• Welcome to the Bideford & District Community Archive

    Welcome to the Bideford & District Community Archive

    ...The Gazette Newspaper 1856 onwards.

    Read More
  • Welcome to the Bideford & District Community Archive

    Welcome to the Bideford & District Community Archive

    ...The Gazette Newspaper 1856 onwards.

    Read More
  • 1
  • 2
  • 1 Pannier Market's future?

  • 2

    Exhibition of school work
  • 3 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 4 He beat the floods

  • 5 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 6 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 7 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 8

    Married in 1908
  • 9 Modern living at Bideford

  • 10 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 11 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 12 Life begins at 80

  • 13 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 14 Torrington's new amenity

  • 15 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 16

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 17

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 18

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 19 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 20 A roof-top view - where?

  • 21 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 22 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 23 Loads of black and white

  • 24 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 25 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 26 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 27 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 28 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 29 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 30

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 31 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 32 It really was the 'last time'

  • 33 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 34 Clovelly custom

  • 35 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 36 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 37 Bideford computer stars

  • 38 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 39 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 40 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 41 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 42 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 43 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 44 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 45 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 46 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 47 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 48 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 49 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 50 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 51 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 52 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 53 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 54 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 55 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 56 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 57 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 58 North Devon Driving School

  • 59 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 60 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 61 Last train from Torrington

  • 62 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 63 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 64

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 65 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 66 Waldon Triplets
  • 67 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 68 Warmington's garage ad

  • 69 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 70 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 71 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 72 113 years at Instow

  • 73 Northam's almshouse

  • 74 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 75 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 76 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 77 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 78 Burnard family reunion

  • 79 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 80 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 81 Ships at Bideford

  • 82

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 83 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 84 All aboard the ark

  • 85 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 86 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 87 Circus comes to town

  • 88 Hartland postman retires

  • 89

    Relatives all over the world
  • 90 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 91 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 92 Cruising down the river

  • 93 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 94 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 95 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 96 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 97 A bird of their own!

  • 98 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 99 In their new robes and hats

  • 100 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 101 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 102 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 103

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 104 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 105 All for the love of a lady!

  • 106 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 107 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 108 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 109 Picking the pops

  • 110 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 111 So this is the mainland!

  • 112 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 113 They are parted pro-tem

  • 114

    Was a missionary
  • 115 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 116 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 117 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 118 Filming at Hartland

  • 119 Picking the pops

  • 120 Twenty-one yachts

  • 121 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 122 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 123 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 124 New Lundy stamps

  • 125 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 126 Sweets derationing

  • 127 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 128 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 129 Traditions and skills still there

  • 130 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 131 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 132 Riverside mystery

  • 133 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 134 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 135 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 136 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 137

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 138 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 139 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 140

    First prize
  • 141 Some 240 exhibits

  • 142 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 143 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 144 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 145

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 146 Service with a smile

  • 147 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 148 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 149 Littleham family's five generations

  • 150 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 151 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 152 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 153

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 154 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 155 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 156

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 157 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 158 New art gallery opened

  • 159 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

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

  • 161 Variety in summer weather

  • 162 Police station view of Bideford

  • 163 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 164 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 165

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 166 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

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

  • 168 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 169 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 170 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 171 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 172 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 173 Just over a year old

  • 174 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

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

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

  • 177 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 178 Off on a great adventure

  • 179 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 180 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 181

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 182 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 183 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 184

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 185 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 186 No sale of Springfield House

  • 187 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 188 First ship in 8 years

  • 189 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 190 Decontrol of meat

  • 191 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 192 New Post Office

  • 193 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 194 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 195 For crying out loud!

  • 196 Puppet characters introduced

  • 197 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 198 Torrington children build igloo
  • 199 Torrington in 1967

  • 200 School's link with cargo ship

  • 201 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 202 Private home for public pump

  • 203 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 204 Mobile missionary

  • 205 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 206 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 207 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 208

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 209 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 210 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 211 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 212 Some mushroom!

  • 213 The cab at the corner>
  • 214 Malibou boys are all-the-year-round surfers

  • 215 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

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

  • 217 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 218 Hartland's invitation

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

  • 220 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 221

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 222 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 223 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 224 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 225 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 226 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 227 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 228 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 229 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 230 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 231 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 232

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 233 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 234 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 235 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 236 Bridging the stream

  • 237 What's the time?

  • 238 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 239 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 240 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 241 Happy Days!

  • 242 New look in the hayfields

  • 243 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 244 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

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

  • 246

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 247 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 248 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 249 The Geneva marionettes

  • 250 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 251 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 252 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 253 Finished in 1876

  • 254 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 255 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 256 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 257 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 258 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 259 New civic medallions

  • 260 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 261 Revenge in style

  • 262 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 263 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 264 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 265 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 266 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 267 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 268 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 269 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 270 Recognise this resort?

  • 271 Out of puff!

  • 272 Weare Giffard potato

  • 273 Jumble sale fever

  • 274 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 275 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 276 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 277 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 278 Six footed lamb

  • 279

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 280 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 281 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 282 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 283 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 284 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 285 Can spring be far away?

  • 286 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 287 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 288 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 289 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 290 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 291 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 292 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 293 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 294 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 295 Ship-in-bottle world record

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

  • 297 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 298 New addition to Quay front

  • 299 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 300 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 301 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 302 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 303 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 304 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 305 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 306 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 307 Sight of a lifetime

  • 308 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 309 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 310 Bideford loses training ship

  • 311 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 312 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 313 Ten year old scrambler

  • 314 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 315 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 316 Reed threshing 'putting the clock back' at Weare Giffard

  • 317 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 318 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 319

    New gateway
  • 320 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 321 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 322 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 323 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 324 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 325 Parkham plan realised

  • 326 Penny for the guy

  • 327 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 328 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 329 New choral society's growing response

  • 330 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 331 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 332 No laughing matter

  • 333

    Bidefordians
  • 334 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 335 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 336

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 337 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

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

  • 339 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 340 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 341 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 342 From Bobby to Brian

  • 343 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 344 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 345 Emergency ferry services

  • 346 Bideford regatta

  • 347 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 348 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 349 New life for Hartland organ

  • 350 New shipyard on schedule

  • 351 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 352 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 353 The art of the thatcher

  • 354

    Building works
  • 355 Peter poses for TV film

  • 356 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 357 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 358 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 359 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 360 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 361 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 362

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 363 Devil sent packing

  • 364 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 365 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 366 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 367 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 368 End of the line

  • 369 A man and his wheel

  • 370 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 371 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 372 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 373 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 374 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 375 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 376

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 377 When horses score over the tractor

  • 378 Centenary of Gazette

  • 379 By pony and trap to market

  • 380

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 381 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 382 Capers on the cobbles

  • 383 Artisans' Club

  • 384 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 385 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 386 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 387 Simple Item 138
  • 388 Northam footballers of the future

  • 389 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 390 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 391 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 392 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 393 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 394 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 395 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

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

  • 397 A story to tell!

  • 398 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 399 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 400 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 401 School crossing patrol begins

  • 402 Pretty pennies at Beaford

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

  • 404 Hartland Dancers
  • 405 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 406 Appledore's largest

  • 407 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 408

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 409 Clovelly nightmare

  • 410 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 411

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 412 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 413 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
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

Read More
and suddenly it's spring

Cadds Down Farm

1 March 1974

Joined by Trixie, the pony

READ MORE

  • 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.

    Read More

  • 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;

    Read More

  • 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.

    Read More
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
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...

Read More
 

Shipyard goes into liquidation 1963

Liquidator appointed

4 January 1963

Difficulty in retaining labour...

Read More

Businesses

Associations and Clubs

Army Airforce and Navy

  • 1

Login Form