• 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 Sight of a lifetime

  • 2 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 3 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 4 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 5 Off on a great adventure

  • 6 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 7 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 8 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 9 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 10

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 11 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 12

    Exhibition of school work
  • 13 Littleham family's five generations

  • 14 113 years at Instow

  • 15 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 16 Private home for public pump

  • 17 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 18 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 19 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 20 Jumble sale fever

  • 21 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 22 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 23 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 24 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 25 Variety in summer weather

  • 26 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 27 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 28 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 29 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 30 Some 240 exhibits

  • 31 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 32 By pony and trap to market

  • 33 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 34 Burnard family reunion

  • 35 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 36 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 37

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 38 New shipyard on schedule

  • 39 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 40 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 41 Capers on the cobbles

  • 42 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 43 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 44 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 45 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 46 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 47 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 48 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 49 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 50 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 51 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 52

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 53 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 54 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 55 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 56 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 57 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 58 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 59 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 60 Ships at Bideford

  • 61 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 62 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 63

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 64

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 65 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 66 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 67

    Was a missionary
  • 68 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 69 Twenty-one yachts

  • 70 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 71 Parkham plan realised

  • 72 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 73 No sale of Springfield House

  • 74 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 75 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 76 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 77 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 78 Sweets derationing

  • 79 Revenge in style

  • 80 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 81 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 82 They are parted pro-tem

  • 83 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 84 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 85 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 86 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 87 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 88 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 89 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 90 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 91 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 92 North Devon Driving School

  • 93 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 94 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 95 Clovelly custom

  • 96 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 97 Warmington's garage ad

  • 98 Bideford computer stars

  • 99 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 100 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 101 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 102 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 103 New art gallery opened

  • 104 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 105 Devil sent packing

  • 106 Simple Item 138
  • 107 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 108 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 109 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 110 Mobile missionary

  • 111 Emergency ferry services

  • 112 The cab at the corner>
  • 113 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 114 When horses score over the tractor

  • 115 It really was the 'last time'

  • 116 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 117 Ten year old scrambler

  • 118 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 119 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 120 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 121 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 122 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 123 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 124 He beat the floods

  • 125 School crossing patrol begins

  • 126 A roof-top view - where?

  • 127 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 128

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 129 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 130 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 131 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 132

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 133 Bideford 'What's my line?' challenger

  • 134 Alwington School closing after 120 years

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

  • 136 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 137 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

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

  • 139 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 140 New addition to Quay front

  • 141 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 142 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 143 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 144 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 145 Life begins at 80

  • 146 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 147 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 148 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 149

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 150 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 151 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 152 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 153 Loads of black and white

  • 154 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 155 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 156 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 157 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 158 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 159 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 160 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 161 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

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

  • 163 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 164 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 165 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 166

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 167 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 168 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 169 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 170 Puppet characters introduced

  • 171 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 172 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 173 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 174 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 175 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 176 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 177 Afternoon tea in the park

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

  • 179 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 180 New civic medallions

  • 181 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 182 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 183 Bridging the stream

  • 184 Riverside mystery

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

  • 186

    First prize
  • 187

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 188 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 189 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 190 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 191 All aboard the ark

  • 192 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 193 Torrington in 1967

  • 194 Picking the pops

  • 195 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 196 Finished in 1876

  • 197 Decontrol of meat

  • 198 Northam's almshouse

  • 199 End of the line

  • 200 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 201 All for the love of a lady!

  • 202 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 203

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 204 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 205 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 206 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 207 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 208 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 209 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 210 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 211 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 212 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 213 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 214

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 215 A man and his wheel

  • 216 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 217 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 218 From Bobby to Brian

  • 219 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 220 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 221 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 222 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 223 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 224 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 225 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 226 Bideford loses training ship

  • 227

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 228 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 229 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 230 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 231 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 232 New choral society's growing response

  • 233 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 234 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 235 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 236 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 237 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 238 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 239 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 240 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 241 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 242 Recognise this resort?

  • 243 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 244 Hartland Dancers
  • 245 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 246 Police station view of Bideford

  • 247 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 248 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 249 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 250 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 251 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

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    Building works
  • 253 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 254 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 255 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 256 New life for Hartland organ

  • 257 Last train from Torrington

  • 258

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 259 So this is the mainland!

  • 260 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 261 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 262 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 263 Pannier Market's future?

  • 264 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 265 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 266 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 267 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 268 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 269 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 270 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 271 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 272 New Post Office

  • 273 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 274 Waldon Triplets
  • 275 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 276 Can spring be far away?

  • 277 For crying out loud!

  • 278 Picking the pops

  • 279 Weare Giffard potato

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    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 281 Centenary of Gazette

  • 282 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 283 Out of puff!

  • 284 Torrington's new amenity

  • 285 Circus comes to town

  • 286 Hartland's invitation

  • 287 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 288 Watch the dicky bird!

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

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

  • 291 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 292 Six footed lamb

  • 293 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 294 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 295 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 296 Penny for the guy

  • 297 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 298 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 299 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 300 Traditions and skills still there

  • 301 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 302 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 303 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 304 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 305 Faints as she wins national competition

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

  • 307 A bird of their own!

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

  • 309 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 310 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 311 New look in the hayfields

  • 312 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 313 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 314 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 315 Modern living at Bideford

  • 316 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 317 What's the time?

  • 318 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 319 Little 'Big Ben'

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    Bidefordians
  • 321 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 322 The Geneva marionettes

  • 323 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 324 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

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    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 326 Peter poses for TV film

  • 327 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 328 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 329 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 330 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 331 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 332 Hartland postman retires

  • 333 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 334 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 335 Just over a year old

  • 336 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 337 Appledore's largest

  • 338 The art of the thatcher

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    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 340 School's link with cargo ship

  • 341 Service with a smile

  • 342 Artisans' Club

  • 343 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 344 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 345 Bideford regatta

  • 346 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 347 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 348 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

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    Relatives all over the world
  • 350 Filming at Hartland

  • 351 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 352 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 353 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 354 New Lundy stamps

  • 355

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 356 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 357 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 358 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 359

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 360 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 361 Cruising down the river

  • 362 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 363 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 364 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 365 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 366 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 367

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 368 A story to tell!

  • 369 Happy Days!

  • 370

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 371 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 372 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 373 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 374 Some mushroom!

  • 375 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 376

    Married in 1908
  • 377 Northam footballers of the future

  • 378

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
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    New gateway
  • 380 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 381 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 382 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 383 No laughing matter

  • 384 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 385 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 386 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 387 Clovelly nightmare

  • 388 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 389 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 390 Water Board mains spread through villages

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

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    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 393 Torrington children build igloo
  • 394 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 395 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 396 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 397 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 398

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 399 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 401 Landmark at Bradworthy

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

  • 403 First ship in 8 years

  • 404 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 405 Record pebble-throwing day

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

  • 407 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 408 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 409 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 410 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 411 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 412 In their new robes and hats

  • 413 Train returns to Westleigh straight

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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  • 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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  • 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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