• 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 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 2 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 3 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 4 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 5 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 6 New Lundy stamps

  • 7 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 8 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 9 Clovelly custom

  • 10 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 11 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 12

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 13 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 14 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 15 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 16 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 17 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 18 Pannier Market's future?

  • 19 Puppet characters introduced

  • 20

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 21 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 22 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 23 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 24 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 25 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 26 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 27 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 28 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 29 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 30 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 31 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 32 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 33 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 34 Sweets derationing

  • 35 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 36 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 37 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 38 Northam's almshouse

  • 39

    Exhibition of school work
  • 40 Bideford 'What's my line?' challenger

  • 41 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 42 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 43 For crying out loud!

  • 44

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 45 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 46 New shipyard on schedule

  • 47 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 48

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

  • 50 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 51 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 52 Artisans' Club

  • 53 He beat the floods

  • 54 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 55 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 56 Waldon Triplets
  • 57 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 58 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 59 New art gallery opened

  • 60 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 61 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 62 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 63 Decontrol of meat

  • 64 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 65 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 66 Hartland Dancers
  • 67 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 68 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 69 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 70 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 71 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 72 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 73 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 74 Can spring be far away?

  • 75 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 76 Revenge in style

  • 77 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 78 Littleham family's five generations

  • 79

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 80 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 81 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 82

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 83 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 84 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 85 Mobile missionary

  • 86 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 87

    Was a missionary
  • 88 Capers on the cobbles

  • 89 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 90 Penny for the guy

  • 91 Private home for public pump

  • 92

    New gateway
  • 93 Centenary of Gazette

  • 94 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 95 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 96 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 97 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 98 By pony and trap to market

  • 99 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

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

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

  • 102 They are parted pro-tem

  • 103

    Relatives all over the world
  • 104 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 105 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 106 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 107 Six footed lamb

  • 108 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 109 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 110 First ship in 8 years

  • 111 North Devon Driving School

  • 112 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 113

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 114 Ten year old scrambler

  • 115 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 116 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 117 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 118 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 119 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 120 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 121 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 122 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 123 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 124 Variety in summer weather

  • 125 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 126 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 127 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 128 Bridging the stream

  • 129 School crossing patrol begins

  • 130 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 131 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 132 A bird of their own!

  • 133 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 134 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 135 Burnard family reunion

  • 136 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 137 Modern living at Bideford

  • 138 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 139 Some mushroom!

  • 140 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 141 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 142 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 143

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 144 Torrington's new amenity

  • 145 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 146 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 147 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 148 Devil sent packing

  • 149 Riverside mystery

  • 150 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 151 Bideford loses training ship

  • 152 New look in the hayfields

  • 153 113 years at Instow

  • 154 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 155 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 156

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 157 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 158 Filming at Hartland

  • 159 In their new robes and hats

  • 160 Police station view of Bideford

  • 161 Hartland's invitation

  • 162 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 163

    Building works
  • 164 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 165 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 166

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 167

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 168 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 169 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 170 Recognise this resort?

  • 171 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 172

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 173 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 174 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 175 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 176 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 177 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 178 A story to tell!

  • 179 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 180 Torrington in 1967

  • 181 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 182 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 183

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 184 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 185 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 186 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 187 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 188 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 189 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 190 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

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

  • 192 So this is the mainland!

  • 193 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 194 All aboard the ark

  • 195 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 196 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 197 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 198 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 199 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 200 Circus comes to town

  • 201 A roof-top view - where?

  • 202 Parkham plan realised

  • 203 Off on a great adventure

  • 204 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 205 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 206 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 207 Traditions and skills still there

  • 208 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 209 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 210 Northam footballers of the future

  • 211 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 212 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 213 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 214 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 215 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 216 End of the line

  • 217 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 218 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 219 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 220 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 221 Happy Days!

  • 222 Bideford computer stars

  • 223 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

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

  • 225 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 226 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 227 What's the time?

  • 228 Some 240 exhibits

  • 229

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 230 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 231 Hartland postman retires

  • 232 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 233 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 234 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 235 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 236 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 237 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 238 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 239 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 240 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 241 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 242 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 243 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 244 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 245 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 246 Sailing to victory at Appledore

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

  • 248

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 249 Life begins at 80

  • 250 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 251 New addition to Quay front

  • 252 Sight of a lifetime

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

  • 254 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 255 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 256 From Bobby to Brian

  • 257 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 258 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 259 New life for Hartland organ

  • 260

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 261

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 262 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 263 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 264 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 265 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 266 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 267 New choral society's growing response

  • 268 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 269 Ships at Bideford

  • 270 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 271 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 272 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 273 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 274 The Geneva marionettes

  • 275 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 276 The art of the thatcher

  • 277 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 278 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 279 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 280 Loads of black and white

  • 281 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 282 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 283 When horses score over the tractor

  • 284 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 285 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 286 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 287

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 288 Jumble sale fever

  • 289 Picking the pops

  • 290 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 291 Finished in 1876

  • 292 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 293 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 294 Torrington children build igloo
  • 295 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 296 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 297 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 298 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 299 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

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

  • 301 Emergency ferry services

  • 302 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

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

  • 304 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 305 Peter poses for TV film

  • 306 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 307

    Bidefordians
  • 308

    Married in 1908
  • 309 Just over a year old

  • 310 Picking the pops

  • 311 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 312 First tankers arrive at new depot

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

  • 314

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 315 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 316 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 317

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 318 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 319 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 320 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 321 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 322 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 323 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 324 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 325 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 326 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 327 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 328 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 329 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 330 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 331 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 332 Twenty-one yachts

  • 333 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 334 Weare Giffard potato

  • 335 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 336 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 337 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 338 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 339 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 340 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 341 Warmington's garage ad

  • 342 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 343 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 344 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 345 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 346 Last train from Torrington

  • 347 No sale of Springfield House

  • 348 New Post Office

  • 349 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 350 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 351 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 352 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 353

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 354 Water Board mains spread through villages

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

  • 356

    First prize
  • 357 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 358 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 359 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 360 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 361 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 362 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 363 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 364 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 365 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 366 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 367

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 368 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 369 It really was the 'last time'

  • 370 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

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

  • 372 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 373 Torrington to have first woman mayor

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

  • 375 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 376 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 377 New civic medallions

  • 378 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 379 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 380 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 381 Bideford regatta

  • 382

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 383 The cab at the corner>
  • 384 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 385 Service with a smile

  • 386 All for the love of a lady!

  • 387 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 388 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 389

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 390 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 391 No laughing matter

  • 392 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 393 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 394 A man and his wheel

  • 395 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 396 Simple Item 138
  • 397 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 398 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 399 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 400 Cruising down the river

  • 401 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 402 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 403 Clovelly nightmare

  • 404

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 405 Out of puff!

  • 406 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 407 School's link with cargo ship

  • 408 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

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

  • 410 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 411 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 412 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 413 Appledore's largest

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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  • 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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  • 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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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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Shipping

Schools

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