• 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 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 2 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 3 No sale of Springfield House

  • 4 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 5 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 6 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 7 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 8 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 9

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 10 Bridging the stream

  • 11 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 12 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 13 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 14 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 15 Steep street of old Bideford

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

  • 17 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 18 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 19 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 20 Capers on the cobbles

  • 21 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 22

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 23 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 24 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 25 Hartland's invitation

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

  • 27 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 28 School's link with cargo ship

  • 29 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 30 113 years at Instow

  • 31

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 32 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 33 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 34 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 35

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 36 School crossing patrol begins

  • 37 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 38 Private home for public pump

  • 39

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 40 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 41

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 42 Puppet characters introduced

  • 43 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 44 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 45 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 46 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 47 Devil sent packing

  • 48 They are parted pro-tem

  • 49 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 50 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 51 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 52 Parkham plan realised

  • 53 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 54 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 55 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 56 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 57

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 58 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 59 Last train from Torrington

  • 60 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 61 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 62 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 63 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 64

    First prize
  • 65 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 66 Burnard family reunion

  • 67 Riverside mystery

  • 68 Some 240 exhibits

  • 69

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 70 Ten year old scrambler

  • 71 Service with a smile

  • 72 Panto time at Westward Ho!

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

  • 74 All for the love of a lady!

  • 75

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 76 Peter poses for TV film

  • 77 Bideford computer stars

  • 78 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 79 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 80 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 81 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 82 New civic medallions

  • 83 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 84 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 85 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 86 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 87 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 88 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 89 Hartland Dancers
  • 90 Some mushroom!

  • 91 A man and his wheel

  • 92 Recognise this resort?

  • 93 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 94 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 95 So this is the mainland!

  • 96 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 97 Appledore's largest

  • 98 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 99 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 100

    Building works
  • 101 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 102 First ship in 8 years

  • 103 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 104 Jumble sale fever

  • 105 New look in the hayfields

  • 106 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 107 In their new robes and hats

  • 108 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 109 New shipyard on schedule

  • 110 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 111 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 112 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 113 New Post Office

  • 114 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 115 Emergency ferry services

  • 116 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 117 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 118 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 119 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 120 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 121 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 122 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 123 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 124 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 125 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 126 Happy Days!

  • 127 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 128

    Exhibition of school work
  • 129 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 130

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

  • 132 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 133

    Married in 1908
  • 134 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 135 Modern living at Bideford

  • 136 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 137

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 138 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 139 What's the time?

  • 140 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 141 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 142 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 143 Torrington's new amenity

  • 144 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 145 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 146 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 147 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 148 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 149 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 150 When horses score over the tractor

  • 151 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 152 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 153 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 154 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 155 Northam's almshouse

  • 156 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 157 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 158 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 159 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 160 It really was the 'last time'

  • 161 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 162 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 163 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

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

  • 165 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 166 Artisans' Club

  • 167 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 168 Clovelly nightmare

  • 169 A story to tell!

  • 170 Northam footballers of the future

  • 171 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 172 Revenge in style

  • 173 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 174 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 175 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 176 Finished in 1876

  • 177 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 178 A bird of their own!

  • 179 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 180 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 181

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 182 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 183 For crying out loud!

  • 184 A roof-top view - where?

  • 185 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 186 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 187

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 188 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 189 Clovelly custom

  • 190 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 191 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 192 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 193 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 194 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 195 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 196

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 197 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 198 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 199 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 200

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 201 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 202 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 203 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 204 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 205 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 206 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 207 Out of puff!

  • 208 Twenty-one yachts

  • 209 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 210 Police station view of Bideford

  • 211 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 212 End of the line

  • 213 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 214 Decontrol of meat

  • 215 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 216 By pony and trap to market

  • 217

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 218 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 219 Hartland postman retires

  • 220 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 221 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 222 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 223 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 224 Circus comes to town

  • 225 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 226 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 227 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 228 Bideford loses training ship

  • 229 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 230 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 231 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 232 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 233 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 234 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 235 Sight of a lifetime

  • 236 Can spring be far away?

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

  • 238 Littleham family's five generations

  • 239 The Geneva marionettes

  • 240 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 241 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 242 New art gallery opened

  • 243 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 244 Bideford country dancers on TV

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    Relatives all over the world
  • 246 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 247 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 248 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 249 The art of the thatcher

  • 250 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 251 Loads of black and white

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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 253 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 254 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 255 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 256 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 257

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 258 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 259

    Was a missionary
  • 260 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 261 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 262 New addition to Quay front

  • 263 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 264 Waldon Triplets
  • 265 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 266 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 267 Entente cordiale in Bideford

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

  • 269 Warmington's garage ad

  • 270 Centenary of Gazette

  • 271 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 272 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 273 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 274 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 275 New Lundy stamps

  • 276 Cruising down the river

  • 277 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 278 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 279 New choral society's growing response

  • 280 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 281 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 282 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 283 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 284 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 285 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

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

  • 287

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 288 No laughing matter

  • 289 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 290 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 291 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 292

    Bidefordians
  • 293 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 294 Bideford regatta

  • 295 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 296 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 297 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 298 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 299 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 300 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
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    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 302 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 303 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 304 Six footed lamb

  • 305 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 306 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 307 Ships at Bideford

  • 308 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 309 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 310

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 311 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 312 Pannier Market's future?

  • 313 Torrington in 1967

  • 314 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 315

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 316 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 317 Picking the pops

  • 318 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 319 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 320 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 321 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 322 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 323 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 324 Traditions and skills still there

  • 325 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 326 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 327 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 328 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 329 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 330 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 331 Variety in summer weather

  • 332 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 333 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 334 New life for Hartland organ

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

  • 336

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 337

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 338 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 339 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 340 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 341 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 342 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 343 Penny for the guy

  • 344 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 345 North Devon Driving School

  • 346 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 347 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 348 All aboard the ark

  • 349 Weare Giffard potato

  • 350 Simple Item 138
  • 351 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 352 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 353 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 354 Off on a great adventure

  • 355 Life begins at 80

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

  • 357 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 358 Picking the pops

  • 359 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

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    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 361 Just over a year old

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

  • 363 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 364 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 365 He beat the floods

  • 366 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 367 Torrington children build igloo
  • 368 Mobile missionary

  • 369 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 370 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 371 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

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

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    Cadets are given certificates
  • 374 Reed threshing 'putting the clock back' at Weare Giffard

  • 375 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 376 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 377 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 378 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 379 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 380 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 381 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 382 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 383 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 384 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 385 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

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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  • 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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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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Long-playing marathon brings world record to Bideford 06.09.1974

Long-playing marathon brings world record to Bideford 06.09.1974

Long playing marathon brings world record to BidefordAbout 400 hymns and 90 concert pieces played by Bideford Town Band non-stop in 17 hours four minutes on Sunday-Monday added up to a new world record.  The players hope it will add up to more than £500 from sponsors towards more than £1,000 needed for new uniforms.

Bandmaster is Mr Eric Slade.  The record set up by musical director Mr Mervyn Sweet is likely to endure.  He took up his baton at the start and laid it down for the first time at the finish having made a mockery of the previous individual record, which stood at 7 hours.

Incredibly, of the 29 in the band 14 are children.  The youngest by 2 years, 11 year old Gavin Squires who plays the cornet won special praise from Mr Slade.

The mayor, Mr Frank Colwill was present at the start and at the finish, and he also paid several visits during the day.

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