• 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 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 2 Littleham family's five generations

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    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 4 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 5 What's the time?

  • 6

    New gateway
  • 7 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 8 Malibou boys are all-the-year-round surfers

  • 9 New civic medallions

  • 10 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 11 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 12

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 13 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 14 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 15

    Building works
  • 16 New art gallery opened

  • 17 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 18 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 19 Pannier Market's future?

  • 20

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 21

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 22 Northam footballers of the future

  • 23 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 24 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 25 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 26 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 27 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 28 Bringing shopping home by goat

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

  • 30 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 31 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 32 113 years at Instow

  • 33 Bideford regatta

  • 34 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 35 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 36 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 37 North Devon Driving School

  • 38 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 39 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 40 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 41 In their new robes and hats

  • 42 When horses score over the tractor

  • 43 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 44 Burnard family reunion

  • 45 Private home for public pump

  • 46 New addition to Quay front

  • 47 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 48 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 49 A story to tell!

  • 50 Mobile missionary

  • 51 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 52 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 53 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 54 First ship in 8 years

  • 55 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 56 No laughing matter

  • 57

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 58 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 59 Ships at Bideford

  • 60 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 61 Centenary of Gazette

  • 62 Appledore's largest

  • 63 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 64 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 65 A bird of their own!

  • 66 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 67 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 68 Waldon Triplets
  • 69 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 70 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 71 End of the line

  • 72 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 73 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 74 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 75

    Was a missionary
  • 76 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 77 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 78 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 79 Just over a year old

  • 80 Out of puff!

  • 81

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 82 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 83 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 84 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 85 Torrington in 1967

  • 86 Finished in 1876

  • 87 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 88 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 89 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 90 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 91 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 92 Six footed lamb

  • 93 They are parted pro-tem

  • 94 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 95 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 96 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 97 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 98 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 99 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 100

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 101 Modern living at Bideford

  • 102 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 103 Hartland Dancers
  • 104 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 105 Cruising down the river

  • 106 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 107 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 108 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 109 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 110 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 111 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 112 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 113 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 114 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 115 The Geneva marionettes

  • 116 By pony and trap to market

  • 117 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 118 New shipyard on schedule

  • 119 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 120 Simple Item 138
  • 121 Variety in summer weather

  • 122 Picking the pops

  • 123 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 124 Twenty-one yachts

  • 125 Happy Days!

  • 126 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 127

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 128 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 129 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

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

  • 131 The art of the thatcher

  • 132 Peter poses for TV film

  • 133 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 134 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 135 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 136 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 137 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 138 Artisans' Club

  • 139 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 140 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 141 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 142 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 143 Warmington's garage ad

  • 144 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 145 Weare Giffard potato

  • 146 Loads of black and white

  • 147 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 148 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 149 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 150 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 151 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 152 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 153 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 154 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

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

  • 156 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 157 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 158 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 159 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 160 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 161 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 162 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 163 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

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

  • 165 Can spring be far away?

  • 166 Torrington's new amenity

  • 167 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 168 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 169 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 170 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 171 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 172 For crying out loud!

  • 173 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 174 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 175 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 176 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 177 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 178 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 179 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 180 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 181

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 182 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 183 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 184 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 185

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 186 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 187 Torrington children build igloo
  • 188 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 189 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 190 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 191 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

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

  • 193 Life begins at 80

  • 194 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 195 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 196 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 197 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 198 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 199 Parkham plan realised

  • 200 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 201 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 202 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 203 Some mushroom!

  • 204 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 205 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 206 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 207 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 208 Northam's almshouse

  • 209 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 210 Police station view of Bideford

  • 211 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 212 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 213 Sight of a lifetime

  • 214 Bridging the stream

  • 215 Service with a smile

  • 216 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 217 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 218 So this is the mainland!

  • 219 Picking the pops

  • 220 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 221 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 222 Ten year old scrambler

  • 223 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 224 A roof-top view - where?

  • 225 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 226 Hartland's invitation

  • 227 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 228 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 229 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 230 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 231

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 232 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 233 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 234

    First prize
  • 235 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 236 All aboard the ark

  • 237 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 238

    Relatives all over the world
  • 239 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 240

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 241 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 242 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 243

    Bidefordians
  • 244 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 245 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 246 Traditions and skills still there

  • 247 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 248 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 249 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 250 Recognise this resort?

  • 251 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 252 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 253 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 254 Clovelly custom

  • 255 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 256 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 257 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 258 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 259 Clovelly nightmare

  • 260 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 261 Revenge in style

  • 262 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 263 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 264 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 265 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 266

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 267 Puppet characters introduced

  • 268 All for the love of a lady!

  • 269 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 270 It really was the 'last time'

  • 271 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 272

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 273

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 274 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 275 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 276 No sale of Springfield House

  • 277 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 278 New choral society's growing response

  • 279 Record player of 80 years ago

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

  • 281

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 282 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 283

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 284 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 285 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 286 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 287 Devil sent packing

  • 288

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 289

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 290 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 291 Bideford computer stars

  • 292 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 293 Hartland postman retires

  • 294 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 295 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 296

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 297 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 298 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 299 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 300 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 301 He beat the floods

  • 302 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 303 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 304 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 305 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 306 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 307 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 308 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 309 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

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

  • 311 Emergency ferry services

  • 312 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 313 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 314 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 315 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 316

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 317

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 318 Capers on the cobbles

  • 319 New Lundy stamps

  • 320 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 321 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 322 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 323 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 324 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 325 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 326 Off on a great adventure

  • 327 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 328 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 329 New Post Office

  • 330 Jumble sale fever

  • 331 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 332 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 333 Decontrol of meat

  • 334 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 335 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 336 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 337 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 338 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 339 Last train from Torrington

  • 340

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 341 Doing time - over 300 years of it - at Hartland

  • 342 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 343 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 344 New look in the hayfields

  • 345 Buckland goes to County Show

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

  • 347 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 348 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 349 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 350 School crossing patrol begins

  • 351

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 352 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 353 Entente cordiale in Bideford

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

  • 355 Circus comes to town

  • 356 Bideford loses training ship

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

  • 358 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 359 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 360 New life for Hartland organ

  • 361 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 362

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 363

    Exhibition of school work
  • 364 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 365 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 366 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 367 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 368 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 369 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 370 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 371

    Married in 1908
  • 372 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 373 A man and his wheel

  • 374 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 375 Penny for the guy

  • 376 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 377 Riverside mystery

  • 378 School's link with cargo ship

  • 379 Some 240 exhibits

  • 380 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 381 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 382 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 383 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 384 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 385 New Lundy air-mail stamps

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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Hospitals and Drs

Historic Finds

Farming and Connections

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