• 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 Peter poses for TV film

  • 2 Finished in 1876

  • 3 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 4 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 5 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 6 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 7

    Exhibition of school work
  • 8 Picking the pops

  • 9

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 10 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 11 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 12 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 13 All aboard the ark

  • 14 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 15 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 16 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 17

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 18 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 19 Revenge in style

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

  • 21 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 22 Warmington's garage ad

  • 23 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 24 Penny for the guy

  • 25 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 26 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 27 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 28 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 29 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 30 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 31 Appledore's largest

  • 32 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 33

    New gateway
  • 34 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 35 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 36 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 37 Jumble sale fever

  • 38 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 39 No laughing matter

  • 40 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 41 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 42 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 43

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 44 Off on a great adventure

  • 45 Life begins at 80

  • 46

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 47 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 48 Cruising down the river

  • 49 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 50 No sale of Springfield House

  • 51 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 52 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 53 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 54 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 55

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 56 Buckland goes to County Show

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

  • 58 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 59 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 60 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 61 A roof-top view - where?

  • 62

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 63 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 64 Puppet characters introduced

  • 65 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 66 What's the time?

  • 67 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 68 Police station view of Bideford

  • 69 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 70

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 71 Modern living at Bideford

  • 72 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 73 Devil sent packing

  • 74 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 75 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 76 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 77 Bideford computer stars

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

  • 79 New shipyard on schedule

  • 80 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 81 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 82 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 83 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 84 Hartland's invitation

  • 85 The Geneva marionettes

  • 86 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 87 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 88 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 89 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 90

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 91 He beat the floods

  • 92 Torrington's new amenity

  • 93 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 94 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 95 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 96 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 97 Weare Giffard potato

  • 98 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 99 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 100 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 101 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 102 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 103 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 104 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 105 Ships at Bideford

  • 106 Decontrol of meat

  • 107 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 108

    First prize
  • 109 Emergency ferry services

  • 110 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 111 Recognise this resort?

  • 112

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 113 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 114 Circus comes to town

  • 115 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 116 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 117 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 118 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 119

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 120 Clovelly custom

  • 121 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 122 New Lundy stamps

  • 123 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 124 New art gallery opened

  • 125 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 126 Traditions and skills still there

  • 127

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 128 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 129 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 130 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 131 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 132 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 133 Loads of black and white

  • 134 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 135 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

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

  • 137 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 138 Artisans' Club

  • 139 School's link with cargo ship

  • 140 Out of puff!

  • 141 By pony and trap to market

  • 142 In their new robes and hats

  • 143 Riverside mystery

  • 144 Bideford loses training ship

  • 145

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 146 Torrington in 1967

  • 147 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 148 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 149 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 150 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 151 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 152 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 153 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 154 Burnard family reunion

  • 155 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 156 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 157 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 158 Six footed lamb

  • 159 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 160 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 161 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 162 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 163 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 164 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 165 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 166 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 167 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 168 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 169

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 170 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 171 Mobile missionary

  • 172

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 173 Hartland Dancers
  • 174 When horses score over the tractor

  • 175 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 176 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 177 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 178 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 179 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 180 A story to tell!

  • 181 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

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

  • 183 End of the line

  • 184

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 185 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 186 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 187 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 188 Littleham family's five generations

  • 189 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 190 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 191 Some mushroom!

  • 192 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 193 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 194 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 195 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 196 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 197 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 198 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 199 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 200 A bird of their own!

  • 201 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 202 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 203 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 204 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 205 Gloves fit for a king!

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

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

  • 208 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 209 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 210 Twenty-one yachts

  • 211 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 212 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 213 Bridging the stream

  • 214 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 215 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 216 Torrington children build igloo
  • 217

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 218 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 219 Some 240 exhibits

  • 220 New civic medallions

  • 221 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 222 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 223 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 224 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 225 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 226 New choral society's growing response

  • 227 The art of the thatcher

  • 228 Northam's almshouse

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

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

  • 231 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 232 It really was the 'last time'

  • 233 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 234

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 235 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 236 113 years at Instow

  • 237 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 238 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 239 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 240 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 241 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 242 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 243 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 244 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 245 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 246 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 247 For crying out loud!

  • 248 First ship in 8 years

  • 249

    Bidefordians
  • 250 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 251 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

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

  • 253 A man and his wheel

  • 254 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 255 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 256 Ten year old scrambler

  • 257 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 258 Private home for public pump

  • 259 Last train from Torrington

  • 260 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 261 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 262 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 263 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 264 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 265 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 266 Down at the 'Donkey House'

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

  • 268 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 269 Capers on the cobbles

  • 270 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 271

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 272 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 273 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 274 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 275 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 276 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 277 North Devon Driving School

  • 278 Northam footballers of the future

  • 279 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 280 New addition to Quay front

  • 281 Clovelly nightmare

  • 282 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 283 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 284 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 285 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 286 Parkham plan realised

  • 287 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 288 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 289 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 290 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 291 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 292 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 293 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 294 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 295 New look in the hayfields

  • 296

    Relatives all over the world
  • 297 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 298 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 299 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 300 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 301 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 302

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 303 Bideford regatta

  • 304

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 305 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 306 Variety in summer weather

  • 307

    Married in 1908
  • 308 All for the love of a lady!

  • 309 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 310 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 311 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 312 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 313 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 314 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 315 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 316 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 317 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 318 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 319 New Post Office

  • 320 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 321

    Building works
  • 322 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 323 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 324

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 325 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 326 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 327 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 328 New life for Hartland organ

  • 329 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 330 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 331 Simple Item 138
  • 332 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 333 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 334 School crossing patrol begins

  • 335 Sight of a lifetime

  • 336 So this is the mainland!

  • 337 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 338 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 339 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 340 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

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

  • 342 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 343 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 344 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 345 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 346

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 347

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 348 Hartland postman retires

  • 349 They are parted pro-tem

  • 350 Just over a year old

  • 351 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 352 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 353 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 354 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 355 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 356 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 357 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 358 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 359 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 360 Picking the pops

  • 361 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 362 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 363 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 364 Service with a smile

  • 365 Centenary of Gazette

  • 366 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 367 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 368 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 369 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 370 Waldon Triplets
  • 371 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 372 Pannier Market's future?

  • 373 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 374 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 375 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 376 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 377 Happy Days!

  • 378 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 379

    Was a missionary
  • 380 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 381 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 382

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 383

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 384 Can spring be far away?

  • 385 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

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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  • 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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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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