• 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 Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 2 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 3 Emergency ferry services

  • 4 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 5 Six footed lamb

  • 6

    Bidefordians
  • 7 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 8 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 9 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 10 Just over a year old

  • 11 Torrington's new amenity

  • 12 The art of the thatcher

  • 13 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 14

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 15

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 16 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 17 Pannier Market's future?

  • 18 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 19 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 20 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 21 Devil sent packing

  • 22 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 23 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 24 Jumble sale fever

  • 25 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 26 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 27 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 28

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 29 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 30 Bideford computer stars

  • 31 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 32 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 33

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 34 He beat the floods

  • 35 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 36 Hartland postman retires

  • 37 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 38 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 39 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 40 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 41 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 42 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 43 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 44 First ship in 8 years

  • 45 New Lundy stamps

  • 46 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 47 A roof-top view - where?

  • 48 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 49 Some 240 exhibits

  • 50 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 51 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 52 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 53 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 54 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 55 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 56 Penny for the guy

  • 57 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 58 They are parted pro-tem

  • 59 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 60 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 61 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 62 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 63 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 64 Picking the pops

  • 65 Clovelly custom

  • 66 Appledore's largest

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

  • 68 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 69 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 70 Capers on the cobbles

  • 71 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 72 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 73 New life for Hartland organ

  • 74

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 75 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 76 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 77 It really was the 'last time'

  • 78 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 79 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 80

    Exhibition of school work
  • 81 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 82

    Building works
  • 83 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 84 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 85 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 86 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 87 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 88 Revenge in style

  • 89 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 90 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 91 Cruising down the river

  • 92 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 93 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

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

  • 95 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 96 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 97 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 98 Ten year old scrambler

  • 99 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 100 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 101 School crossing patrol begins

  • 102 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 103 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 104 Parkham plan realised

  • 105 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 106

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 107 Warmington's garage ad

  • 108 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 109 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 110 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 111 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 112 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 113 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 114 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 115 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 116

    Was a missionary
  • 117

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 118 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 119 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 120 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 121 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 122 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 123 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 124 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 125 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 126 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 127 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 128 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 129 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 130 Torrington in 1967

  • 131 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

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

  • 133 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 134 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 135 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 136 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 137 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 138 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 139 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 140 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 141 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 142

    Relatives all over the world
  • 143 Hartland Dancers
  • 144 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 145

    New gateway
  • 146 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 147 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 148 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 149 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 150 Puppet characters introduced

  • 151 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 152 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 153 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 154 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 155 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 156 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 157 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 158 New Post Office

  • 159 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 160 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 161

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 162 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 163 Littleham family's five generations

  • 164 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 165 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 166 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 167 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 168 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 169 Private home for public pump

  • 170 Ships at Bideford

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

  • 172 In their new robes and hats

  • 173

    First prize
  • 174 Centenary of Gazette

  • 175 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 176 Decontrol of meat

  • 177 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 178 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 179 For crying out loud!

  • 180 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 181 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 182 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 183 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 184 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 185 Loads of black and white

  • 186 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 187 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 188 Mobile missionary

  • 189 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

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

  • 191 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 192

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 193 Police station view of Bideford

  • 194 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 195 113 years at Instow

  • 196 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 197 By pony and trap to market

  • 198 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 199 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 200 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 201 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 202 A story to tell!

  • 203 Bideford regatta

  • 204

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 205 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 206 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 207 Recognise this resort?

  • 208 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 209 New shipyard on schedule

  • 210 Northam footballers of the future

  • 211 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 212 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 213

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 214 Malibou boys are all-the-year-round surfers

  • 215 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 216 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 217 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 218 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 219 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 220 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 221 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 222 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 223 Artisans' Club

  • 224 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 225 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 226 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 227 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 228 Last train from Torrington

  • 229

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 230 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 231 All for the love of a lady!

  • 232 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 233 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 234 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 235 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 236 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 237 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

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

  • 239 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 240 Finished in 1876

  • 241 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 242 All aboard the ark

  • 243 Clovelly nightmare

  • 244 Weare Giffard potato

  • 245 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 246 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 247 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 248 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 249 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 250 Burnard family reunion

  • 251 What's the time?

  • 252 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 253 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 254 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 255 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 256 Waldon Triplets
  • 257 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 258 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 259 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 260 Some mushroom!

  • 261 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 262 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 263 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 264 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 265 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 266 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 267 Picking the pops

  • 268 A bird of their own!

  • 269 Can spring be far away?

  • 270

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 271 So this is the mainland!

  • 272 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 273 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 274

    Married in 1908
  • 275 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 276

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 277

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 278 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 279 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 280 Riverside mystery

  • 281 Happy Days!

  • 282 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 283 Service with a smile

  • 284

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 285 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 286 Variety in summer weather

  • 287 School's link with cargo ship

  • 288 Peter poses for TV film

  • 289 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 290

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 291 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 292 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 293 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 294 Sight of a lifetime

  • 295 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 296 New civic medallions

  • 297 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 298 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 299 Circus comes to town

  • 300 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 301 Bridging the stream

  • 302 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 303 Modern living at Bideford

  • 304 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 305 New art gallery opened

  • 306 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 307

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 308 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 309 When horses score over the tractor

  • 310 Off on a great adventure

  • 311 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 312 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 313 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 314 Hartland's invitation

  • 315 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 316 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 317 Twenty-one yachts

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

  • 319 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 320 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 321 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 322

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 323 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 324 Simple Item 138
  • 325 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 326 Bideford loses training ship

  • 327 Torrington children build igloo
  • 328

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 329 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 330 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 331 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 332 Grenville House for Bideford R.D.C.

  • 333 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 334 New look in the hayfields

  • 335 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 336 No sale of Springfield House

  • 337

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 338 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 339 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 340 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 341 Life begins at 80

  • 342 Northam's almshouse

  • 343 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 344 A man and his wheel

  • 345 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 346 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 347 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 348 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 349 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 350 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 351 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 352 The Geneva marionettes

  • 353 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 354

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 355 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 356 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 357 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

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

  • 359 Out of puff!

  • 360 North Devon Driving School

  • 361 No laughing matter

  • 362

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 363 Traditions and skills still there

  • 364 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 365

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 366 New choral society's growing response

  • 367 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 368 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 369 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 370 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 371 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 372 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 373 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 374 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 375 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 376 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 377 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 378 End of the line

  • 379

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 380 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 381 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 382 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 383 New addition to Quay front

  • 384 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 385 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

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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  • 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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  • 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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