• 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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    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 2 Out of puff!

  • 3 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 4 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 5 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

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

  • 7 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 8 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 9

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 10

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 11 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 12 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 13 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 14 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 15 In their new robes and hats

  • 16 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 17 School crossing patrol begins

  • 18 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 19 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 20 He beat the floods

  • 21 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 22 Northam footballers of the future

  • 23 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 24 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 25 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 26 Artisans' Club

  • 27 Simple Item 138
  • 28 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 29 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 30 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 31 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 32 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 33 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 34 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 35 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 36 When horses score over the tractor

  • 37 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 38 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 39 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 40

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 41 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 42 The Geneva marionettes

  • 43 Cruising down the river

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

  • 45 Recognise this resort?

  • 46 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 47

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 48 New civic medallions

  • 49 North Devon Driving School

  • 50 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 51 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 52 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 53 Photo mural in Bideford bank

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

  • 55 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 56 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 57 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 58 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 59 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 60 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 61 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 62 Life begins at 80

  • 63 Circus comes to town

  • 64 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 65 Happy Days!

  • 66

    Relatives all over the world
  • 67 Ships at Bideford

  • 68 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 69 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 70 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 71 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 72 Sight of a lifetime

  • 73 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 74 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 75 Capers on the cobbles

  • 76 Picking the pops

  • 77 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 78 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 79 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 80 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 81

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 82 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 83 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 84 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 85 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 86 Burnard family reunion

  • 87 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 88

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 89

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 90 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 91 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 92 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 93 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 94 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 95 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 96 New art gallery opened

  • 97 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 98 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 99 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 100 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 101 New look in the hayfields

  • 102 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

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

  • 104 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 105 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 106 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 107 Traditions and skills still there

  • 108

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 109

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 110 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 111 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 112 Some mushroom!

  • 113 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 114

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 115 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 116

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 117 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 118 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 119

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 120 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 121 It really was the 'last time'

  • 122 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 123 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 124 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 125 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 126 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 127 Parkham plan realised

  • 128 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 129 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 130 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 131 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 132 Liked holidays here - so starts business

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

  • 134 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 135 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 136 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 137 Weare Giffard potato

  • 138 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 139 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 140 New life for Hartland organ

  • 141 Riverside mystery

  • 142 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 143 Police station view of Bideford

  • 144 Eight to strike and a race to win

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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 146 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 147 The art of the thatcher

  • 148 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 149 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 150 Twenty-one yachts

  • 151 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 152

    Exhibition of school work
  • 153 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 154

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 155

    Was a missionary
  • 156 New addition to Quay front

  • 157 New shipyard on schedule

  • 158 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 159 What's the time?

  • 160 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 161 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 162 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 163

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 164 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 165 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 166 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 167 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 168 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 169 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 170 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 171 Finished in 1876

  • 172 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 173

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 174

    Bidefordians
  • 175 For crying out loud!

  • 176 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 177 Clovelly nightmare

  • 178 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 179 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 180 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 181 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 182 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 183 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 184 Revenge in style

  • 185 All aboard the ark

  • 186 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 187 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 188 Mobile missionary

  • 189 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 190 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 191

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 192

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 193 Emergency ferry services

  • 194 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 195 Some 240 exhibits

  • 196 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 197 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 198 School's link with cargo ship

  • 199

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 200 Appledore's largest

  • 201 By pony and trap to market

  • 202 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 203 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 204 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 205 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 206 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 207 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 208 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 209 Variety in summer weather

  • 210 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 211 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 212 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 213 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 214 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 215 Hartland postman retires

  • 216 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 217 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 218 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 219 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 220 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 221 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 222 Bridging the stream

  • 223 A man and his wheel

  • 224 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 225 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 226 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 227 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 228 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 229 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 230 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 231 Northam's almshouse

  • 232 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 233 New choral society's growing response

  • 234 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 235 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 236 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 237 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

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

  • 239 A story to tell!

  • 240 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 241 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 242 Clovelly custom

  • 243 Off on a great adventure

  • 244 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 245 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

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

  • 247 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 248 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 249 Bideford loses training ship

  • 250 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 251 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 252 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 253 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 254 Hartland Dancers
  • 255 So this is the mainland!

  • 256 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 257 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 258 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 259 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 260 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 261 Just over a year old

  • 262 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 263 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 264 Calf thinks of mare as mum

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

  • 266 Can spring be far away?

  • 267

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 268 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 269 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 270 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 271 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 272 New Post Office

  • 273 First ship in 8 years

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    New gateway
  • 275 Pannier Market's future?

  • 276 Modern living at Bideford

  • 277 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 278 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 279 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 280 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

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    Building works
  • 282 Torrington in 1967

  • 283 Bideford computer stars

  • 284 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 285 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 286 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 287 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 288 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

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

  • 290 Decontrol of meat

  • 291 Last train from Torrington

  • 292 Six footed lamb

  • 293 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 294 Littleham family's five generations

  • 295 Ten year old scrambler

  • 296 Waldon Triplets
  • 297 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 298 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 299

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 300 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 301 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 302

    First prize
  • 303 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 304

    Married in 1908
  • 305 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 306 Devil sent packing

  • 307 Torrington's new amenity

  • 308 A roof-top view - where?

  • 309 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 310 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 311

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 312 Private home for public pump

  • 313 Service with a smile

  • 314 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 315 113 years at Instow

  • 316 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 317 They are parted pro-tem

  • 318 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 319 Penny for the guy

  • 320 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 321 Picking the pops

  • 322 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 323 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 324 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 325

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 326 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 327

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 328 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 329 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 330 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 331 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 332 Puppet characters introduced

  • 333 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 334 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 335 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 336 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 337 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 338 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 339 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 340 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 341 Centenary of Gazette

  • 342 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 343 Torrington children build igloo
  • 344 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 345 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 346 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 347 Peter poses for TV film

  • 348 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 349 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 350 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 351 A bird of their own!

  • 352 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 353 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 354 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 355 Hartland's invitation

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

  • 357 A sense of humour in advertising

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

  • 359 All for the love of a lady!

  • 360 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 361 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 362 Warmington's garage ad

  • 363 Loads of black and white

  • 364 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 365 Bideford regatta

  • 366 End of the line

  • 367 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 368 Jumble sale fever

  • 369 New Lundy stamps

  • 370 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 371 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 372 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 373 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

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

  • 375 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 376 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 377 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 378 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 379 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 380 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 381 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 382 No sale of Springfield House

  • 383 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 384 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 385 No laughing matter

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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  • 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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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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World War 1

Welcombe

25.6.1918 Welcombe

The Wesleyan Sunday School anniversary was conducted by Mr F Rogers, of Woolsery. The attendance was very good, the chapel being crowded in the evening.
On the following Thursday a pubic tea was provided for children and visitors. Mrs Dennis and Miss D Oke presided at the tables, assisted by Misses E Ward, B Oke and A Oliver. Mr C Howard presided at the evening meeting. The scholars recited admirably, and Rev P Callier’s practical and instructive address was much enjoyed. Mr C Hedden gave the report of the school, also stating that Mr M Gay, of Merthyr Tydvil, a native of Welcombe, and an old scholar of long ago, had recently subscribed a guinea towards the school funds.
Mrs D Oke was at the harmonium and Mr W Dennis played the violin.
Gazette article dated 25 June 1918

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