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

  • 2 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 3 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 4 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 5 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 6 New Post Office

  • 7 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 8 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 9 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 10 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 11

    Was a missionary
  • 12 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 13 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 14

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 15 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 16 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 17 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 18 New addition to Quay front

  • 19

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 20 New art gallery opened

  • 21 Decontrol of meat

  • 22 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 23 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 24 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 25 All for the love of a lady!

  • 26 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 27 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 28 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 29 Can spring be far away?

  • 30 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 31 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 32 Riverside mystery

  • 33 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 34 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 35 Police station view of Bideford

  • 36 All aboard the ark

  • 37 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 38 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 39 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 40 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 41 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 42 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 43 Some 240 exhibits

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

  • 45 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 46 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 47 What's the time?

  • 48 Picking the pops

  • 49 Artisans' Club

  • 50 Hartland Dancers
  • 51 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 52 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 53 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 54 Weare Giffard potato

  • 55 New choral society's growing response

  • 56 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 57 Off on a great adventure

  • 58 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 59

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 60 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 61 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 62 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 63 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 64 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 65 No sale of Springfield House

  • 66 Bideford loses training ship

  • 67

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 68 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 69 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 70 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

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

  • 72

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 73 Bideford computer stars

  • 74 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 75 Some mushroom!

  • 76 New life for Hartland organ

  • 77 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 78 No laughing matter

  • 79 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 80 Mobile missionary

  • 81 Parkham plan realised

  • 82 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 83 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 84

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 85 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 86 Burnard family reunion

  • 87 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 88 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 89 Variety in summer weather

  • 90 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 91 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 92 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 93 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 94 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 95

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 96 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 97 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 98 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 99 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 100 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

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

  • 102 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 103 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 104 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 105 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 106 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 107 Torrington's new amenity

  • 108 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 109 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 110 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 111 Revenge in style

  • 112 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

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

  • 114

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 115 Warmington's garage ad

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

  • 117 Service with a smile

  • 118 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 119

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 120 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 121 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 122 Cruising down the river

  • 123 Happy Days!

  • 124 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 125 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 126 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 127

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 128 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 129 First ship in 8 years

  • 130 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 131 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 132 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 133 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 134 Torrington children build igloo
  • 135 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 136 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

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

  • 138 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 139 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 140 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 141 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 142 Hartland's invitation

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

  • 144

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 145 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 146

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 147 School crossing patrol begins

  • 148 The art of the thatcher

  • 149 Emergency ferry services

  • 150 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 151 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 152 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 153 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 154 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 155 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 156 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 157

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 158 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 159 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 160 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 161

    Relatives all over the world
  • 162 Traditions and skills still there

  • 163 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 164 Six footed lamb

  • 165

    Building works
  • 166 Recognise this resort?

  • 167 Modern living at Bideford

  • 168 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 169 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 170 Private home for public pump

  • 171 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 172 New shipyard on schedule

  • 173 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 174 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 175 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 176 Picking the pops

  • 177 A bird of their own!

  • 178 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 179 A roof-top view - where?

  • 180 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 181 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 182 When horses score over the tractor

  • 183 Simple Item 138
  • 184

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 185 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 186

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 187

    Married in 1908
  • 188 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 189 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 190 North Devon Driving School

  • 191 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 192 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 193 New Lundy stamps

  • 194

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 195 For crying out loud!

  • 196 Circus comes to town

  • 197 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 198 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 199 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 200 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 201 A story to tell!

  • 202 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

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

  • 204

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 205 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 206 By pony and trap to market

  • 207 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 208 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 209 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 210 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 211 It really was the 'last time'

  • 212 Bideford regatta

  • 213 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 214 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 215 Ten year old scrambler

  • 216 Capers on the cobbles

  • 217 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 218 Littleham family's five generations

  • 219 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 220 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 221 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 222 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 223 End of the line

  • 224 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 225 Clovelly nightmare

  • 226 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 227

    New gateway
  • 228

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 229 Finished in 1876

  • 230 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 231 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 232 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 233 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 234 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 235 Last train from Torrington

  • 236 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 237 Bridging the stream

  • 238 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 239 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 240 113 years at Instow

  • 241

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 242 Clovelly custom

  • 243 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 244 Out of puff!

  • 245 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 246 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 247 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 248 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 249

    Close associations with North Devon
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    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 251 Bideford - as Rowlandson saw it about 1810-15

  • 252 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 253 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 254 The Geneva marionettes

  • 255 Born 1883 - still going strong

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    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 257 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 258

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 259 Bideford 'What's my line?' challenger

  • 260 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 261 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 262 Northam footballers of the future

  • 263 School's link with cargo ship

  • 264 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 265 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 266 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 267 Pannier Market's future?

  • 268 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 269 They are parted pro-tem

  • 270 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 271

    Exhibition of school work
  • 272 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 273 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 274 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 275 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 276 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 277 He beat the floods

  • 278 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 279 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 280 Centenary of Gazette

  • 281 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 282 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 283 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 284 In their new robes and hats

  • 285 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 286 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 287 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 288

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 289 New civic medallions

  • 290 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 291 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 292 Hartland postman retires

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

  • 294 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 295 Ships at Bideford

  • 296 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 297 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 298 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 299 Peter poses for TV film

  • 300 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 301 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 302 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 303 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 304 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 305 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 306 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 307 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 308 Life begins at 80

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

  • 310 Jumble sale fever

  • 311 Torrington in 1967

  • 312 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 313 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 314 Just over a year old

  • 315 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 316

    Bidefordians
  • 317 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 318 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 319 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 320 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 321 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 322 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 323 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 324 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 325 Northam's almshouse

  • 326 Loads of black and white

  • 327 Puppet characters introduced

  • 328 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 329 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 330 Twenty-one yachts

  • 331 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 332 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 333 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 334 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 335 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 336 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 337 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 338 Appledore's largest

  • 339 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 340 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 341 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 342 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 343 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 344 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 345 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 346 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 347 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 348 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 349 Penny for the guy

  • 350 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 351 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 352 So this is the mainland!

  • 353 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 354 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

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    First prize
  • 356 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 357 Devil sent packing

  • 358 New look in the hayfields

  • 359 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 360 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 361 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 362 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 363 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 364 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 365 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 366 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 367 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 368 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 369 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 370 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 371 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 372 Waldon Triplets
  • 373 A man and his wheel

  • 374 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 375 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 376 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 377 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 378 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 379 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 380 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 381 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 382 Sight of a lifetime

  • 383 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 385 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

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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Bomb unit again comb wreck after AA shell cases are washed up

Bomb unit again comb wreck after AA shell cases are washed up 17th May 1968

bomb unit

A naval bomb disposal unit from Plymouth visited the North Devon beauty spot, Welcombe Mouth, to comb for the third time the wreck of the Norwegian vessel "Sjophina".

The rusted reamins of the ship, which was driven on the rocks at the north end of the Mouth in 1944 are uncovered only a few times each year at low water of high spring tides.

6 pom-pom shell cases and a machine gund shell case were picked up by the squad during the couple of hours that the wreck was uncovered.

Bomb unit comb wreck after AA shell cases are washed up

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