• 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 Artisans' Club

  • 2 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 3 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 4 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 5 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 6 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 7 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 8 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 9 Mobile missionary

  • 10 Torrington children build igloo
  • 11 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 12 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 13 Torrington in 1967

  • 14 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 15 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 16 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 17 Warmington's garage ad

  • 18 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 19 Picking the pops

  • 20 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 21 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 22 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 23 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 24

    Bidefordians
  • 25 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 26 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 27 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 28

    Was a missionary
  • 29 The art of the thatcher

  • 30 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 31 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 32 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 33 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 34 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 35 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 36

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 37 New art gallery opened

  • 38 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 39 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 40 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 41 From Bobby to Brian

  • 42 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 43

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 44 Riverside mystery

  • 45 Life begins at 80

  • 46 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 47 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 48 Bideford loses training ship

  • 49 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

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

  • 51 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 52 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 53 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 54 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 55 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 56 When horses score over the tractor

  • 57 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 58 In their new robes and hats

  • 59 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 60 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 61 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 62 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 63 He beat the floods

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

  • 65 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 66 Hartland's invitation

  • 67 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 68 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

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

  • 70 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 71 All for the love of a lady!

  • 72 Peter poses for TV film

  • 73 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 74 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 75 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 76 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 77 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 78

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 79 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 80 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 81 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

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

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

  • 84 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 85

    New gateway
  • 86 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 87

    Building works
  • 88 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 89 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 90 Bideford regatta

  • 91 All aboard the ark

  • 92 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 93 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 94 113 years at Instow

  • 95 What's the time?

  • 96 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 97 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 98 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 99 Happy Days!

  • 100 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 101 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 102 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 103 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 104 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 105 A man and his wheel

  • 106 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 107 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 108 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 109 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 110 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 111 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 112 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 113 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 114 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 115 School's link with cargo ship

  • 116 Sweets derationing

  • 117 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 118 No laughing matter

  • 119 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 120 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 121 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 122 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 123 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 124 Finished in 1876

  • 125 Burnard family reunion

  • 126 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 127 It really was the 'last time'

  • 128 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 129 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 130 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 131 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 132

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 133 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 134 Bridging the stream

  • 135 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 136 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 137 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 138 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 139 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 140

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 141 Northam footballers of the future

  • 142 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 143 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 144 Circus comes to town

  • 145 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 146 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 147 Decontrol of meat

  • 148

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 149 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 150 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 151 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 152 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 153 Jumble sale fever

  • 154 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 155 Some mushroom!

  • 156 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 157 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 158 Devil sent packing

  • 159 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 160 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 161 By pony and trap to market

  • 162 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 163 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 164 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 165 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

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

  • 167 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 168 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 169 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 170 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 171

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 172 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 173 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 174 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 175 Puppet characters introduced

  • 176 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 177

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 178 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 179 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 180 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 181 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 182 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 183 New shipyard on schedule

  • 184 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 185 Just over a year old

  • 186 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 187 Twenty-one yachts

  • 188 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 189

    Married in 1908
  • 190 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 191 No sale of Springfield House

  • 192 End of the line

  • 193 Service with a smile

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

  • 195 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 196 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 197 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 198 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 199 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 200 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 201 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 202 New civic medallions

  • 203 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 204 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 205 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 206 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 207 Variety in summer weather

  • 208 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 209 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 210 Bideford computer stars

  • 211 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 212 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 213 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 214

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 215 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 216 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 217 Ten year old scrambler

  • 218 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 219 Diamond Jubilee of St Peter's Church, East-the-Water

  • 220 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 221 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 222

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 223 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 224 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 225 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 226 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 227 New Lundy stamps

  • 228 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 229 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 230 Capers on the cobbles

  • 231 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 232 Penny for the guy

  • 233 Northam's almshouse

  • 234 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 235 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 236 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 237 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 238 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 239 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 240 Sight of a lifetime

  • 241 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 242 They are parted pro-tem

  • 243 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 244 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 245 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 246 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 247 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 248 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

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

  • 250 Littleham family's five generations

  • 251 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 252 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 253 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 254 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 255 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 256 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 257 Off on a great adventure

  • 258 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 259 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 260 Six footed lamb

  • 261 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 262 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 263 Waldon Triplets
  • 264 School crossing patrol begins

  • 265 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 266 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 267 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 268 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 269 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 270 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 271 No ancient Grecian temple this

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

  • 273 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 274 Can spring be far away?

  • 275 Picking the pops

  • 276 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 277 Emergency ferry services

  • 278 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 279 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 280 Revenge in style

  • 281 Centenary of Gazette

  • 282 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 283 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 284 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 285 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 286 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 287 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 288 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 289 Pannier Market's future?

  • 290 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 291 A bird of their own!

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

  • 293 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 294 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 295 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 296 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 297

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 298 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 299 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 300 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 301 New choral society's growing response

  • 302 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 303 The cab at the corner>
  • 304 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 305 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 306 The Geneva marionettes

  • 307

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 308 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 309

    First prize
  • 310

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 311 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 312 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 313

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 314 Ships at Bideford

  • 315 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

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

  • 317 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 318 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 319 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 320 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 321 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 322 Some 240 exhibits

  • 323 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 324

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 325 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 326 Out of puff!

  • 327 Torrington's new amenity

  • 328 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 329 New Post Office

  • 330 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 331 So this is the mainland!

  • 332 Clovelly custom

  • 333 A story to tell!

  • 334 Police station view of Bideford

  • 335 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 336 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 337 Private home for public pump

  • 338 Loads of black and white

  • 339 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 340 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 341 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 342 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 343

    Relatives all over the world
  • 344 Clovelly nightmare

  • 345 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 346 Hartland Dancers
  • 347

    Exhibition of school work
  • 348 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 349 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 350 New addition to Quay front

  • 351 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 352 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 353 Appledore's largest

  • 354 Simple Item 138
  • 355 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 356 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 357 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 358 Students help model St Sidwell

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

  • 360 Last train from Torrington

  • 361 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 362 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 363 New look in the hayfields

  • 364 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 365 First ship in 8 years

  • 366

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 367 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 368 Cruising down the river

  • 369 A roof-top view - where?

  • 370 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 371 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 372 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 373

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 374

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 375

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 376 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 377 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 378

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 379 For crying out loud!

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

  • 381 Traditions and skills still there

  • 382 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 383 Hartland postman retires

  • 384 North Devon Driving School

  • 385

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 386 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 387 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 388 Filming at Hartland

  • 389 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 390

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 391 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 392 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 393 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 394 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 395 Parkham plan realised

  • 396 New life for Hartland organ

  • 397

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 398 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 399 Recognise this resort?

  • 400 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 401 Modern living at Bideford

  • 402 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 403 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 404 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 405

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 406 Weare Giffard potato

  • 407 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 408 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 409 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 410 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 411

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 412 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 413 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

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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  • 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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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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