• 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 footballers of the future

  • 2 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 3 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 4 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 5 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

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

  • 7 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 8 New Post Office

  • 9 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 10 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 11 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 12 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 13 Artisans' Club

  • 14 Torrington in 1967

  • 15 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 16 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 17

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 18 Circus comes to town

  • 19 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 20 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 21 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 22 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 23 Clovelly nightmare

  • 24 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 25 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 26 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 27 Finished in 1876

  • 28 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 29 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 30 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 31 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 32 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 33 Variety in summer weather

  • 34 All for the love of a lady!

  • 35 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 36 New shipyard on schedule

  • 37 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 38 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 39 Burnard family reunion

  • 40 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 41 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 42 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 43 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 44 The Geneva marionettes

  • 45 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 46 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 47 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 48 Some mushroom!

  • 49 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 50 He beat the floods

  • 51 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 52 Torrington's new amenity

  • 53 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 54 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 55 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 56 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 57 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 58 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 59 By pony and trap to market

  • 60 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 61 Just over a year old

  • 62 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 63

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 64 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 65 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 66 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 67 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 68 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 69 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 70 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 71 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 72 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 73 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 74

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 75 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 76 North Devon Driving School

  • 77 Bideford regatta

  • 78 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 79 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 80 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 81 No laughing matter

  • 82 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 83 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 84 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 85 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 86 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 87 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 88 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 89 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 90 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 91 Police station view of Bideford

  • 92 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 93 New civic medallions

  • 94 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 95 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 96

    Was a missionary
  • 97 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 98 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 99 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 100 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 101 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 102 Off on a great adventure

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

  • 104 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 105 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 106 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 107 Service with a smile

  • 108 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 109 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 110 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 111

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 112 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 113

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 114 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 115 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 116 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 117 Photo of town's first car wins prize

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

  • 119 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 120 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 121 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 122 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 123 Hartland postman retires

  • 124 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 125

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 126 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 127 Bideford loses training ship

  • 128 Clovelly custom

  • 129 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 130 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 131

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 132 A story to tell!

  • 133 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 134 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 135 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 136 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 137 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 138 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 139 Hartland Dancers
  • 140 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 141 New art gallery opened

  • 142

    Relatives all over the world
  • 143 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 144 Emergency ferry services

  • 145 A man and his wheel

  • 146 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 147 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 148

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 149 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 150 Can spring be far away?

  • 151 In their new robes and hats

  • 152 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 153 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 154 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 155 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

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

  • 157 For crying out loud!

  • 158 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 159 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 160 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 161 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 162 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 163 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 164 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 165 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 166 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 167 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 168 Torrington children build igloo
  • 169 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 170 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 171 New Lundy stamps

  • 172 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 173 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 174 Recognise this resort?

  • 175

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 176 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 177 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 178 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 179 Traditions and skills still there

  • 180 Bideford computer stars

  • 181 Picking the pops

  • 182 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 183 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 184 Fleet of foot and fair of face

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

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

  • 187

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 188 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 189 Some 240 exhibits

  • 190 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 191 Life begins at 80

  • 192 Out of puff!

  • 193 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 194 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 195 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 196 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 197 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 198 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 199 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 200 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 201 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 202

    Building works
  • 203 Peter poses for TV film

  • 204 Happy Days!

  • 205 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 206 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 207 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 208 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 209 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 210 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 211 113 years at Instow

  • 212

    First prize
  • 213

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 214 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 215 All aboard the ark

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

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

  • 218 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 219 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 220 Waldon Triplets
  • 221 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 222 Ships at Bideford

  • 223 Northam's almshouse

  • 224 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 225 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 226 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 227 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 228 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 229 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 230 Jumble sale fever

  • 231 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 232 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 233 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 234 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 235

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 236 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 237 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 238 New addition to Quay front

  • 239 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 240 Capers on the cobbles

  • 241 Last train from Torrington

  • 242

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 243 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 244 Littleham family's five generations

  • 245 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 246 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 247 Modern living at Bideford

  • 248 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 249 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 250 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 251 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 252 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 253 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 254 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 255 First ship in 8 years

  • 256 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 257 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 258 The cab at the corner>
  • 259 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 260 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 261 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 262 Huntshaw TV mast

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

  • 264

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 265 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 266 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 267 A bird of their own!

  • 268 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 269 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 270 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 271 Bridging the stream

  • 272 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 273 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 274 East-the-Water's call for new school

  • 275 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 276 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 277 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 278 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 279

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 280 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 281 Appledore's largest

  • 282 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 283 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 284 Puppet characters introduced

  • 285 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 286 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 287

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 288 So this is the mainland!

  • 289 It really was the 'last time'

  • 290 Sight of a lifetime

  • 291 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 292 School's link with cargo ship

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

  • 294 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 295 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 296 Hartland's invitation

  • 297 From Bobby to Brian

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

  • 299 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 300 Weare Giffard potato

  • 301 Mobile missionary

  • 302 End of the line

  • 303 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 304 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 305 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 306 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 307 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 308 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 309 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 310 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 311 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 312 Quads join a Langtree happy family

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 314 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 315 School crossing patrol begins

  • 316 Revenge in style

  • 317 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 318 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 319

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 320 Cruising down the river

  • 321 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 322 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 323 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 324 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 325 When horses score over the tractor

  • 326 Sweets derationing

  • 327 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 328 Ten year old scrambler

  • 329 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 330 Simple Item 138
  • 331 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 332 Twenty-one yachts

  • 333 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 334 Penny for the guy

  • 335 Six footed lamb

  • 336 Riverside mystery

  • 337 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 338 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 339 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 340 New look in the hayfields

  • 341 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 342 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 343 Decontrol of meat

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

  • 345 Appledore schooner broadcast

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    New gateway
  • 347 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 348 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 349 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 350 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 351 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 352 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 353 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 354 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 355 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 356 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 357

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 358

    Exhibition of school work
  • 359 Reed threshing 'putting the clock back' at Weare Giffard

  • 360 Private home for public pump

  • 361 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 362 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 363 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 364 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 365 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 366

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 367 Picking the pops

  • 368 New life for Hartland organ

  • 369 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 370 Filming at Hartland

  • 371 What's the time?

  • 372 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 373

    Bidefordians
  • 374 Centenary of Gazette

  • 375 Warmington's garage ad

  • 376 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 377 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 378 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 379 They are parted pro-tem

  • 380 A roof-top view - where?

  • 381 Parkham plan realised

  • 382 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

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    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 384 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 385 Devil sent packing

  • 386 Pannier Market's future?

  • 387 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 388

    Married in 1908
  • 389 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 390 New choral society's growing response

  • 391 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 392

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 393 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 394 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 395 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 396 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 397 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 398 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 399 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 400 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 401 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 402 The art of the thatcher

  • 403 Loads of black and white

  • 404

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 405 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 406 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 407

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 408 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 409 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 410

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 411 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 412 No sale of Springfield House

  • 413 Torridge wins on time schedule

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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