• 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 Appledore schooner broadcast

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

  • 3 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 4 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 5 They are parted pro-tem

  • 6 Happy Days!

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    First prize
  • 8 Torrington in 1967

  • 9 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 10 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 11 Weare Giffard potato

  • 12 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 13 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 14

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 15 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 16 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 17 Jumble sale fever

  • 18 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 19 First tankers arrive at new depot

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

  • 21 Clovelly custom

  • 22 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 23 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 24 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 25 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 26 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 27 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 28 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 29 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 30 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 31 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 32 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 33 So this is the mainland!

  • 34 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

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

  • 36

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 37 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 38 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 39

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 40 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 41 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 42 New shipyard on schedule

  • 43 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 44 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 45 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 46 End of the line

  • 47 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 48 Police station view of Bideford

  • 49 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 50 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 51 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 52 Life begins at 80

  • 53 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 54 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 55 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 56 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 57 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 58 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 59 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 60 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 61 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 62 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 63

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 64 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 65 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 66 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 67 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 68 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 69 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 70 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 71 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 72 Burnard family reunion

  • 73 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 74 Can spring be far away?

  • 75 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 76 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 77 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 78 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 79 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 80 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 81 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 82 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 83 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 84 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 85 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 86 Off on a great adventure

  • 87 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 88 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 89 Circus comes to town

  • 90 Hartland postman retires

  • 91 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 92 No sale of Springfield House

  • 93

    Exhibition of school work
  • 94 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 95 Hartland Dancers
  • 96 Northam footballers of the future

  • 97 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 98 Bideford regatta

  • 99

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 100 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 101 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 102 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 103 A bird of their own!

  • 104 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 105 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 106 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 107 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 108 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 109 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 110 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 111 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 112 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

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

  • 114 New civic medallions

  • 115 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 116 Artisans' Club

  • 117 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 118 He beat the floods

  • 119 Appledore's largest

  • 120

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 121 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 122 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 123 Variety in summer weather

  • 124 No laughing matter

  • 125 Just over a year old

  • 126 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 127 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 128 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 129 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 130 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 131 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 132 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 133 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 134 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 135 Riverside mystery

  • 136 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 137 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 138 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 139 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 140 Revenge in style

  • 141 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 142 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 143 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 144

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 145

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 146 Ten year old scrambler

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

  • 148 For crying out loud!

  • 149 Bideford computer stars

  • 150 Private home for public pump

  • 151 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 152 First ship in 8 years

  • 153 Pannier Market's future?

  • 154 Modern living at Bideford

  • 155 What's the time?

  • 156 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 157 Six footed lamb

  • 158 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 159 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 160 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 161

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 162 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 163 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 164

    Was a missionary
  • 165 Mobile missionary

  • 166

    Relatives all over the world
  • 167 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 168 Bridging the stream

  • 169 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 170 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 171 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

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    New gateway
  • 173 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 174 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 175 Decontrol of meat

  • 176 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 177 Some 240 exhibits

  • 178 Cruising down the river

  • 179 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 180 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 181 Torrington children build igloo
  • 182 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 183 113 years at Instow

  • 184 New look in the hayfields

  • 185 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 186 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 187 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 188 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 189 Emergency ferry services

  • 190 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 191

    Bidefordians
  • 192

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 193 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 194 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 195 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 196 Devil sent packing

  • 197

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 198 Littleham family's five generations

  • 199 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 200 Simple Item 138
  • 201 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 202 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 203 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 204 The Geneva marionettes

  • 205 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 206 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 207 The art of the thatcher

  • 208 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 209 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 210 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 211

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 212 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 213 North Devon Driving School

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

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

  • 216 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 217 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 218 Penny for the guy

  • 219 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 220 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 221 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 222 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 223

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

  • 225 Some mushroom!

  • 226 Picking the pops

  • 227 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 228 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 229 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 230 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 231 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 232 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 233 Eight to strike and a race to win

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

  • 235 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 236 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 237 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 238 New Estate's view of estuary activities

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

  • 240 Hartland's invitation

  • 241 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 242

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 243

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 244 New art gallery opened

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

  • 246 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 247 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 248 By pony and trap to market

  • 249 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 250 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 251 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 252

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 253 Future of Torrington almshouses

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

  • 255 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 256 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 257 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 258 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 259 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 260 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 261 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 262 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 263 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 264 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 265 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 266 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 267 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 268 Last train from Torrington

  • 269 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 270 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 271 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 272 Torrington's new amenity

  • 273

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 274 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 275 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 276

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 277 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 278 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

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

  • 280 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 281 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 282 Loads of black and white

  • 283 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 284 Peter poses for TV film

  • 285 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 286 Clovelly nightmare

  • 287 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 288 Twenty-one yachts

  • 289

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 290 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 291 All for the love of a lady!

  • 292 Waldon Triplets
  • 293 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 294 Capers on the cobbles

  • 295

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 296 Out of puff!

  • 297 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 298 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 299 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 300 Sight of a lifetime

  • 301 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

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    Building works
  • 303 Puppet characters introduced

  • 304 River scenes that enchant the visitors

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

  • 306 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 307 Bideford loses training ship

  • 308 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 309 Centenary of Gazette

  • 310 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 311 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 312 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 313 School's link with cargo ship

  • 314 A man and his wheel

  • 315 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 316 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 317 School crossing patrol begins

  • 318

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 319 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 320 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 321 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 322 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 323 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 324 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 325 When horses score over the tractor

  • 326 Traditions and skills still there

  • 327 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 328 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 329 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 330 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 331 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 333 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 334 New choral society's growing response

  • 335 Recognise this resort?

  • 336 All aboard the ark

  • 337 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 338 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 339 A story to tell!

  • 340 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 341 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 342

    Married in 1908
  • 343 Warmington's garage ad

  • 344 Picking the pops

  • 345 In their new robes and hats

  • 346 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 347 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 348 It really was the 'last time'

  • 349 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 350 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 351 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 352 Service with a smile

  • 353 A roof-top view - where?

  • 354 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 355 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 356

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 357 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 358 Ships at Bideford

  • 359 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 360 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 361 New addition to Quay front

  • 362 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 363 New Post Office

  • 364 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 365 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 366

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 367 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 368 Northam's almshouse

  • 369 New life for Hartland organ

  • 370 Parkham plan realised

  • 371 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 372 New Lundy stamps

  • 373

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 374 Finished in 1876

  • 375 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 376 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 377 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 378 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 379 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 380 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 381 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 382 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 383 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 384 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 385 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

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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  • 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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  • 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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OAP & Disabled

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Local Gov M.P.S & Royalty

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