• 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 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 2 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 3 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 4 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 5 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 6 New addition to Quay front

  • 7 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 8 Riverside mystery

  • 9 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 10 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 11 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 12 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 13 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 14 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 15 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 16 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 17 Torrington children build igloo
  • 18 Picking the pops

  • 19 School's link with cargo ship

  • 20

    Was a missionary
  • 21

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 22 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 23 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 24 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 25

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 26 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 27 Police station view of Bideford

  • 28

    Bidefordians
  • 29 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 30 Decontrol of meat

  • 31 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 32 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 33 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 34 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 35 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 36

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 37 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 38 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 39

    First prize
  • 40 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 41

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 42 Clovelly custom

  • 43 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 44 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 45 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 46 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 47 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 48 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

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

  • 50 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 51 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 52 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

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

  • 54 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 55 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 56 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 57 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 58 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 59 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 60 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 61 Hartland Dancers
  • 62 Filming at Hartland

  • 63 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 64 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 65 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 66 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 67 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 68 Northam's almshouse

  • 69 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 70

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 71 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 72 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 73 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 74 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 75 Torrington in 1967

  • 76 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 77 Penny for the guy

  • 78 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 79 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 80 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 81 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 82 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 83 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 84 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 85 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 86 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 87 Mobile missionary

  • 88 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 89 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 90

    Married in 1908
  • 91 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 92 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 93 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 94 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 95 Traditions and skills still there

  • 96 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 97 They are parted pro-tem

  • 98 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 99 He beat the floods

  • 100 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 101

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 102 Hartland postman retires

  • 103

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 104 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 105 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 106 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 107 Off on a great adventure

  • 108 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 109 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 110 Devil sent packing

  • 111 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 112 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 113 The art of the thatcher

  • 114 Private home for public pump

  • 115 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 116

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 117 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 118 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 119

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 120 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 121 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 122 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 123 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 124

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 125 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 126 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 127 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 128 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 129 Waldon Triplets
  • 130 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 131 Littleham family's five generations

  • 132 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 133 Weare Giffard potato

  • 134 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

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

  • 136 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 137 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 138 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 139 113 years at Instow

  • 140 Pannier Market's future?

  • 141 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 142 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 143 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 144 The cab at the corner>
  • 145 The Geneva marionettes

  • 146 Bideford computer stars

  • 147 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 148 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 149 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 150 By pony and trap to market

  • 151 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 152 School crossing patrol begins

  • 153 Loads of black and white

  • 154 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 155 Happy Days!

  • 156 Emergency ferry services

  • 157 Ten year old scrambler

  • 158 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 159 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 160 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 161 New choral society's growing response

  • 162 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 163

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 164 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 165 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 166 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 167 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 168 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 169

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 170 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 171

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 172 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 173 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 174 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 175 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 176 Service with a smile

  • 177 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 178 When horses score over the tractor

  • 179

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 180 Just over a year old

  • 181 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 182 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 183 First steel ship built at Bideford

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

  • 185 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 186 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 187 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 188 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 189 Burnard family reunion

  • 190 Twenty-one yachts

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

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

  • 193 Recognise this resort?

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

  • 195 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 196 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 197 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 198 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 199 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 200 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 201 New look in the hayfields

  • 202 Bridging the stream

  • 203 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 204 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 205 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 206 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 207 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 208 A roof-top view - where?

  • 209 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 210 New Post Office

  • 211 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 212

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 213 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 214 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 215 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 216 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 217 Artisans' Club

  • 218 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 219 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 220 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 221 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 222 Picking the pops

  • 223 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 224 New shipyard on schedule

  • 225 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 226 Clovelly nightmare

  • 227 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 228 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 229 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 230 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 231 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 232 Alwington School closing after 120 years

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

  • 234 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 235 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 236 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 237 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 238 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 239 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 240 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 241 So this is the mainland!

  • 242 Sight of a lifetime

  • 243 Ships at Bideford

  • 244 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 245 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 246 Simple Item 138
  • 247 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 248 First ship in 8 years

  • 249 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 250

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 251 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 252 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

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

  • 254 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 255

    Building works
  • 256 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 257 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 258 Hartland's invitation

  • 259 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 260 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 261 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 262 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 263 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 264

    Exhibition of school work
  • 265 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 266 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 267 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 268 North Devon Driving School

  • 269 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 270 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 271

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 272 Beach search for mines takes longer

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

  • 274 New civic medallions

  • 275 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 276 Centenary of Gazette

  • 277 Bideford loses training ship

  • 278 Six footed lamb

  • 279 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 280 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 281 New Lundy stamps

  • 282 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 283 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 284 Puppet characters introduced

  • 285 Peter poses for TV film

  • 286 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 287 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 288 Jumble sale fever

  • 289 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 290 No laughing matter

  • 291

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 292 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 293 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 294 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 295 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

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

  • 297 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 298 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 299 Some 240 exhibits

  • 300 New art gallery opened

  • 301 Northam footballers of the future

  • 302 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 303 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 304

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 305 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 306 It really was the 'last time'

  • 307 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 308 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 309 All for the love of a lady!

  • 310 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 311 Revenge in style

  • 312

    New gateway
  • 313 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 314 Circus comes to town

  • 315 Last of Bideford factory chimney

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

  • 317 Some mushroom!

  • 318 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 319 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 320

    Relatives all over the world
  • 321 Life begins at 80

  • 322 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 323 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 324 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 325 A bird of their own!

  • 326 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 327 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 328 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 329 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 330 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 331 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 332 Bideford regatta

  • 333 Parkham plan realised

  • 334 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 335 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 336 Warmington's garage ad

  • 337 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 338 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 339 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 340 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 341 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 342 A man and his wheel

  • 343 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 344 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 345 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 346 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 347 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 348 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 349 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 350 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 351 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 352 End of the line

  • 353 Capers on the cobbles

  • 354 Last train from Torrington

  • 355 Sweets derationing

  • 356 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 357 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 358 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 359 From Bobby to Brian

  • 360 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 361 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 362 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 363 The creative urge on Saturday morning

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 365 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 366 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 367 For crying out loud!

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

  • 369

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 370 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 371 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 372

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 373 All aboard the ark

  • 374 Appledore's largest

  • 375 Cruising down the river

  • 376 Out of puff!

  • 377 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 378 Torrington's new amenity

  • 379 What's the time?

  • 380 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 381 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 382 Modern living at Bideford

  • 383 Can spring be far away?

  • 384

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 385 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 386 No sale of Springfield House

  • 387 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 388 Finished in 1876

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

  • 390 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 391 In their new robes and hats

  • 392 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 393 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 394 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 395 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 396 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 397 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 398 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 399 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 400 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 401

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 402 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 403 New life for Hartland organ

  • 404

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 405 A story to tell!

  • 406 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 407 Variety in summer weather

  • 408 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 409 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 410 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 411 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 412 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 413 Little 'Big Ben'

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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  • 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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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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