• 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 nightmare

  • 2 So this is the mainland!

  • 3 New art gallery opened

  • 4 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 5 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 6 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 7 Penny for the guy

  • 8 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 9 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 10 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 11 Clovelly custom

  • 12 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 13 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 14 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 15 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 16 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 17 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 18 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 19 All aboard the ark

  • 20 End of the line

  • 21 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 22 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 23 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 24 He beat the floods

  • 25 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 26 Some 240 exhibits

  • 27 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 28 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 29 Mobile missionary

  • 30 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 31 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 32 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 33 By pony and trap to market

  • 34 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 35 New Lundy stamps

  • 36 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 37 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 38 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 39 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 40 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 41 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 42

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 43 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 44 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 45 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 46 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 47 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 48

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 49 No laughing matter

  • 50 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 51 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 52 Torrington in 1967

  • 53 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 54 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 55 Traditions and skills still there

  • 56 Decontrol of meat

  • 57 Cruising down the river

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

  • 59 Riverside mystery

  • 60 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 61 New Post Office

  • 62 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 63 In their new robes and hats

  • 64 Happy Days!

  • 65

    Relatives all over the world
  • 66 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 67 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 68 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 69 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 70 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 71 What's the time?

  • 72 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 73

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 74

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 75 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 76 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 77 Torrington's new amenity

  • 78 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 79 School crossing patrol begins

  • 80 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 81 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 82 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 83 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 84 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 85

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 86 Hartland postman retires

  • 87 Out of puff!

  • 88 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 89 Life begins at 80

  • 90 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 91

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

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

  • 94 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 95

    Was a missionary
  • 96

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 97 Hartland's invitation

  • 98 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 99 They are parted pro-tem

  • 100 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 101 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 102 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 103

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 104 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 105 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 106 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 107 New addition to Quay front

  • 108 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 109 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 110 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 111

    Married in 1908
  • 112 Northam footballers of the future

  • 113 School's link with cargo ship

  • 114 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 115 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 116

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 117 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 118 Westward Ho! combined op

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

  • 120 Police station view of Bideford

  • 121 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 122 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 123 Huntshaw TV mast

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

  • 125 A bird of their own!

  • 126 Capers on the cobbles

  • 127 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 128 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 129 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 130 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 131 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 132 Twenty-one yachts

  • 133 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 134 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 135 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 136 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 137 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 138 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 139 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 140 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 141 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 142 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 143 Off on a great adventure

  • 144 Picking the pops

  • 145 Simple Item 138
  • 146 New choral society's growing response

  • 147 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 148

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 149 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 150 Bideford regatta

  • 151

    Building works
  • 152 All for the love of a lady!

  • 153 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 154 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 155 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 156 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 157 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 158 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 159 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 160 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 161 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 162 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 163 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 164 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 165 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 166 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

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

  • 168 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 169 Weare Giffard potato

  • 170 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 171 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 172 Just over a year old

  • 173

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 174 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 175 Burnard family reunion

  • 176 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

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

  • 178 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 179 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 180 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 181 Bideford loses training ship

  • 182 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 183 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 184 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 185 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 186 From Bobby to Brian

  • 187

    New gateway
  • 188 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 189 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 190 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 191 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 192 Hartland Dancers
  • 193 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 194 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 195 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 196

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 197 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 198 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 199 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 200 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 201 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 202 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 203 Revenge in style

  • 204 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 205 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 206 Some mushroom!

  • 207 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 208 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 209 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 210 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 211 Picking the pops

  • 212 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 213 A roof-top view - where?

  • 214 Private home for public pump

  • 215 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 216 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 217 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 218 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 219 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 220 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 221 Puppet characters introduced

  • 222 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 223

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 224 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 225

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 226 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 227 Artisans' Club

  • 228 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 229

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 230

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 231 Doing time - over 300 years of it - at Hartland

  • 232 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 233 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 234 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 235 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 236 Torrington children build igloo
  • 237 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 238 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 239 New life for Hartland organ

  • 240 Centenary of Gazette

  • 241 Bridging the stream

  • 242

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 243 Variety in summer weather

  • 244 Finished in 1876

  • 245 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 246 Littleham family's five generations

  • 247 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 248 Warmington's garage ad

  • 249

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 250 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 251

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 252 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 253

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 254 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 255 First ship in 8 years

  • 256 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 257 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 258 Northam's almshouse

  • 259 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 260 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 261 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 262 It really was the 'last time'

  • 263 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 264

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 265

    Exhibition of school work
  • 266 Malibou boys are all-the-year-round surfers

  • 267 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 268 The Geneva marionettes

  • 269 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 270 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 271 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 272 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 273 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 274 Parkham plan realised

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    First prize
  • 276 Bideford computer stars

  • 277 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

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

  • 279 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 280 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 281 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 282 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 283 Filming at Hartland

  • 284 The cab at the corner>
  • 285 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 286 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 287 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 288 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 289 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 290 Devil sent packing

  • 291 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 292 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 293

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 294 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 295 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 296 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 297 For crying out loud!

  • 298 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

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

  • 300 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 301 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 302 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 303 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 304 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 305 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 306 The art of the thatcher

  • 307 New civic medallions

  • 308 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 309 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 310 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 311 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 312 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 313 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 314 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 315 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 316 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 317 Emergency ferry services

  • 318 Last train from Torrington

  • 319 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 320 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 321 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 322 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 323 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 324 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 325 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 326 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 327 When horses score over the tractor

  • 328 Sweets derationing

  • 329 Recognise this resort?

  • 330 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 331

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 332 A man and his wheel

  • 333 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 334 Waldon Triplets
  • 335 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 336 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 337 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 338 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 339 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 340 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 341 Peter poses for TV film

  • 342 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 343 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 344 New shipyard on schedule

  • 345 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 346 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 347 Service with a smile

  • 348 New look in the hayfields

  • 349 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 350 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 351 North Devon Driving School

  • 352 Modern living at Bideford

  • 353 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 354 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 355 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 356 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 357 Ten year old scrambler

  • 358 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 359 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 360 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 361 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 362 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

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

  • 364 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 365 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 366 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 367 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 368 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 369 113 years at Instow

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

  • 371 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 372 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 373 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 374 No sale of Springfield House

  • 375 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 376 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 377 Appledore's largest

  • 378 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 379 Loads of black and white

  • 380 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 381 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 382

    Bidefordians
  • 383 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 384 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 385 Pannier Market's future?

  • 386 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 387 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 388 A story to tell!

  • 389 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 390 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 391 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 392 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 393 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 394 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 395

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 396 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 397 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 398 Bideford's private wharves busier

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

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    Cadets are given certificates
  • 401 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 402 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 403 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 404 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 405 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 406 Circus comes to town

  • 407 Six footed lamb

  • 408 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 409 Jumble sale fever

  • 410 Ships at Bideford

  • 411 Can spring be far away?

  • 412 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 413 Sight of a lifetime

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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Appledore Census 1841 - 1881

This book contains a Census taken in Appledore between 1841 and 1881. Use the "Search" feature at the top of the book to look for a particular entry

Appledore Marriages 1920 - 1934

This book contains a list of Marriages in Appledore between August 1920 and March 1934. Use the "Search" feature at the top of the book to look for a particular entry

Appledore Baptisms 1844 - 1891

This book contains a list of Baptisms in Appledore between 1844 and 1891. Use the "Search" feature at the bottom of the book to look for a particular entry

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