• 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 All for the love of a lady!

  • 2 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 3 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 4 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 5 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 6 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 7 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 8 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 9 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 10 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 11

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 12 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 13 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 14 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 15 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 16 Northam's almshouse

  • 17 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 18 Warmington's garage ad

  • 19 Devil sent packing

  • 20 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 21 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 22 Jumble sale fever

  • 23 School's link with cargo ship

  • 24 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 25 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 26 New addition to Quay front

  • 27 Variety in summer weather

  • 28 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 29 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 30 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 31 Police station view of Bideford

  • 32 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 33 New look in the hayfields

  • 34 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 35 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 36

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 37 Hartland Dancers
  • 38 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 39 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 40 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 41 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 42 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 43

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 44 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 45 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 46 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 47 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 48 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 49 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 50 Picking the pops

  • 51 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

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

  • 53

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 54 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 55 Life begins at 80

  • 56 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 57 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

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

  • 59 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 60 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 61 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 62 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 63 Last train from Torrington

  • 64 Off on a great adventure

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

  • 66 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 67 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 68 Penny for the guy

  • 69 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 70 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 71 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 72 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 73 Students help model St Sidwell

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

  • 75 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 76 Ten year old scrambler

  • 77

    Building works
  • 78 The Geneva marionettes

  • 79 Finished in 1876

  • 80 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 81

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 82 New Lundy stamps

  • 83 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 84 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 85 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 86 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 87 All aboard the ark

  • 88 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 89 New Post Office

  • 90 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 91 Decontrol of meat

  • 92 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 93

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 94 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 95 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 96 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 97 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 98 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 99 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 100

    Relatives all over the world
  • 101 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 102

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 103 Pannier Market's future?

  • 104 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 105 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 106 School crossing patrol begins

  • 107 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 108

    Married in 1908
  • 109 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 110 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 111 Sight of a lifetime

  • 112 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 113 No laughing matter

  • 114 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 115 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 116 For crying out loud!

  • 117 Revenge in style

  • 118 It really was the 'last time'

  • 119 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 120 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 121 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 122 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 123 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 124 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 125 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 126 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 127 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 128

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 129 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 130 A roof-top view - where?

  • 131

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 132 Polish custom on Pancake Day

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

  • 134 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 135 Six footed lamb

  • 136 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 137 New shipyard on schedule

  • 138 Mobile missionary

  • 139 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 140 Out of puff!

  • 141 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 142 When horses score over the tractor

  • 143 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 144 Bideford computer stars

  • 145 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 146 New art gallery opened

  • 147 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 148 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 149 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 150 Some mushroom!

  • 151 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 152 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

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

  • 154 Bridging the stream

  • 155 Simple Item 138
  • 156

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 157 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 158

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 159 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 160 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 161

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 162 113 years at Instow

  • 163 Clovelly custom

  • 164 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 165

    First prize
  • 166 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 167 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 168 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 169 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 170 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 171 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 172 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 173 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 174

    Was a missionary
  • 175 Peter poses for TV film

  • 176 New choral society's growing response

  • 177 Centenary of Gazette

  • 178 Torrington's new amenity

  • 179 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

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

  • 181 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 182 The art of the thatcher

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

  • 184 Hartland postman retires

  • 185 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 186 Artisans' Club

  • 187 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 188 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 189 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 190 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 191 Burnard family reunion

  • 192 Torrington children build igloo
  • 193 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 194 Ships at Bideford

  • 195 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 196 Some 240 exhibits

  • 197 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 198 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 199 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 200 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 201 They are parted pro-tem

  • 202 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 203 So this is the mainland!

  • 204 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 205 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 206 A story to tell!

  • 207 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 208 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 209 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 210 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 211 Torrington in 1967

  • 212 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 213 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 214

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 215 By pony and trap to market

  • 216 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 217 Service with a smile

  • 218 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 219 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 220 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 221 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

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

  • 223

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 224 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 225 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 226

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 227 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 228 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 229 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 230 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 231

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 232 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 233 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 234 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 235 In their new robes and hats

  • 236 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 237 Circus comes to town

  • 238 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 239

    New gateway
  • 240 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 241 Cruising down the river

  • 242 What's the time?

  • 243 Traditions and skills still there

  • 244 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 245 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 246 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 247 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 248 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 249 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 250 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 251 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 252 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 253 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 254 End of the line

  • 255 He beat the floods

  • 256 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 257 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 258 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 259 Appledore's largest

  • 260 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 261 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 262 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 263

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 264 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 265 Puppet characters introduced

  • 266 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 267 A man and his wheel

  • 268 First ship in 8 years

  • 269 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 270 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 271 Doing time - over 300 years of it - at Hartland

  • 272 Recognise this resort?

  • 273

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 274 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 275 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 276 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 277 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 278 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 279 New life for Hartland organ

  • 280 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 281 Parkham plan realised

  • 282 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 283 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 284 Waldon Triplets
  • 285 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 286 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 287 Weare Giffard potato

  • 288 Loads of black and white

  • 289 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 290 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 291 Happy Days!

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

  • 293 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 294 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 295 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 296 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 297

    Exhibition of school work
  • 298 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 299 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 300 Unique holiday adventure!

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    Bidefordians
  • 302 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 303 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

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    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 305 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 306 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 307 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 308 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 309 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 310 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 311 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 312 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 313 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 314 Modern living at Bideford

  • 315 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 316 A bird of their own!

  • 317 Bideford regatta

  • 318 New civic medallions

  • 319 No sale of Springfield House

  • 320 Capers on the cobbles

  • 321 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 322 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 323

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 324 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 325 Just over a year old

  • 326 North Devon Driving School

  • 327 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 328 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 329 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 330 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 331 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 332 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 333 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 334 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 335 Riverside mystery

  • 336 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 337 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 338 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 339 Private home for public pump

  • 340 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 341 Emergency ferry services

  • 342 Littleham family's five generations

  • 343 Clovelly nightmare

  • 344

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 345 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 346 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 347 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 348

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 349 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 350

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 351 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 352 Grenville House for Bideford R.D.C.

  • 353 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 354 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 355 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 356 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 357 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 358 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 359 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

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    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 361 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 362 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 363 Can spring be far away?

  • 364 Picking the pops

  • 365 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 366 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 367 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 368 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 369 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 370 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 371 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 372 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 373 Twenty-one yachts

  • 374 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 375 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 376 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 377 Northam footballers of the future

  • 378

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 379 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 380 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 381 Bideford loses training ship

  • 382 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 383 Hartland's invitation

  • 384 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 385 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

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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  • 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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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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