• 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 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
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    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 3 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 4 New Lundy stamps

  • 5 Pannier Market's future?

  • 6 New choral society's growing response

  • 7 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 8 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 9 Bridging the stream

  • 10 No sale of Springfield House

  • 11 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 12 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 13 Bideford regatta

  • 14 Out of puff!

  • 15 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 16 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 17 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 18 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 19 He beat the floods

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

  • 21 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 22 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 23 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 24 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 25 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 26 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 27 Variety in summer weather

  • 28 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 29 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 30 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 31 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 32 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 33 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 34 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 35 A roof-top view - where?

  • 36 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 37 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 38 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 39 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 40

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 41 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 42 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 43 Puppet characters introduced

  • 44 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 45 Clovelly custom

  • 46 Success to Festival of the Arts

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

  • 48 End of the line

  • 49 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 50 Emergency ferry services

  • 51 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 52 Finished in 1876

  • 53 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 54 Northam's almshouse

  • 55 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 56 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 57 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 58 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 59 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 60 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 61

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 62 Torrington to have first woman mayor

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

  • 64 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 65 Hartland's invitation

  • 66 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 67 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 68 Riverside mystery

  • 69 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 70 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 71 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 72 First ship in 8 years

  • 73 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 74 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 75 Hartland Dancers
  • 76

    First prize
  • 77 Burnard family reunion

  • 78 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 79 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 80 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 81

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 82 113 years at Instow

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

  • 84 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 85 Circus comes to town

  • 86 No laughing matter

  • 87 Weare Giffard potato

  • 88 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 89 A man and his wheel

  • 90 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 91 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 92 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 93 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 94 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 96 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 97 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 98 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 99 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 100 What's the time?

  • 101 Last train from Torrington

  • 102 Artisans' Club

  • 103 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 104 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 105 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 106

    Was a missionary
  • 107 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 108 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 109 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 110 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 111

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 112 Bideford - as Rowlandson saw it about 1810-15

  • 113 All aboard the ark

  • 114 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 115 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 116 Happy Days!

  • 117 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 118 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 119 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 120 Ten year old scrambler

  • 121 Just over a year old

  • 122 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 123 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 124 Parkham plan realised

  • 125 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 126 A bird of their own!

  • 127 School crossing patrol begins

  • 128 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 129 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 130

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 131 Revenge in style

  • 132 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 133 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 134

    New gateway
  • 135 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 136 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 137 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 138 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 139 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 140 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 141 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 142 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 143 Recognise this resort?

  • 144 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 145 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 146 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 147 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 148 New shipyard on schedule

  • 149 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 150 Cruising down the river

  • 151 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 152 Sight of a lifetime

  • 153 Bideford computer stars

  • 154

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 155 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 156 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 157 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 158 The Geneva marionettes

  • 159

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 160 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 161 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 162

    Exhibition of school work
  • 163 Picking the pops

  • 164 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 165 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 166 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 167 Littleham family's five generations

  • 168 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 169

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

  • 171 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 172 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 173 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 174 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 175 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 176 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 177 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 178

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 179 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 180 Off on a great adventure

  • 181 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 182 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 183 New civic medallions

  • 184 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 185 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 186 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 187 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 188 New addition to Quay front

  • 189 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 190 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 191 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 192 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 193 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 194

    Relatives all over the world
  • 195 Penny for the guy

  • 196

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 197 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 198 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 199

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 200 Ships at Bideford

  • 201 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 202 Torrington children build igloo
  • 203

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 204 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 205 Private home for public pump

  • 206 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 207 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 208 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 209 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 210 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 211 When horses score over the tractor

  • 212

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 213 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 214 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 215 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 216 School's link with cargo ship

  • 217 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 218 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 219 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 220 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 221 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

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

  • 223 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 224 Jumble sale fever

  • 225 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 226 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

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

  • 228 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 229 New look in the hayfields

  • 230 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 231 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 232 Appledore's largest

  • 233 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 234 Bideford loses training ship

  • 235 Decontrol of meat

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

  • 237 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 238 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 239 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 240 Some 240 exhibits

  • 241 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 242 Capers on the cobbles

  • 243 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 244 Clovelly nightmare

  • 245 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 246 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 247 Can spring be far away?

  • 248 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 249 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 250 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 251

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 252 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 253 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 254 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 255 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 256 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 257 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 258 Devil sent packing

  • 259 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 260 Saving money, wear and tear

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 262 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 263 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 264 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 265 Northam footballers of the future

  • 266 Simple Item 138
  • 267 Six footed lamb

  • 268

    Married in 1908
  • 269 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 270 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 271 Police station view of Bideford

  • 272 Service with a smile

  • 273 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 274 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 275 They are parted pro-tem

  • 276 The art of the thatcher

  • 277 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 278

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 279 Some mushroom!

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

  • 281 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 282 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 283 Life begins at 80

  • 284 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 285

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 286 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 287 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 288 By pony and trap to market

  • 289

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 290 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 291 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 292 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 293 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 294 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 295 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 296 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 297 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 298 Twenty-one yachts

  • 299 Torrington in 1967

  • 300 Picking the pops

  • 301 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 302

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 303

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 304 For crying out loud!

  • 305 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 306 All for the love of a lady!

  • 307 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 308 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 309 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 310 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 311 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 312 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 313 It really was the 'last time'

  • 314 Traditions and skills still there

  • 315 Hartland postman retires

  • 316 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 317 New art gallery opened

  • 318 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 319

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 320 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 321 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 322 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 323 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

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    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 325 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 326 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 327 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 328 Photo of town's first car wins prize

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    Bidefordians
  • 330 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 331 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 332 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 333 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 334 Modern living at Bideford

  • 335 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 336 Torrington's new amenity

  • 337 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 338 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 339 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 340 A story to tell!

  • 341 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 342 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

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    Building works
  • 344 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 345 Waldon Triplets
  • 346

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 347 Grenville House for Bideford R.D.C.

  • 348 Loads of black and white

  • 349 So this is the mainland!

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

  • 351 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 352 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 353 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 354 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 355 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 356 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 357 Centuries old but today busier than ever

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

  • 359 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 360 New Post Office

  • 361 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 362 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 363 Centenary of Gazette

  • 364 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 365 North Devon Driving School

  • 366 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 367 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 368 Mobile missionary

  • 369 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 370 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 371 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 372 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 373 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 374 New life for Hartland organ

  • 375 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

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

  • 377 Warmington's garage ad

  • 378 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 379 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 380 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 381 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 382 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 383 Peter poses for TV film

  • 384 In their new robes and hats

  • 385 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

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 mansion for Rolling Stones drummer 10th December 1982

Dolton mansion for Rolling Stones drummer 10th December 1982

dolton mansion for Rolling Stones drummer 10.12.1982

Mr Charles Watts, I hear, has bought Halsdon House at Dolton.  The six bed room property is a Grade 2 listed building standing in a lovely park and woodland of 14 acres.  Estate agents, Michelmore Hughes stated no official announcement regarding the buyer has been made.

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