• 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 Northam's almshouse

  • 2 Littleham family's five generations

  • 3 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

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    New gateway
  • 5 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 6 He beat the floods

  • 7

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 8 Variety in summer weather

  • 9 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 10 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 11 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 12 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 13 Out of puff!

  • 14 Hartland's invitation

  • 15 Bideford computer stars

  • 16 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 17 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 18 New addition to Quay front

  • 19 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 20 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 21 Peter poses for TV film

  • 22 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 23 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 24 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 25

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 26 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 27 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 28 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 29 Burnard family reunion

  • 30 Recognise this resort?

  • 31 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 32 Weare Giffard potato

  • 33 New Lundy stamps

  • 34 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 35 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 36 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 37 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 38 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 39 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 40 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 41 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 42 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 43 No laughing matter

  • 44 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 45 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 46

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 47 Police station view of Bideford

  • 48 New shipyard on schedule

  • 49 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 50 From Bobby to Brian

  • 51 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 52

    Was a missionary
  • 53 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 54 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 55 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 56

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 57 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 58 Finished in 1876

  • 59 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 60 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 61 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 62 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 63 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 64 By pony and trap to market

  • 65 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 66 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 67 Some 240 exhibits

  • 68 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 69 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 70 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 71 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 72 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 73 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 74 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 75 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 76 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 77 Modern living at Bideford

  • 78 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 79 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 80 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 81 Ten year old scrambler

  • 82 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 83

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 84 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 85 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 86 First ship in 8 years

  • 87 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 88 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 89 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 90 What's the time?

  • 91 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 92 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 93 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 94 Appledore's largest

  • 95

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 96 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 97 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 98 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 99 In their new robes and hats

  • 100 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 101 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 102 Decontrol of meat

  • 103 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 104 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 105 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 106 Grenville House for Bideford R.D.C.

  • 107 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 108 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 109 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 110 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 111 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 112

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 113 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 114 Service with a smile

  • 115 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 116 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 117 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 118 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 119 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 120 All aboard the ark

  • 121 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 122 Private home for public pump

  • 123 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 124 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 125 Puppet characters introduced

  • 126 No sale of Springfield House

  • 127 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 128 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 129 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 130 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 131

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 132 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 133 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 134 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 135 Jumble sale fever

  • 136 So this is the mainland!

  • 137

    Exhibition of school work
  • 138 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 139 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 140 Hartland Dancers
  • 141 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 142 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 143 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 144 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 145 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 146 When horses score over the tractor

  • 147 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 148

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 149 School's link with cargo ship

  • 150 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 151 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 152 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 153 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 154 The cab at the corner>
  • 155 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 156 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 157

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 158 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 159 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 160 New civic medallions

  • 161 Bideford loses training ship

  • 162

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 163 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 164 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 165 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 166 A roof-top view - where?

  • 167

    Bidefordians
  • 168 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 169 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 170 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 171 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 172 Devil sent packing

  • 173 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 174 New life for Hartland organ

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

  • 176 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 177 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 178 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 179 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 180 Penny for the guy

  • 181

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 182 Picking the pops

  • 183 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 184 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 185 A bird of their own!

  • 186 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 187 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 188 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 189 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 190 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 191 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 192 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 193 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 194 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 195 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 196 All for the love of a lady!

  • 197 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 198 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 199 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 200 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 201 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 202 Cruising down the river

  • 203 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 204 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 205 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 206 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 207 Water Board mains spread through villages

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

  • 209 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 210

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 211 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 212 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 213 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 214 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 215

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 216 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 217

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 218 Just over a year old

  • 219 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 220 Clovelly custom

  • 221 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 222 113 years at Instow

  • 223 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 224 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 225 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 226 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 227 Sight of a lifetime

  • 228 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 229 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 230 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 231 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 232 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 233 Can spring be far away?

  • 234 They are parted pro-tem

  • 235 Artisans' Club

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

  • 237 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 238 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 239 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 240 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 241 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 242 Emergency ferry services

  • 243 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 244 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 245 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 246 Warmington's garage ad

  • 247 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 248 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 249 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 250 Twenty-one yachts

  • 251 The art of the thatcher

  • 252

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 253 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 254 Clovelly nightmare

  • 255 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 256 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 257 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 258 Torrington children build igloo
  • 259 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 260 Filming at Hartland

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

  • 262 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 263 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 264 Revenge in style

  • 265 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 267 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 268 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 269 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 270 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 271 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 272 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 273 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 274 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 275 Pannier Market's future?

  • 276 For crying out loud!

  • 277 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 278 New look in the hayfields

  • 279 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 280 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 281 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 282 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 283 Capers on the cobbles

  • 284 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 285 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 286 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 287 Students help model St Sidwell

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

  • 289 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 290 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 291 Picking the pops

  • 292 Ships at Bideford

  • 293 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 294 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 295 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 296 Loads of black and white

  • 297

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 298 Hartland postman retires

  • 299 Northam footballers of the future

  • 300 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 301 Sweets derationing

  • 302

    Building works
  • 303 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 304 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 305 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 306

    Relatives all over the world
  • 307 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 308

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 309 New Post Office

  • 310 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 311

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 312 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 313 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 314 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 315 Torrington's new amenity

  • 316 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 317

    First prize
  • 318 Off on a great adventure

  • 319 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 320 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 321

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 322 One of the luckier farmers in getting in the problem harvest

  • 323 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 324 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 325 School crossing patrol begins

  • 326 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 327 Riverside mystery

  • 328 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 329 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 330 Torrington in 1967

  • 331 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 332 A man and his wheel

  • 333

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 334 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 335 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 336 Parkham plan realised

  • 337 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 338 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 339 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 340 New choral society's growing response

  • 341 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 342

    Married in 1908
  • 343 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 344 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 345 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 346 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 347 Six footed lamb

  • 348 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 349 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 350 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 351 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 352 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 353 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 354 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 355 Circus comes to town

  • 356 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 357 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 358

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 359 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 360 End of the line

  • 361 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 362 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 363 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 364 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 365 Bridging the stream

  • 366 Childrens' model of Torrington

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

  • 368 A story to tell!

  • 369 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 370 Bideford regatta

  • 371

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 372 Waldon Triplets
  • 373 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 374 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 375 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

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

  • 377 It really was the 'last time'

  • 378 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 379 New art gallery opened

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

  • 381 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 382 Happy Days!

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

  • 384 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 385 Last train from Torrington

  • 386 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 387

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 388 Centenary of Gazette

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

  • 390 The Geneva marionettes

  • 391 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 392 North Devon Driving School

  • 393 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 394 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 395 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 396 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 397 Mobile missionary

  • 398 Life begins at 80

  • 399 Traditions and skills still there

  • 400 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 401 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 402 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 403 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 404 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 405 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 406 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 407 Simple Item 138
  • 408 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 409 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 410 Some mushroom!

  • 411 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 412 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 413 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

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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