• 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 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 2 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 3 Circus comes to town

  • 4 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

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    Was a missionary
  • 6 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 7 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 8 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 9 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 10 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 11 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 12 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 13 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 14 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 15 Decontrol of meat

  • 16 Northam footballers of the future

  • 17

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 18 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 19 Appledore's new lifeboat

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

  • 21 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 22 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 23 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 24 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 25 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 26 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 27

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 28 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 29 Hartland postman retires

  • 30 Modern living at Bideford

  • 31 They are parted pro-tem

  • 32 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 33 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 34

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 35 Penny for the guy

  • 36 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 37 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 38 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 39 Last train from Torrington

  • 40 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 41 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 42 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 43 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 44 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 45 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 46 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 47 New shipyard on schedule

  • 48 Traditions and skills still there

  • 49 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

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

  • 51 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 52 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 53 Clovelly donkey film star

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

  • 55 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 56 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 57 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 58 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 59 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 60 Devil sent packing

  • 61

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 62 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 63 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 64 School's link with cargo ship

  • 65 Bideford regatta

  • 66 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 67 In their new robes and hats

  • 68 Finished in 1876

  • 69 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 70 Artisans' Club

  • 71 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 72 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 73 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 74 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 75 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 76 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 77 Mobile missionary

  • 78 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 79

    Married in 1908
  • 80 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 81 Doing time - over 300 years of it - at Hartland

  • 82 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 83 North Devon Driving School

  • 84 A story to tell!

  • 85 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 86 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 87 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 88 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 89 Sooty is quick on the draw

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

  • 91 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 92 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 93 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 94

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 95 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 96 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 97 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 98 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 99 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 100 New look in the hayfields

  • 101

    Exhibition of school work
  • 102 New civic medallions

  • 103 Capers on the cobbles

  • 104 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 105 Off on a great adventure

  • 106 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 107 The cab at the corner>
  • 108 For crying out loud!

  • 109 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 110 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 111 New life for Hartland organ

  • 112 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 113 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 114 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 115 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 116 Appledore's largest

  • 117 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 118 Waldon Triplets
  • 119 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 120

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 121 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 122 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 123 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 124 New Lundy stamps

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

  • 126 Just over a year old

  • 127 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 128

    First prize
  • 129 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 130 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 131 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 132 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 133 Recognise this resort?

  • 134 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 135 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 136 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 137 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 138 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 139 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 140 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 141 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 142 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 143 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 144 Life begins at 80

  • 145 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 146 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 147 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 148 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 149 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 150 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 151 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 152 New choral society's growing response

  • 153 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 154 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 155 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 156 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 157 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 158 Bridging the stream

  • 159

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 160 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 161 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 162 Bideford loses training ship

  • 163 Sweets derationing

  • 164 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 165 Clovelly nightmare

  • 166 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 167 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

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

  • 169 When horses score over the tractor

  • 170 He beat the floods

  • 171 Revenge in style

  • 172 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 173

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 174 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 175 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 176 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 177 Ten year old scrambler

  • 178 Torrington's new amenity

  • 179 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 180 New Post Office

  • 181

    Building works
  • 182 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 183 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 184 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 185 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 186 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 187 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 188 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 189 Out of puff!

  • 190 Burnard family reunion

  • 191 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 192 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 193 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 194

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 195 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 196

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 197 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 198 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 199 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 200 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 201 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

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

  • 203 Pannier Market's future?

  • 204 Loads of black and white

  • 205

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 206 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 207 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 208

    New gateway
  • 209 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 210 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 211 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 212 Jumble sale fever

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

  • 214 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 215 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 216 The art of the thatcher

  • 217 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 218 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 219 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 220 A bird of their own!

  • 221 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

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

  • 223 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 224 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 225 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 226 Picking the pops

  • 227 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 228 Ships at Bideford

  • 229 Some 240 exhibits

  • 230 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 231 Happy Days!

  • 232 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 233 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 234 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 235 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 236 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 237 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 238 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 239 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 240 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 241 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 242 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 243

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 244 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 245 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 246 Parkham plan realised

  • 247 Weare Giffard potato

  • 248 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 249 No laughing matter

  • 250 Littleham family's five generations

  • 251 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 252

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 253 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 254 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 255 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 256 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

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

  • 258

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 259 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 260 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 261 Variety in summer weather

  • 262 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 263 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 264 By pony and trap to market

  • 265 Twenty-one yachts

  • 266 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 267 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 268 Puppet characters introduced

  • 269 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 270 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 271 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 272 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 273 All aboard the ark

  • 274

    Relatives all over the world
  • 275 School crossing patrol begins

  • 276 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 277 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 278 Torrington children build igloo
  • 279 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 280 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 281 Torrington in 1967

  • 282 Floral dancing at Appledore

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

  • 284 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 285 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 286 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 287 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 288 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 289

    Bidefordians
  • 290 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 291 Peter poses for TV film

  • 292

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 293 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 294 Service with a smile

  • 295 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 296 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 297 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 298 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 299 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 300 Riverside mystery

  • 301 Picking the pops

  • 302 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 303

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 304 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

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

  • 306 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 307 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 308 Private home for public pump

  • 309 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 310 New art gallery opened

  • 311 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 312 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 313 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 314 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 315 All for the love of a lady!

  • 316 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 317 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 318 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 319 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 320 Filming at Hartland

  • 321

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 322 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 323 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 324 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 325 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 326 From Bobby to Brian

  • 327 It really was the 'last time'

  • 328 Clovelly custom

  • 329

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 330 Hartland Dancers
  • 331 Bideford computer stars

  • 332 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 333 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 334

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 335 So this is the mainland!

  • 336 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 337 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 338 Hartland's invitation

  • 339 First ship in 8 years

  • 340 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 341 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 342 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 343 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 344 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 345 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 346

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 347 The Geneva marionettes

  • 348 Northam's almshouse

  • 349 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 350 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 351 Simple Item 138
  • 352 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 353 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 354 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 355 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 356 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 357 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 358 End of the line

  • 359 Sight of a lifetime

  • 360

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 361 A man and his wheel

  • 362 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 363 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 364 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 365 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 366 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 367 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 368 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 369 No sale of Springfield House

  • 370

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 371 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 372 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 373 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 374 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 375 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 376

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 377 113 years at Instow

  • 378 New addition to Quay front

  • 379

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 380 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 381 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 382 Warmington's garage ad

  • 383 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 384

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 385 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 386 Cruising down the river

  • 387 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 388 Emergency ferry services

  • 389 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 390 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

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

  • 392 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 393 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 394 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 395 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 396 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 397 Six footed lamb

  • 398 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 399 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 400 Can spring be far away?

  • 401 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 402 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 403 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 404 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 405 Police station view of Bideford

  • 406 Some mushroom!

  • 407 A roof-top view - where?

  • 408 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 409 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 410 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 411 What's the time?

  • 412 Centenary of Gazette

  • 413 Childrens' model of Torrington

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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