• 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 Loads of black and white

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    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 3 End of the line

  • 4 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 5 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 6 Torrington's new amenity

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

  • 8 Appledore's largest

  • 9 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 10 Service with a smile

  • 11 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 12 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 13 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 14 School crossing patrol begins

  • 15 Life begins at 80

  • 16 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 17 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 18 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 19 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 20 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 21 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 22 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 23 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 24 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 25 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 26 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 27 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 28 New civic medallions

  • 29 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 30 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 31 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 32 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 33 All for the love of a lady!

  • 34 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 35 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 36 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 37 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 38 Bideford loses training ship

  • 39 Ten year old scrambler

  • 40 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 41 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 42 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 43 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 44 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 45 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 46 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 47

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 48 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 49 The cab at the corner>
  • 50

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 51 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 52 Off on a great adventure

  • 53 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 54 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 55 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 56 Emergency ferry services

  • 57 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 58 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 59 Parkham plan realised

  • 60 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 61 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 62 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 63 By pony and trap to market

  • 64 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 65 So this is the mainland!

  • 66

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 67 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 68 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 69 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 70

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 71 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 72 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 73 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 74 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 75 Capers on the cobbles

  • 76 Waldon Triplets
  • 77

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 78 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 79 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 80 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 81 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 82 Traditions and skills still there

  • 83 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 84 Sweets derationing

  • 85 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 86 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 87 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 88 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 89 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 90 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 91 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 92 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 93 Dismantling of wireless mast

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

  • 95

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 96 No laughing matter

  • 97 Jumble sale fever

  • 98 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 99 Penny for the guy

  • 100 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 101 Artisans' Club

  • 102 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 103 Police station view of Bideford

  • 104 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 105 Clovelly nightmare

  • 106 Out of puff!

  • 107 The art of the thatcher

  • 108 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 109

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 110

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 111

    Bidefordians
  • 112 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 113 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 114 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 115 Torridge wins on time schedule

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

  • 117 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 118 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 119 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 120

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 121 New Post Office

  • 122 Torrington in 1967

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

  • 124 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 125 Centuries old but today busier than ever

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

  • 127 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 128 He beat the floods

  • 129 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 130 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 131 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 132

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 133 New look in the hayfields

  • 134 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 135 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 136 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 137 Northam footballers of the future

  • 138 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 139

    First prize
  • 140 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 141 They are parted pro-tem

  • 142 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 143 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 144 113 years at Instow

  • 145 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 146 Simple Item 138
  • 147 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 148 Puppet characters introduced

  • 149 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 150 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 151 Bideford regatta

  • 152 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 153 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 154 Bideford computer stars

  • 155 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 156 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 157 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 158 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 159

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 160 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 161 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 162 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

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

  • 164 New addition to Quay front

  • 165 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 166

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 167 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 168 Hartland Dancers
  • 169 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 170 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 171 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 172 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 173 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 174 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 175 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 176 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 177 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 178 When horses score over the tractor

  • 179 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 180 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 181 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 182 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 183

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 184 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 185 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 186 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 187

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 188 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 189 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 190 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 191 New life for Hartland organ

  • 192 From Bobby to Brian

  • 193 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 194 No sale of Springfield House

  • 195 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 196 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 197 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 198 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 199 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 200 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 201 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 202 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 203 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 204 Mobile missionary

  • 205 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 206 Cruising down the river

  • 207 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 208 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 209 Variety in summer weather

  • 210 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 211 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 212 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 213 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 214 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 215 New shipyard on schedule

  • 216

    Relatives all over the world
  • 217 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 218 Ships at Bideford

  • 219 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 220 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 221

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 222 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 223 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 224 Six footed lamb

  • 225 A story to tell!

  • 226 Bridging the stream

  • 227 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 228 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 229 School's link with cargo ship

  • 230 Happy Days!

  • 231 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 232 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 233 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 234 Decontrol of meat

  • 235 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 236 Littleham family's five generations

  • 237 Burnard family reunion

  • 238 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 239 Clovelly custom

  • 240 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 241 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 242 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 243 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 244 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 245

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 246 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 247 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 248 Can spring be far away?

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

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    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 251 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 252

    Was a missionary
  • 253 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 254 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 255 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 256 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 257 Devil sent packing

  • 258 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 259 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 260 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 261 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 262 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 263 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 264 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 265 A roof-top view - where?

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

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

  • 268 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 269 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 270 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 271 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 272 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 273 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 274 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 275

    New gateway
  • 276

    Married in 1908
  • 277 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 278 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 279 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 280 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 281 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 282 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 283 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 284 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 285 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 286 Northam's almshouse

  • 287 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 288 New Lundy stamps

  • 289 Twenty-one yachts

  • 290 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 291 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 292 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 293 For crying out loud!

  • 294 Torrington children build igloo
  • 295 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 296 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 297 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 298 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 299 Picking the pops

  • 300 Centenary of Gazette

  • 301 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 302 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 303 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 304 Some mushroom!

  • 305 It really was the 'last time'

  • 306 First ship in 8 years

  • 307 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 308 Recognise this resort?

  • 309 What's the time?

  • 310 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 311 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 312 Last train from Torrington

  • 313 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 314 Private home for public pump

  • 315 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 316 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 317 Sight of a lifetime

  • 318

    Building works
  • 319 Weare Giffard potato

  • 320 Pannier Market's future?

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

  • 322 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 323 First steel ship built at Bideford

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

  • 325 A man and his wheel

  • 326 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 327 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 328 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 329 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 330 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 331 The Geneva marionettes

  • 332 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 333 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 334 Bideford Bridge re-opens

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

  • 336 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 337 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 338 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 339 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 340 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 341 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 342 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 343 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 344 Peter poses for TV film

  • 345 Modern living at Bideford

  • 346 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 347 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 348 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 349 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 350 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 351 Revenge in style

  • 352 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 353 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

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

  • 355 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 356 North Devon Driving School

  • 357 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 358 Some 240 exhibits

  • 359 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 360 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 361

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 362 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 363 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 364 Picking the pops

  • 365 In their new robes and hats

  • 366 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 367 Circus comes to town

  • 368 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 369 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 370 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 371 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 372 Filming at Hartland

  • 373

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 374 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 375 Riverside mystery

  • 376 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 377

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 378 Finished in 1876

  • 379 Just over a year old

  • 380 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 381 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 382 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 383 New choral society's growing response

  • 384 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 385

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 386 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 387 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 388 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 389 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 390 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 391 Hartland postman retires

  • 392 All aboard the ark

  • 393

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 394 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 395

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 396

    Exhibition of school work
  • 397 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 398 Hartland's invitation

  • 399 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 400 Warmington's garage ad

  • 401 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 402 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 403 A bird of their own!

  • 404 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 405 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 406 New art gallery opened

  • 407

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 408 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 409 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 410 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 411 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 412 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 413 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

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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