• 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 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 2 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 3 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 4 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 5 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 6 First ship in 8 years

  • 7 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 8 Simple Item 138
  • 9 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 10 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 11 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 12 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 13 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 14 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 15 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 16 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 17 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 18 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 19

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 20 When horses score over the tractor

  • 21

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 22 School's link with cargo ship

  • 23 Last train from Torrington

  • 24 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 25 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 26 No sale of Springfield House

  • 27 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 28 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 29 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 30 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 31 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 32 Bideford computer stars

  • 33 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 34 Riverside mystery

  • 35

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 36 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 37

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 38 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 39 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 40 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 41 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 42 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 43 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 44 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 45 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 46 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 47 A story to tell!

  • 48 New choral society's growing response

  • 49 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 50 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 51 End of the line

  • 52 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 53 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 54 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 55 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 56 Northam footballers of the future

  • 57 Burnard family reunion

  • 58 So this is the mainland!

  • 59

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 60 No laughing matter

  • 61 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 62 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 63 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 64 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 65 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 66 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 67 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 68 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 69 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 70

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 71 He beat the floods

  • 72 Police station view of Bideford

  • 73 What's the time?

  • 74 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 75 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 76 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 77 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 78 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 79 Just over a year old

  • 80

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 81 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 82 The art of the thatcher

  • 83 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 84 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 85 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 86 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

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

  • 88 Emergency ferry services

  • 89 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 90 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 91 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 92 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 93 Twenty-one yachts

  • 94 Bideford loses training ship

  • 95 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 96 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 97 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 98 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 99 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 100 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 101 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 102 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 103 Some 240 exhibits

  • 104 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 105

    New gateway
  • 106 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 107 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 108 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 109 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 110

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 111 Bideford regatta

  • 112 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 113 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 114 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 115 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 116 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 117

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 118 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 119 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 120 Weare Giffard potato

  • 121 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 122 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 123 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 124 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 125 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 126 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 127 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 128 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 129 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 130 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 131 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 132 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 133 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 134 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 135 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 136 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 137 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 138 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 139 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 140 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 141 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 142

    Bidefordians
  • 143 Peter poses for TV film

  • 144 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 145 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 146 Mobile missionary

  • 147 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 148 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 149 All for the love of a lady!

  • 150 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 151 Waldon Triplets
  • 152 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 153 The Geneva marionettes

  • 154 Hartland postman retires

  • 155 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 156

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 157 Bideford 'What's my line?' challenger

  • 158 A roof-top view - where?

  • 159 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 160 Life begins at 80

  • 161 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 162 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 163 Variety in summer weather

  • 164 Sight of a lifetime

  • 165 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 166 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 167 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 168 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 169 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 170 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 171 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 172

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 173 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 174 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 175 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 176 Happy Days!

  • 177 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 178 Littleham family's five generations

  • 179 A man and his wheel

  • 180 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 181 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 182 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 183 Penny for the guy

  • 184 Parkham plan realised

  • 185 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 186 Circus comes to town

  • 187 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 188 New shipyard on schedule

  • 189 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 190 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 191 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 192 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 193 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

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

  • 195 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 196 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 197 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 198 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 199 New life for Hartland organ

  • 200 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 201 Revenge in style

  • 202

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 203 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 204 By pony and trap to market

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

  • 206 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 207 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 208 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 209 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 210 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 211 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 212 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 213

    Exhibition of school work
  • 214 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 215 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 216 Northam's almshouse

  • 217 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

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

  • 219 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 220 New Post Office

  • 221 Artisans' Club

  • 222 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 223 Clovelly nightmare

  • 224 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 225 Recognise this resort?

  • 226 Capers on the cobbles

  • 227 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 228 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 229 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 230 A bird of their own!

  • 231 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 232

    Married in 1908
  • 233

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 234 Jumble sale fever

  • 235 North Devon Driving School

  • 236 Ten year old scrambler

  • 237 In their new robes and hats

  • 238 Bridging the stream

  • 239 Service with a smile

  • 240 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 241 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 242 New civic medallions

  • 243 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 244 New art gallery opened

  • 245

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 246 Picking the pops

  • 247 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 248

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 249 All aboard the ark

  • 250 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 251 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 252 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 253 Centenary of Gazette

  • 254 Torrington in 1967

  • 255 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 256 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 257 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 258 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 259 Bideford - as Rowlandson saw it about 1810-15

  • 260 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 261 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 262 Off on a great adventure

  • 263 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 264 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 265 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 266 Torrington children build igloo
  • 267 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 268

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 269 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 270 Beach search for mines takes longer

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    Relatives all over the world
  • 272 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 273 Appledore's largest

  • 274 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 275 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 276

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 277 Modern living at Bideford

  • 278 New addition to Quay front

  • 279 Traditions and skills still there

  • 280 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 281 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 282 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 283 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 284 Some mushroom!

  • 285 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 286 New look in the hayfields

  • 287 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 288 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 289 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 290 Spray dodging - the new pastime

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

  • 292 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 293 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 294 Warmington's garage ad

  • 295 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 296 Finished in 1876

  • 297 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 298 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 299 Ships at Bideford

  • 300 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 301 For crying out loud!

  • 302 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 303 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 304

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

  • 306 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 307 113 years at Instow

  • 308

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 309

    Was a missionary
  • 310 Six footed lamb

  • 311 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 312 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 313 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 314 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 315 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 316 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 317

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 318 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 319 Torrington's new amenity

  • 320 Loads of black and white

  • 321 Pannier Market's future?

  • 322 Picking the pops

  • 323 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 324 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 325 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 326 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 327 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 328 Puppet characters introduced

  • 329 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 330 They are parted pro-tem

  • 331 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 332 New Lundy stamps

  • 333 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

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

  • 335 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 336 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 337 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 338 Can spring be far away?

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    Successful motor cycling team
  • 340 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 341 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 342 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 343 Out of puff!

  • 344 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 345 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 346 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 347 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 348 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

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

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

  • 351 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 352 Cruising down the river

  • 353

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 354 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 355 Appledore's new lifeboat

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

  • 357

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 358 Hartland Dancers
  • 359 Clovelly custom

  • 360 Private home for public pump

  • 361 Devil sent packing

  • 362 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 363 Hartland's invitation

  • 364 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 365 School crossing patrol begins

  • 366 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

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

  • 368

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 369

    First prize
  • 370 Diamond Jubilee of St Peter's Church, East-the-Water

  • 371 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 372 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 373 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 374 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 375 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 376 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 377 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 378 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 379 Decontrol of meat

  • 380 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 381 It really was the 'last time'

  • 382

    Building works
  • 383 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 384

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 385 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

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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