over the tractor

  • 200 No sale of Springfield House

  • 201 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 202 Clovelly custom

  • 203 Artisans' Club

  • 204 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 205 Sight of a lifetime

  • 206 Northam footballers of the future

  • 207 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 208 Variety in summer weather

  • 209 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 210 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 211 All for the love of a lady!

  • 212 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 213 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 214 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 215 Loads of black and white

  • 216 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 217 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 218 What's the time?

  • 219 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 220

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 221 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 222

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 223

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 224 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 225 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 226 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 227 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 228 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 229 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 230

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 231

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 232 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 233

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 234 Life begins at 80

  • 235

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 236 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 237 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 238 Torrington in 1967

  • 239 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 240 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 241 Peter poses for TV film

  • 242 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 243 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 244 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 245 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 246 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 247

    Was a missionary
  • 248 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 249 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 250

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 251 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 252 School crossing patrol begins

  • 253 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 254 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 255 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 256 113 years at Instow

  • 257 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 258 Waldon Triplets
  • 259 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 260 By pony and trap to market

  • 261 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 262 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 263 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 264 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 265 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 266

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 267 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 268 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 269 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 270 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 271 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 272 Warmington's garage ad

  • 273 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

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

  • 275 New Lundy stamps

  • 276 Cruising down the river

  • 277 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 278 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 279 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 280 New life for Hartland organ

  • 281 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 282 Last train from Torrington

  • 283 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 284 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 285 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 286 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 287 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

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    Bidefordians
  • 289 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 290 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 291 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

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

  • 293 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 294 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

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

  • 296 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 297 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 298 Off on a great adventure

  • 299 Simple Item 138
  • 300 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 301 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 302 From Bobby to Brian

  • 303

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 304 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 305 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 306 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 307 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 308

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 309 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 310 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 311 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 312 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 313

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 314 The art of the thatcher

  • 315 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 316 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 317 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 318 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 319 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 320 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 321 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 322 New shipyard on schedule

  • 323 For crying out loud!

  • 324 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 325 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 326 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 327 Ships at Bideford

  • 328 Torrington's new amenity

  • 329 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 330 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 331 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 332 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 333 New choral society's growing response

  • 334 Decontrol of meat

  • 335 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

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

  • 337 Clovelly nightmare

  • 338 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 339 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 340 A bird of their own!

  • 341 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 342 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 343 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 344 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 345 Finished in 1876

  • 346 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 347 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 348 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 349 Filming at Hartland

  • 350 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 351

    Exhibition of school work
  • 352 No laughing matter

  • 353 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 354 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 355 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 356 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 357 North Devon Driving School

  • 358 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 359 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 360 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 361 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 362 The Geneva marionettes

  • 363 Devil sent packing

  • 364 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 365 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 366 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 367 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 368

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 369 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 370 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 371 Police station view of Bideford

  • 372 Service with a smile

  • 373 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 374 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 375 Some 240 exhibits

  • 376 Northam's almshouse

  • 377 They are parted pro-tem

  • 378 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 379 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 380 Doing time - over 300 years of it - at Hartland

  • 381 Can spring be far away?

  • 382 Appledore's largest

  • 383 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 384 Parkham plan realised

  • 385

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 386 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 387 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 388 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 389 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 390

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 391 Diamond Jubilee of St Peter's Church, East-the-Water

  • 392

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 393 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 394 Hartland Dancers
  • 395 Penny for the guy

  • 396 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 397 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 398 Weare Giffard potato

  • 399 Emergency ferry services

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

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

  • 402 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 403 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 404 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 405 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 406 A man and his wheel

  • 407 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 408 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 409 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 410 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 411 Out of puff!

  • 412

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 413 Brothers reunion 1947
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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Shebbear News

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