• 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 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 2 Peter poses for TV film

  • 3 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 4 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 5 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 6 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 7 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 8 Puppet characters introduced

  • 9 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 10 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 11 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 12 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 13 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 14 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 15 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 16 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 17 Pannier Market's future?

  • 18 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 19 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 20

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 21 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 22 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 23 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 24 New shipyard on schedule

  • 25 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 26 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 27 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 28 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 29 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 30 Chess - their bridge over the years

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

  • 32 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 33 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 34 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 35

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 36 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 37 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 38 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 39 Capers on the cobbles

  • 40

    Exhibition of school work
  • 41 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 42 Out of puff!

  • 43 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 44 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 45

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 46 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 47

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 48 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 49 Holiday scene near Sandymere

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

  • 51 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 52 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 53

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 54 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 55 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 56 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 57 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 58 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 59 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 60 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 61 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 62 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 63 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 64

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 65 Torrington children build igloo
  • 66

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 67 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 68 Traditions and skills still there

  • 69 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 70

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 71 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 72 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 73

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 74 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 75 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 76 Twenty-one yachts

  • 77 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 78 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 79 No laughing matter

  • 80 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 81 Variety in summer weather

  • 82 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 83 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 84 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 85 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 86 In their new robes and hats

  • 87 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 88 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 89 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 90 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 91 School's link with cargo ship

  • 92 Jumble sale fever

  • 93 Bideford loses training ship

  • 94 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 95 Service with a smile

  • 96 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 97 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 98 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 99 Picking the pops

  • 100 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 101 Hartland Dancers
  • 102 Can spring be far away?

  • 103 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 104 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 105 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 106 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 107 Some mushroom!

  • 108 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 109 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 110 Decontrol of meat

  • 111 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 112 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 113 Warmington's garage ad

  • 114 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 115 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 116 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 117 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 118 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 119 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 120

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 121 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 122 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 123 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 124 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 125

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 126 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 127 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 128 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 129

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 130 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 131 No sale of Springfield House

  • 132 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 133 They are parted pro-tem

  • 134 Cruising down the river

  • 135 Hartland's invitation

  • 136 A man and his wheel

  • 137 Devil sent packing

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

  • 139 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 140 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 141 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 142 Finished in 1876

  • 143 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 144 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 145 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 146 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 147 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

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

  • 149 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 150 All aboard the ark

  • 151 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 152 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 153 Revenge in style

  • 154 End of the line

  • 155 Centenary of Gazette

  • 156 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 157

    Building works
  • 158

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 159 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 160 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 161 Just over a year old

  • 162 Clovelly custom

  • 163 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 164 A bird of their own!

  • 165 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 166

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 167 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 168 New Lundy stamps

  • 169 Happy Days!

  • 170 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 171 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 172 Private home for public pump

  • 173 Off on a great adventure

  • 174 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 175 Riverside mystery

  • 176 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 177 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 178 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 179 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 180 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 181 113 years at Instow

  • 182 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 183 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 184 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 185 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 186 Westward Ho! combined op

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

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    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 189 Open-air art exhibition by 'under 40' group

  • 190 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 191 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 192 Emergency ferry services

  • 193 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 194 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 195 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 196 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 197 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 198 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 199

    Married in 1908
  • 200 Picking the pops

  • 201 Sight of a lifetime

  • 202 The art of the thatcher

  • 203 When horses score over the tractor

  • 204 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 205

    Bidefordians
  • 206 Appledore's largest

  • 207 The Geneva marionettes

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

  • 209 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 210 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 211 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 212 Weare Giffard potato

  • 213 Clovelly nightmare

  • 214 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 215 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 216 New life for Hartland organ

  • 217 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 218 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 219 Littleham family's five generations

  • 220 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 221 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

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

  • 223 New choral society's growing response

  • 224 Northam footballers of the future

  • 225 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 226

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 227 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 228 North Devon Driving School

  • 229 Parkham plan realised

  • 230 New addition to Quay front

  • 231 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 232 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 233 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 234 A roof-top view - where?

  • 235 Waldon Triplets
  • 236

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 237 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 238 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 239 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 240 Artisans' Club

  • 241 For crying out loud!

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    First prize
  • 243 New Post Office

  • 244 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 245 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 246 Loads of black and white

  • 247 Mural in the whimsical fashion

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 249 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 250 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 251 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 252 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 253

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 254 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 255 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 256 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 257 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 258 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 259 Police station view of Bideford

  • 260 River scenes that enchant the visitors

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    New gateway
  • 262 Bideford 'What's my line?' challenger

  • 263 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 264 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 265 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 266 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 267 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 268 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 269 Life begins at 80

  • 270 Modern living at Bideford

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

  • 272 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 273 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 274 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 275 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 276 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 277 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 278 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 279 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

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

  • 281 New art gallery opened

  • 282 He beat the floods

  • 283 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 284 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 285 Mobile missionary

  • 286 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 287 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 288 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 289 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 290 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 291 Bideford regatta

  • 292 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 293 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 294 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 295 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 296 A story to tell!

  • 297 Ships at Bideford

  • 298 Some 240 exhibits

  • 299

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 300 So this is the mainland!

  • 301 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 302 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 303

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 304 New civic medallions

  • 305 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 306 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

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

  • 308 Last train from Torrington

  • 309 Burnard family reunion

  • 310 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 311 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 312 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 313

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 314 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 315 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 316 Penny for the guy

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

  • 318 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 319 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 320 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 321 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 322 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 323 Torrington in 1967

  • 324 Simple Item 138
  • 325 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 326 School crossing patrol begins

  • 327 Ten year old scrambler

  • 328 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 329 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 330 Bridging the stream

  • 331 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 332 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 333 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 334 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 335 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 336 First ship in 8 years

  • 337 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 338 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 339 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 340 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 341 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 342 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 343 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 344 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 345 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 346 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 347 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 348 By pony and trap to market

  • 349 All for the love of a lady!

  • 350 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 351 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 352 Recognise this resort?

  • 353 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 354 Circus comes to town

  • 355 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 356 Torrington's new amenity

  • 357 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 358 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 359 New look in the hayfields

  • 360 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 361 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 362 Hartland postman retires

  • 363

    Was a missionary
  • 364 Northam's almshouse

  • 365 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 366 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 367

    Relatives all over the world
  • 368 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 369 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 370 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 371

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 372 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 373 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 374 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 375 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 376

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 377 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 378 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 379 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 380 What's the time?

  • 381

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 382 It really was the 'last time'

  • 383 Bideford computer stars

  • 384 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 385 Six footed lamb

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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  • 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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  • 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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Hatherleigh Coat of Arms inquiry

Welcome To Hatherleigh

January 1972 Hatherleigh Coat of Arms

During a discussion at Hatherleigh Parish Council on a proposal to have 'Welcome to Hatherleigh' signs erected at the entrances to the town, the question of whether Hatherleigh possessed a Coat of Arms was raised. Members felt that the town's Arms - if it has them - could be incorporated in the signs.

It was agreed to obtain designs and prices of signs and to ascertain the procedure for getting a Coat of Arms if the town is not already entitled to one.

Gazette article dated January 1972

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