• 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 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 2 Service with a smile

  • 3 New shipyard on schedule

  • 4 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 5 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 6 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 7 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 8 Private home for public pump

  • 9 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 10 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 11 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 12 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 13 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 14 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 15 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 16 New look in the hayfields

  • 17 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 18 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 19 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 20 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 21 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 22 A roof-top view - where?

  • 23 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 24 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 25 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 26 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 27 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 28 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 29 Out of puff!

  • 30 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 31 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 32 Variety in summer weather

  • 33 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 34

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 35

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 36 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 37 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 38 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 39 When horses score over the tractor

  • 40 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 41 Designed and made in Bideford

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

  • 43 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 44 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 45 Ten year old scrambler

  • 46 No sale of Springfield House

  • 47 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 48 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 49 New addition to Quay front

  • 50 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 51 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 52 New Post Office

  • 53 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 54 The art of the thatcher

  • 55 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 56 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 57 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 58 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 59 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 60

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 61 Revenge in style

  • 62 Jumble sale fever

  • 63 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 64 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 65 Simple Item 138
  • 66 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 67 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 68 Mobile missionary

  • 69

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 70 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 71 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 72 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 73 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 74 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 75 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 76 Centenary of Gazette

  • 77

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 78 Artisans' Club

  • 79 New civic medallions

  • 80 Bridging the stream

  • 81 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 82 Hartland postman retires

  • 83 Weare Giffard potato

  • 84 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 85

    Exhibition of school work
  • 86 Hartland Dancers
  • 87 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 88 Torrington's new amenity

  • 89 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 90 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 91 Parkham plan realised

  • 92 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 93 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 94 Clovelly nightmare

  • 95 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 96 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 97 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 98 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

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

  • 100

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 101 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 102 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 103 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 104 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 105 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 106

    Building works
  • 107 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

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

  • 109 Finished in 1876

  • 110 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 111 Traditions and skills still there

  • 112

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 113

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 114 Penny for the guy

  • 115 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 116 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 117 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 118 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 119 A story to tell!

  • 120 Devil sent packing

  • 121 Cruising down the river

  • 122 Happy Days!

  • 123 A man and his wheel

  • 124 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 125 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 126

    First prize
  • 127 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 128 Torrington in 1967

  • 129 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 130 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 131

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 132 New choral society's growing response

  • 133 Last of Bideford factory chimney

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

  • 135 Waldon Triplets
  • 136 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 137 Circus comes to town

  • 138 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 139

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 140

    Relatives all over the world
  • 141 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 142 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 143 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 144 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 145 A bird of their own!

  • 146 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 147 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 148 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 149 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 150 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 151 Twenty-one yachts

  • 152 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 153 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 154

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 155 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 156 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 157 Appledore's largest

  • 158 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 159 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 160 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 161 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 162 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 163 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 164 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 165 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 166 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 167 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 168 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 169

    Married in 1908
  • 170

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 171 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 172 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 173 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 174 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 175 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 176 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 177 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 178 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 179 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 180 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 181 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 182 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 183 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 184 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 185 Peter poses for TV film

  • 186 In their new robes and hats

  • 187 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 188 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 189 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 190 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

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    New gateway
  • 192 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 193 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 194 He beat the floods

  • 195 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 196 School crossing patrol begins

  • 197 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 198 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

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

  • 200 Puppet characters introduced

  • 201 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 202 All for the love of a lady!

  • 203 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 204 Warmington's garage ad

  • 205 Clovelly custom

  • 206

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 207 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 208 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 209 New life for Hartland organ

  • 210 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 211 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 212 Picking the pops

  • 213 Pannier Market's future?

  • 214 First ship in 8 years

  • 215 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 216 113 years at Instow

  • 217

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 218 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 219 Off on a great adventure

  • 220

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 221 Six footed lamb

  • 222 The Geneva marionettes

  • 223 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 224 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 225

    Bidefordians
  • 226 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 227 Northam's almshouse

  • 228 Bideford computer stars

  • 229

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 230

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 231 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 232 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 233 North Devon Driving School

  • 234 Can spring be far away?

  • 235 School's link with cargo ship

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

  • 237 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 238 Modern living at Bideford

  • 239 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

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

  • 241 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 242 Saving money, wear and tear

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 244 Spray dodging - the new pastime

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    Successful motor cycling team
  • 246 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 247 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 248

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 249 East-the-Water's call for new school

  • 250 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 251 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 252 Last train from Torrington

  • 253 Picking the pops

  • 254 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 255 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 256 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 257 Bideford regatta

  • 258 Northam footballers of the future

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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 260 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 261 End of the line

  • 262 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 263 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 264 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 265 It really was the 'last time'

  • 266 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 267 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 268 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 269 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 270 For crying out loud!

  • 271 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 272 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 273 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 274 Some mushroom!

  • 275 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 276 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 277 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 278 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 279 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 280 Recognise this resort?

  • 281 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 282 New Lundy stamps

  • 283 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 284 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 285 Torrington children build igloo
  • 286 Loads of black and white

  • 287 So this is the mainland!

  • 288 Capers on the cobbles

  • 289 Born 1883 - still going strong

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

  • 291 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 292 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 293 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 294 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 295 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 296 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 297 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 298 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 299 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 300 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 301 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 302

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 303 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 304 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

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

  • 306 Just over a year old

  • 307 Decontrol of meat

  • 308 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 309

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 310 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 311

    Was a missionary
  • 312 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 313 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 314 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 315 By pony and trap to market

  • 316

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 317 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 318 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 319 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 320 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 321 No laughing matter

  • 322 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 323 Littleham family's five generations

  • 324 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 325

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 326 Emergency ferry services

  • 327 Ships at Bideford

  • 328 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 329 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 330 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 331 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 332 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 333 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 334 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 335 What's the time?

  • 336 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 337 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 338 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 339 They set out for Bideford and became lost

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

  • 341 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 342 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 343 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 344 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 345 New art gallery opened

  • 346 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 347 Hartland's invitation

  • 348 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

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

  • 350 Sight of a lifetime

  • 351 Police station view of Bideford

  • 352 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 353 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 354 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 355 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 356 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 357 Burnard family reunion

  • 358 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 359 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 360 Some 240 exhibits

  • 361 All aboard the ark

  • 362 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 363 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 364 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 365 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 366 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 367 Bideford loses training ship

  • 368 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 369 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 370 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 371 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 372 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 373 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 374 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 375 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 376 Riverside mystery

  • 377 Life begins at 80

  • 378 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 379 They are parted pro-tem

  • 380 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 381 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 382 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 383 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 384 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 385 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

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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  • 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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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.

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.

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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