• 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 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 2 New Post Office

  • 3

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 4 Modern living at Bideford

  • 5 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 6 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 7 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 8

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 9 A bird of their own!

  • 10 New shipyard on schedule

  • 11 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 12 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 13 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 14 Recognise this resort?

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

  • 16 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 17 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 18

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 19 What's the time?

  • 20 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 21

    First prize
  • 22 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 23 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 24 New addition to Quay front

  • 25 The Geneva marionettes

  • 26 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 27 All for the love of a lady!

  • 28 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 29 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

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

  • 31 Out of puff!

  • 32 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 33 By pony and trap to market

  • 34

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 35

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 36 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 37 New choral society's growing response

  • 38 Finished in 1876

  • 39 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 40 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 41 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 42 Puppet characters introduced

  • 43 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 44 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 45 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 46 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 47 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 48 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 49 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 50 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 51 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 52

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 53 Artisans' Club

  • 54 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 55 Last train from Torrington

  • 56 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 57 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 58 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 59 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 60 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 61 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 62 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 63 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 64 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 65 Torrington's new amenity

  • 66 Making way for the double-deckers

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

  • 68 New look in the hayfields

  • 69 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

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

  • 71 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 72 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 73 Variety in summer weather

  • 74 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 75 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 76 No laughing matter

  • 77 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 78 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 79 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 80 New art gallery opened

  • 81 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 82 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 83 Emergency ferry services

  • 84 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 85 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 86 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 87 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 88 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 89 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 90 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 91 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 92 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 93 Happy Days!

  • 94

    Was a missionary
  • 95 Some 240 exhibits

  • 96 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 97 Hartland postman retires

  • 98

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 99 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 100 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 101 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 102

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 103 Centenary of Gazette

  • 104 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 105 He beat the floods

  • 106 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 107 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 108 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 109 A man and his wheel

  • 110 New life for Hartland organ

  • 111 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 112 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 113 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 114 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

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

  • 116 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 117 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 118 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 119 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 120 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 121 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 122 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 123 Bideford loses training ship

  • 124 Picking the pops

  • 125 Peter poses for TV film

  • 126

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 127 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 128 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 129 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 130 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 131 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 132 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 133 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 134 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 135 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 136 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 137 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 138 Colour TV salesman at eight

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

  • 140 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 141 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 142 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 143 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 144 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 145 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 146 It really was the 'last time'

  • 147 Cruising down the river

  • 148 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 149 Can spring be far away?

  • 150 Burnard family reunion

  • 151 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 152 Appledore's largest

  • 153 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 154 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 155 Torrington children build igloo
  • 156 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 157 For crying out loud!

  • 158 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 159 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 160 Twenty-one yachts

  • 161 Waldon Triplets
  • 162 They are parted pro-tem

  • 163 The cab at the corner>
  • 164 Lundy memorial to John Pennington Harman V.C.

  • 165 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 166 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 167 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 168 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 169 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

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

  • 171 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 172 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 173 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 174 Service with a smile

  • 175 All aboard the ark

  • 176

    Relatives all over the world
  • 177 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 178 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 179

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 180 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 181 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 182 Just over a year old

  • 183 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 184 Clovelly donkey film star

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

  • 186 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 187

    Married in 1908
  • 188 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 189 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 190 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 191 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 192 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 193 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 194 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 195 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 196 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 197 Off on a great adventure

  • 198 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 199 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 200 Clovelly custom

  • 201

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 202 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 203 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 204 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 205

    Exhibition of school work
  • 206 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 207 Bideford computer stars

  • 208 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 209 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 210 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 211 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 212 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 213 The art of the thatcher

  • 214 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 215 From Bobby to Brian

  • 216 Traditions and skills still there

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

  • 218 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 219 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 220 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 221 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 222 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 223 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 224

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 225

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 226 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 227 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 228 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 229 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 230 Hartland Dancers
  • 231 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 232 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 233 Northam's almshouse

  • 234 Sight of a lifetime

  • 235 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 236 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 237 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 238 Ships at Bideford

  • 239 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 240 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 241

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 242 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 243 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 244 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 245 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 246 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 247 Jumble sale fever

  • 248 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 249 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 250 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 251 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 252 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 253

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 254 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 255 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 256

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 257 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 258 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 259 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 260 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 261 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 262 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 263

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 264 North Devon Driving School

  • 265 When horses score over the tractor

  • 266 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 267 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 268 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 269

    New gateway
  • 270 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 271 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 272 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 273 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 274 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 275 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 276

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 277 Simple Item 138
  • 278 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 279 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 280 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 281 Revenge in style

  • 282 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

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

  • 284 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 285 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
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    Bidefordians
  • 287 Devil sent packing

  • 288 A roof-top view - where?

  • 289 Circus comes to town

  • 290 Decontrol of meat

  • 291 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 292 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 293 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 294 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 295 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 296 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 297 Weare Giffard potato

  • 298 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 299

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 300

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 301 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 302 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 303 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 304 Life begins at 80

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

  • 306 Riverside mystery

  • 307 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 308 Police station view of Bideford

  • 309 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 310 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 311 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 312 Torrington in 1967

  • 313 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 314 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 315 Northam footballers of the future

  • 316 Capers on the cobbles

  • 317 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 318 Clovelly nightmare

  • 319 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 320 Filming at Hartland

  • 321 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 322 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 323 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 324 Private home for public pump

  • 325 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 326

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 327 Penny for the guy

  • 328 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 329

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 330 First ship in 8 years

  • 331 Loads of black and white

  • 332 113 years at Instow

  • 333

    Building works
  • 334 Mobile missionary

  • 335 New Lundy stamps

  • 336 Six footed lamb

  • 337 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 338 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 339 School crossing patrol begins

  • 340 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 341 School's link with cargo ship

  • 342 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 343 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 344 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 345 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 346 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 347 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 348 Littleham family's five generations

  • 349 Bridging the stream

  • 350 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 351

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 352 A story to tell!

  • 353 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 354 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 355 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 356 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 357 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 358 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 359 Hartland's invitation

  • 360 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 361 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 362 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 363 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 364 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 365 In their new robes and hats

  • 366 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 367 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 368 Bideford regatta

  • 369 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 370 Pannier Market's future?

  • 371 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 372 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 373 Ten year old scrambler

  • 374 Some mushroom!

  • 375

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 376 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 377 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 378 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 379 Warmington's garage ad

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

  • 381 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 382 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 383 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 384 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 385 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 386 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 387 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 388 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 389 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 390 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 391 Sweets derationing

  • 392 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 393 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 394 So this is the mainland!

  • 395 End of the line

  • 396 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 397 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 398 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 399 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 400 Parkham plan realised

  • 401 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 402 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 403 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 404 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 405 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 406 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 407 New civic medallions

  • 408 No sale of Springfield House

  • 409 Picking the pops

  • 410 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 411

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 412 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 413 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

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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  • 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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  • 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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