• 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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    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 2 Clovelly custom

  • 3 New choral society's growing response

  • 4 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 5 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 6 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 7 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 8 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 9 No sale of Springfield House

  • 10 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 11 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 12 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 13 Twenty-one yachts

  • 14 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 15 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 16 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 17 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 18 All for the love of a lady!

  • 19 Torrington children build igloo
  • 20 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 21 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 22 Cruising down the river

  • 23 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 24 Pannier Market's future?

  • 25

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 26

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 27 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 28

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 29 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 30 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 31 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 32 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 33 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 34 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 35 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 36 So this is the mainland!

  • 37 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 38 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 39 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 40 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 41 Centenary of Gazette

  • 42

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 43 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 44 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 45 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 46

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 47 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 48 New shipyard on schedule

  • 49 Riverside mystery

  • 50 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 51 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 52 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 53 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 54 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 55 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 56 New Lundy stamps

  • 57 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 58 What's the time?

  • 59 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 60 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 61 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 62 Life begins at 80

  • 63 Hartland postman retires

  • 64 Salmon netting at Bideford

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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 66

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 67 Some 240 exhibits

  • 68 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 69 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 70 Can spring be far away?

  • 71 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 72 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 73 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 74 Parkham plan realised

  • 75 Warmington's garage ad

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

  • 77 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

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    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 79 New civic medallions

  • 80 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 81 Six footed lamb

  • 82

    Building works
  • 83 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 84 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 85

    Was a missionary
  • 86 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 87 Happy Days!

  • 88 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 89 Making way for the double-deckers

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

  • 91 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 92 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 93 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 94 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 95 When horses score over the tractor

  • 96 113 years at Instow

  • 97 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 98 Bideford computer stars

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

  • 100 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 101 A man and his wheel

  • 102 Last train from Torrington

  • 103 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 104 What is future of railway goods yard?

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

  • 106 Hartland Dancers
  • 107 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 108 Appledore's largest

  • 109 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 110 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 111 Private home for public pump

  • 112 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 113 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 114 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 115 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 116 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 117 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 118 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 119 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 120 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 121 Jumble sale fever

  • 122 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 123 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 124 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 125 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 126 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 127 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 128 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 129 Loads of black and white

  • 130 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 131 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 132 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 133 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 134 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 135 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 136 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 137 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 138 A bird of their own!

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    Cadets are given certificates
  • 140 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 141 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 142 Northam's almshouse

  • 143 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 144 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 145 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

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    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 147 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 148 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 149 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 150 Burnard family reunion

  • 151 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 152 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 153 East-the-Water sets town an example

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    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 155 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 156 The art of the thatcher

  • 157 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 158

    Relatives all over the world
  • 159

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 160 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 161 Finished in 1876

  • 162 Buckland goes to County Show

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

  • 164 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 165 By pony and trap to market

  • 166 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 167 A story to tell!

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    New gateway
  • 169 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 170 Revenge in style

  • 171 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 172 Peter poses for TV film

  • 173 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 174 They are parted pro-tem

  • 175 Capers on the cobbles

  • 176 Bridging the stream

  • 177 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 178 Off on a great adventure

  • 179 Just over a year old

  • 180 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 181 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 182 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 183 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

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    Close associations with North Devon
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    Exhibition of school work
  • 186 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 187 Mobile missionary

  • 188 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 189 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 190 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 191 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 192 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 193 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 194 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 195 Devil sent packing

  • 196 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 197 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 198 Littleham family's five generations

  • 199 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 200 End of the line

  • 201 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 202 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 203 Service with a smile

  • 204 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 205 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 206 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 207 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 208 First ship in 8 years

  • 209 In their new robes and hats

  • 210 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 211 Recognise this resort?

  • 212 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 213 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

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    First prize
  • 215 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 216 Torrington's new amenity

  • 217 Steep street of old Bideford

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    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 219 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 220 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 221 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 222 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

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    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 224 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 225 Clovelly nightmare

  • 226 Northam footballers of the future

  • 227 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 228 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 229 Variety in summer weather

  • 230 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 231 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 232 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 233 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 234 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 235 Ten year old scrambler

  • 236 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 237 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 238 Modern living at Bideford

  • 239 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 240 Simple Item 138
  • 241 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 242 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 243 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 244 New life for Hartland organ

  • 245 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 246 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 247 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 248 A craftsman's 'potted' history

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    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 250 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 251 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 252 Circus comes to town

  • 253 The Geneva marionettes

  • 254 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 255 New look in the hayfields

  • 256 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 257 New addition to Quay front

  • 258 Sight of a lifetime

  • 259 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 260 School's link with cargo ship

  • 261 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 262 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 263

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 264 Bideford's new market opens next week

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    Married in 1908
  • 266 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

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    Successful motor cycling team
  • 268 School crossing patrol begins

  • 269 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 270 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 271 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 272 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 273 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 274 New art gallery opened

  • 275 Out of puff!

  • 276 Traditions and skills still there

  • 277 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 278 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 279 New Post Office

  • 280 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 281 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 282 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 283 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 284 Emergency ferry services

  • 285 Puppet characters introduced

  • 286 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 287 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 288 Picking the pops

  • 289 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 290 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 291 John Andrew Bread Charity
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    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 293 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 294 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

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    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 296 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 297

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 298 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 299 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 300 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 301 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 302 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 303 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 304 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 305 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 306 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 307 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 308 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 309 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 310 New look for Torrington Lane

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

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

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

  • 314 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 315 He beat the floods

  • 316 For crying out loud!

  • 317 They set out for Bideford and became lost

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

  • 319 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 320 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 321 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 322 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 323 Waldon Triplets
  • 324 Diamond Jubilee of St Peter's Church, East-the-Water

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

  • 326 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 327 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 328 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 329 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 330 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 331 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 332 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 333 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 334 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 335 Bideford loses training ship

  • 336 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 337 North Devon Driving School

  • 338 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 339 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 340 All aboard the ark

  • 341 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 342 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 343 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 344 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 345 Ships at Bideford

  • 346 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 347 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 348 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 349 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 350 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 351 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 352 Artisans' Club

  • 353 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 354 Penny for the guy

  • 355 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 356 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

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

  • 358 Chess - their bridge over the years

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    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 360 Police station view of Bideford

  • 361 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 362 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 363 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 364 Picking the pops

  • 365 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 366 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
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    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 368 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 369 Bideford regatta

  • 370 Hartland's invitation

  • 371 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 372 It really was the 'last time'

  • 373 Decontrol of meat

  • 374 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 375 Weare Giffard potato

  • 376 Torrington in 1967

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 378 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 379 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 380 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 381 Some mushroom!

  • 382 A roof-top view - where?

  • 383 Photo mural in Bideford bank

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    Bidefordians
  • 385 No laughing matter

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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  • 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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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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Dolton project 26.05.1978

Dolton project 26.05.1978

Dolton project 26.05.1978

Official opening of £1/2 million factory development by specialist engineering group Boughton and Sons Ltd. already at Dartmouth and Winkleigh.  Boughtons started in 1897, Mr Stephen Boughton grandson of the founder is managing this Dolton based gear division of the group.

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