• 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 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 2 Picking the pops

  • 3 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 4 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 5 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 6 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 7 A lost Bideford 'island'

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    Close associations with North Devon
  • 9 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 10 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 11 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 12 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 13 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 14 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 15 They are parted pro-tem

  • 16 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 17 By pony and trap to market

  • 18 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 19 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 20 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 21 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 22 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 23 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 24 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 25 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 26 New Lundy stamps

  • 27 Police station view of Bideford

  • 28 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 29 Devil sent packing

  • 30 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 31 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 32 Out of puff!

  • 33 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 34

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 35 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 36 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 37 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 38 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 39 113 years at Instow

  • 40 Peter poses for TV film

  • 41

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 42 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 43 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 44 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 45 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 46 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 47 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 48 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 49 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 50 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 51 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 52 Pannier Market's future?

  • 53 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 54 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 55 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 56 Private home for public pump

  • 57 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 58 Northam's almshouse

  • 59 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 60 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 61

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 62 Recognise this resort?

  • 63 Last train from Torrington

  • 64 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 65 For crying out loud!

  • 66 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 67

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 68 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 69 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 70 Mobile missionary

  • 71 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 72 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 73 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 74 A story to tell!

  • 75 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 76 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 77 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 78 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 79 It really was the 'last time'

  • 80 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 81 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 82 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 83 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 84 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 85

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 86 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 87 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 88 Northam footballers of the future

  • 89 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 90 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 91 All for the love of a lady!

  • 92 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 93 Bideford computer stars

  • 94 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 95 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 96 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 97 Weare Giffard potato

  • 98

    Was a missionary
  • 99 Warmington's garage ad

  • 100 New life for Hartland organ

  • 101

    First prize
  • 102 Burnard family reunion

  • 103

    Married in 1908
  • 104 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 105

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 106 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 107 Revenge in style

  • 108

    Relatives all over the world
  • 109 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 110 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 111 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 112 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 113 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 114 Life begins at 80

  • 115 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 116 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 117 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 118 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 119 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 120

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 121 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 122 Six footed lamb

  • 123 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 124 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 125 Emergency ferry services

  • 126 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 127 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 128 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

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

  • 130 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 131 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 132 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 133 Passing of a Torrington landmark

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

  • 135 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 136 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 137 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 138 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 139 He beat the floods

  • 140 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 141 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 142 Torrington in 1967

  • 143

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 144

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 145 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 146 North Devon Driving School

  • 147 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 148 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 149

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 150 Centenary of Gazette

  • 151 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 152 Picking the pops

  • 153 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 154

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 155

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 156 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 157 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 158 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 159 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 160 Ships at Bideford

  • 161

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

  • 163 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 164 Ten year old scrambler

  • 165 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 166 New Post Office

  • 167 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 168 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 169 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 170

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 171 Sight of a lifetime

  • 172 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 173 Bridging the stream

  • 174 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 175

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 176 Clovelly custom

  • 177 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 178 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 179

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 180 The Geneva marionettes

  • 181 New shipyard on schedule

  • 182 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 183 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 184 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 185 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 186 New choral society's growing response

  • 187 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 188

    New gateway
  • 189 A man and his wheel

  • 190 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 191 Clovelly nightmare

  • 192 School's link with cargo ship

  • 193 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 194 Sweets derationing

  • 195 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 196 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 197 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 198 A roof-top view - where?

  • 199 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 200 Circus comes to town

  • 201

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 202 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 203 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 204 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 205 So this is the mainland!

  • 206 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 207 Parkham plan realised

  • 208

    Exhibition of school work
  • 209 New addition to Quay front

  • 210 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 211 Can spring be far away?

  • 212 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 213 A bird of their own!

  • 214 Capers on the cobbles

  • 215 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 216 New look in the hayfields

  • 217 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 218 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 219 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 220 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 221 Happy Days!

  • 222 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 223 Success to Festival of the Arts

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

  • 225 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 226 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 227 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

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

  • 229 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 230 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 231 Service with a smile

  • 232 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 233 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 234 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 235 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 236 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

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

  • 238 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 239 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 240 All aboard the ark

  • 241 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 242 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 243 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 244 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 245 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

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

  • 247 Bideford regatta

  • 248

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 249

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 250 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 251 Jumble sale fever

  • 252 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 253 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 254 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 255 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 256 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 257 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 258 East-the-Water's call for new school

  • 259 No laughing matter

  • 260 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 261 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 262 Modern living at Bideford

  • 263 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 264 Some mushroom!

  • 265 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 266 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 267 Huntshaw TV mast

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

  • 269 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 270 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 271 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 272 Torrington's new amenity

  • 273 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 274

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 275 Landmark at Bradworthy

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

  • 277

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 278 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 279 End of the line

  • 280 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 281 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

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

  • 283 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 284 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 285 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 286

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 287

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 288 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 289 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 290 School crossing patrol begins

  • 291 Littleham family's five generations

  • 292 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 293 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 294 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 295 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 296 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 297 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 298 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 299 Some 240 exhibits

  • 300 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 301 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 302

    Building works
  • 303 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 304 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 305 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 306 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 307 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 308 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 309 When horses score over the tractor

  • 310 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 311 No sale of Springfield House

  • 312 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 313 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 314 Decontrol of meat

  • 315 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 316 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 317 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 318 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 319 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 320 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 321 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 322 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 323 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 324 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 325 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 326 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 327 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 328 Artisans' Club

  • 329 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 330 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 331 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 332 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 333 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 334 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 335 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 336 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 337 Appledore's largest

  • 338 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 339 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 340 Puppet characters introduced

  • 341 New civic medallions

  • 342 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 343 Bideford loses training ship

  • 344 Waldon Triplets
  • 345 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 346 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 347 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 348 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 349 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 350 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 351 Off on a great adventure

  • 352 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 353 Torrington children build igloo
  • 354 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 355 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 356 New art gallery opened

  • 357 Variety in summer weather

  • 358 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 359 Hartland's invitation

  • 360 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 361 From Bobby to Brian

  • 362 Cruising down the river

  • 363 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 364 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 365 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

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

  • 367 In their new robes and hats

  • 368 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 369 Penny for the guy

  • 370 Loads of black and white

  • 371 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 372 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 373 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 374 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 375 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 376 Filming at Hartland

  • 377 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 378

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 379 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 380 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 381 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 382 Hartland postman retires

  • 383 Hartland Dancers
  • 384 Twenty-one yachts

  • 385 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 386 The art of the thatcher

  • 387 Simple Item 138
  • 388 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 389 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 390 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 391 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 392 The cab at the corner>
  • 393 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 394 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 395 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 396 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 397 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 398 Riverside mystery

  • 399 Traditions and skills still there

  • 400 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 401 Just over a year old

  • 402 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 403 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 404 First ship in 8 years

  • 405 Finished in 1876

  • 406 Ship-in-bottle world record

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

  • 408 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 409 What's the time?

  • 410 The creative urge on Saturday morning

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

  • 412 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

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    FA Cup Match for the Robins
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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