• 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 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 2 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 3 For crying out loud!

  • 4 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 5 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 6 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 7 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 8 Cruising down the river

  • 9 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 10 Bridging the stream

  • 11

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 12 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 13 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 14 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 15 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 16 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 17 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 18 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 19 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 20 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 21 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 22 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 23 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 24 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 25 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 26 New addition to Quay front

  • 27

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 28 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 29 Torrington in 1967

  • 30 Clovelly nightmare

  • 31 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 32 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 33 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 34 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 35 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 36

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 37 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 38 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 39 Sight of a lifetime

  • 40 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 41 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 42 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 43 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 44 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 45 Variety in summer weather

  • 46 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 47 New Post Office

  • 48 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 49 New look in the hayfields

  • 50 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 51 Happy Days!

  • 52 Puppet characters introduced

  • 53 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 54 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 55 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 56 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 57 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 58 New shipyard on schedule

  • 59 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 60 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 61 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 62 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 63 Emergency ferry services

  • 64 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 65 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 66 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 67 Can spring be far away?

  • 68 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 69 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 70 Northam's almshouse

  • 71 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 72 Pannier Market's future?

  • 73 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 74 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 75 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 76 Service with a smile

  • 77 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 78 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 79 Traditions and skills still there

  • 80 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 81 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 82 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 83 Artisans' Club

  • 84 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 85

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 86

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 87 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 88 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 89 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 90 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 91 A bird of their own!

  • 92 Mobile missionary

  • 93 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 94 Jumble sale fever

  • 95 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 96 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 97 Down at the 'Donkey House'

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

  • 99 Hartland postman retires

  • 100

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 101 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 102 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 103 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 104 All aboard the ark

  • 105 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 106 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 107 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 108 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 109 Waldon Triplets
  • 110 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 111 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 112 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 113 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 114 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 115 Torrington children build igloo
  • 116 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 117

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 118 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 119 No laughing matter

  • 120 Just over a year old

  • 121

    Was a missionary
  • 122 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 123 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 124 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 125

    Bidefordians
  • 126 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 127 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 128 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 129 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 130 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 131 Out of puff!

  • 132 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 133 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 134 Centenary of Gazette

  • 135 Littleham family's five generations

  • 136 Hartland's invitation

  • 137

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 138 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 139 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 140 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 141 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

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

  • 143 Hartland Dancers
  • 144 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 145 Last train from Torrington

  • 146 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 147

    Exhibition of school work
  • 148

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 149

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 150 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 151 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 152 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 153 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 154 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 155 Warmington's garage ad

  • 156 Capers on the cobbles

  • 157 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 158 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 159 Recognise this resort?

  • 160

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 161 Circus comes to town

  • 162

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 163 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 164 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 165 Riverside mystery

  • 166 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 167 In their new robes and hats

  • 168 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 169 Simple Item 138
  • 170 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 171 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 172 Penny for the guy

  • 173 The Geneva marionettes

  • 174

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 175 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 176 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 177 Modern living at Bideford

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

  • 179 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 180 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 181 So this is the mainland!

  • 182 New art gallery opened

  • 183 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 184 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 185 Decontrol of meat

  • 186 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 187 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 188 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 189

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 190 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 191 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 192 113 years at Instow

  • 193

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 194 Life begins at 80

  • 195 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 196 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 197

    Building works
  • 198 What is future of railway goods yard?

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

  • 200

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 201 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 202 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 203 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 204 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 205 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 206 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 207 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 208 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 209 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 210 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 211 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 212 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 213

    Married in 1908
  • 214 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 215 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 216 Picking the pops

  • 217

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 218 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 219 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 220 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 221 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 222 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 223

    Relatives all over the world
  • 224 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 225 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 226 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 227 Bideford computer stars

  • 228 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 229 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 230 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 231 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 232 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 233 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 234 North Devon Driving School

  • 235 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 236 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 237 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 238 Northam footballers of the future

  • 239 End of the line

  • 240 Some 240 exhibits

  • 241 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 242 Open-air art exhibition by 'under 40' group

  • 243 They are parted pro-tem

  • 244 Burnard family reunion

  • 245 A roof-top view - where?

  • 246 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 247 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 248

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 249 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 250 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 251 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 252 Six footed lamb

  • 253 A man and his wheel

  • 254 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 255 It really was the 'last time'

  • 256

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 257 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 258 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 259 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 260 Finished in 1876

  • 261 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 262 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 263

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 264 Parkham plan realised

  • 265 He beat the floods

  • 266 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 267 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 268 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 269 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 270 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 271 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 272 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 273 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 274 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 275 By pony and trap to market

  • 276 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 277 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 278 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

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    New gateway
  • 280 One of the luckier farmers in getting in the problem harvest

  • 281 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 282 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 283 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 284 Twenty-one yachts

  • 285 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 286 Ten year old scrambler

  • 287 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 288 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 289 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 290 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 291 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 292 Police station view of Bideford

  • 293 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 294 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 295 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 296 No sale of Springfield House

  • 297 Weare Giffard potato

  • 298 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 299 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 300 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 301 Ships at Bideford

  • 302 Clovelly custom

  • 303 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 304 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 305 All for the love of a lady!

  • 306 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 307 Picking the pops

  • 308 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 309

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 310 New life for Hartland organ

  • 311 New civic medallions

  • 312 Quads at Thornhillhead

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

  • 314 School's link with cargo ship

  • 315 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 316 School crossing patrol begins

  • 317 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

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

  • 319 Appledore's largest

  • 320 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

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

  • 322 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

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    First prize
  • 324 New Lundy stamps

  • 325 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 326 Devil sent packing

  • 327 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 328 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 329 Bideford regatta

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

  • 331 A story to tell!

  • 332 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 333 Bideford loses training ship

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    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 335 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 336 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 337 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 338 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 339 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 340 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 341 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 342

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 343 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 344

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 345 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 346 Off on a great adventure

  • 347 New choral society's growing response

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

  • 349 Torrington's new amenity

  • 350 The art of the thatcher

  • 351 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 352 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 353 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 354 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 355 Beach search for mines takes longer

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

  • 357 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 358 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 359 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 360 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 361 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 362 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 363 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 364 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 365 First ship in 8 years

  • 366 Peter poses for TV film

  • 367 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 368 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 369 Loads of black and white

  • 370 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 371 Private home for public pump

  • 372 Revenge in style

  • 373

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 374 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 375 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 376 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 377 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 378 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 379 What's the time?

  • 380 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 381 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 382 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 383 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 384 Some mushroom!

  • 385 When horses score over the tractor

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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  • 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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  • 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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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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Special day at Dolton 29th June 1979

Special day at Dolton 29th June 1979

Special day at DoltonTuesday was a special day in the long history of Dolton village school and particularly so for the 40 children who attend it.  They dressed up in clothes of the 1850 period as part of the celebrations at the school which this year is 125 years old.

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