• 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 Clovelly donkey film star

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    Successful motor cycling team
  • 3 Six footed lamb

  • 4 Sight of a lifetime

  • 5 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 6 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 7 New art gallery opened

  • 8 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 9 School crossing patrol begins

  • 10 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

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

  • 12 Jumble sale fever

  • 13 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 14 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 15 Clovelly custom

  • 16 Space dominates Hartland carnival

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

  • 18 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 19 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 20 End of the line

  • 21 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 22 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 23 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 24 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 25 New choral society's growing response

  • 26 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 27 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 28

    Building works
  • 29 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 30 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 31 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 32 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 33 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 34 Simple Item 138
  • 35 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 36 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 37 Off on a great adventure

  • 38 New civic medallions

  • 39 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 40 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 41 Revenge in style

  • 42 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 43 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 44 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 45 Weare Giffard potato

  • 46 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 47 New life for Hartland organ

  • 48 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 49 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 50

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 51 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 52 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 53

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 54 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 55 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 56 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 57 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 58 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 59

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 60 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 61 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 62 Warmington's garage ad

  • 63 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 64 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 65 No laughing matter

  • 66 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 67 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 68 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 69 Out of puff!

  • 70 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 71 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 72 Torrington's new amenity

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

  • 74 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 75 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 76 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 77

    Exhibition of school work
  • 78 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 79 No sale of Springfield House

  • 80 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 81 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 82 Happy Days!

  • 83 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 84

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 85 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 86 New Post Office

  • 87 Picking the pops

  • 88 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 89 Loads of black and white

  • 90 Burnard family reunion

  • 91 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 92 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 93 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 94 Puppet characters introduced

  • 95 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 96 Mobile missionary

  • 97 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 98 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 99

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 100 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 101 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 102 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 103 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 104 New Lundy stamps

  • 105 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 106 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 107 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 108 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 109 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 110 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 111 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 112 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 113 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 114 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

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

  • 116 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 117 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 118 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 119 When horses score over the tractor

  • 120 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 121 Police station view of Bideford

  • 122 Variety in summer weather

  • 123 Hartland Dancers
  • 124 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 125 Recognise this resort?

  • 126 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 127 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 128 In their new robes and hats

  • 129 Bridging the stream

  • 130 Bideford loses training ship

  • 131 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 132 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 133 Parkham plan realised

  • 134 Clovelly nightmare

  • 135 North Devon Driving School

  • 136 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 137 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 138 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 139 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

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

  • 141 Waldon Triplets
  • 142 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 143 A man and his wheel

  • 144 For crying out loud!

  • 145

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 146 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 147 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 148 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 149 All for the love of a lady!

  • 150 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 151 Northam footballers of the future

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

  • 153 Torrington in 1967

  • 154 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 155

    Married in 1908
  • 156 It really was the 'last time'

  • 157 Circus comes to town

  • 158 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 159 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 160 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 161 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 162 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 163 Some mushroom!

  • 164 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 165 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 166 Devil sent packing

  • 167

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 168 Grenville House for Bideford R.D.C.

  • 169 Some 240 exhibits

  • 170 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 171 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 172

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 173 Can spring be far away?

  • 174 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 175 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 176

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 177 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 178 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 179 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 180 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 181 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 182 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 183 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 184 Picking the pops

  • 185 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 186 New look in the hayfields

  • 187 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 188 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 189 Torrington children build igloo
  • 190 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 191 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 192 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

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

  • 194 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 195 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 196 Service with a smile

  • 197 School's link with cargo ship

  • 198 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 199 Pannier Market's future?

  • 200

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 201 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 202 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 203 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 204 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 205 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 206

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 207

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 208 Private home for public pump

  • 209

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 210 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 211

    Bidefordians
  • 212 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 213 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 214 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 215 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 216 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 217 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 218 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 219 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 220 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 221 113 years at Instow

  • 222 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 223 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 224 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 225 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 226 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 227 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 228 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 229 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 230 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 231 Success to Festival of the Arts

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

  • 233 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 234 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 235 Hartland's invitation

  • 236 Decontrol of meat

  • 237 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 238 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 239 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 240 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

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

  • 242 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 243 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 244

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 245 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 246 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 247 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 248 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 249 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 250 Modern living at Bideford

  • 251 A bird of their own!

  • 252 Littleham family's five generations

  • 253 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 254 Ships at Bideford

  • 255 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 256

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 257 Just over a year old

  • 258 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 259 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 260 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 261 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 262 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 263 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 264 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 265 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 266 Cruising down the river

  • 267 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 268 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 269 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

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    Jinxed School Trip
  • 271 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 272 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 273 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 274 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 275 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 276 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 277 Twenty-one yachts

  • 278 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 279 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 280 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 281 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 282 The art of the thatcher

  • 283 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 284 Appledore's new lifeboat

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

  • 286 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 287 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 288 Centenary of Gazette

  • 289 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 290 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 291 First steel ship built at Bideford

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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 293 The Geneva marionettes

  • 294 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 295 Hartland postman retires

  • 296 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

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

  • 298 First ship in 8 years

  • 299 By pony and trap to market

  • 300 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 301

    First prize
  • 302 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 303 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 304 Northam's almshouse

  • 305

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 306 Riverside mystery

  • 307 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 308 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 309 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 310 So this is the mainland!

  • 311 Penny for the guy

  • 312 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 313 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 314

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 315 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 316 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 317 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 318 New shipyard on schedule

  • 319 Finished in 1876

  • 320

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 321 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 322 Artisans' Club

  • 323 New addition to Quay front

  • 324 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 325 Capers on the cobbles

  • 326 Appledore's largest

  • 327 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 328

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 329 Malibou boys are all-the-year-round surfers

  • 330 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 331 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 332 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 333 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

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    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 335 A roof-top view - where?

  • 336 Ten year old scrambler

  • 337 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 338 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 339 They are parted pro-tem

  • 340 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 341 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 342 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 343 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 344 All aboard the ark

  • 345 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 346 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 347 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 348 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 349 What's the time?

  • 350 A story to tell!

  • 351

    Was a missionary
  • 352 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 353 Traditions and skills still there

  • 354 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 355 Last train from Torrington

  • 356 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 357 Bideford computer stars

  • 358 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 359 Bideford regatta

  • 360 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 361 He beat the floods

  • 362 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 363 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 364 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 365 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 366 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 367 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 368 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 369 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 370 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 371 Peter poses for TV film

  • 372 Life begins at 80

  • 373

    Relatives all over the world
  • 374 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 375 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 376 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 377

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 378 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
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    New gateway
  • 380 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 381 Emergency ferry services

  • 382

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 383 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 384 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 385 The creative urge on Saturday morning

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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  • 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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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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