• 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 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 2 Out of puff!

  • 3 New art gallery opened

  • 4 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 5 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 6 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 7 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 8 A man and his wheel

  • 9 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 10 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 11 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 12 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 13 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 14 The art of the thatcher

  • 15 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 16

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 17 Simple Item 138
  • 18

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 19

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 20 Last train from Torrington

  • 21 Some 240 exhibits

  • 22 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 23 Hartland's invitation

  • 24 Northam footballers of the future

  • 25 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 26 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 27 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 28 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 29 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 30 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 31 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 32

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 33

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 34 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 35 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 36 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 37 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 38 113 years at Instow

  • 39 Hartland Dancers
  • 40 Torrington's new amenity

  • 41 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 42

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 43 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 44 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 45 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 46 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 47 What's the time?

  • 48 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 49 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 50 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 51 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 52 Bideford loses training ship

  • 53 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 54 School's link with cargo ship

  • 55 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 56 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 57 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 58 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 59 When horses score over the tractor

  • 60 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 61 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 62 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 63 Parkham plan realised

  • 64 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 65 Penny for the guy

  • 66 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 67 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 68 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 69 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 70 Picking the pops

  • 71 Burnard family reunion

  • 72

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 73 Can spring be far away?

  • 74 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 75 Capers on the cobbles

  • 76 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 77 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 78 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 79 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 80 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 81 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 82 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

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

  • 84 Weare Giffard potato

  • 85 No sale of Springfield House

  • 86 Filming at Hartland

  • 87 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 88 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 89 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 90 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 91 New Lundy stamps

  • 92 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 93 Bideford computer stars

  • 94 Traditions and skills still there

  • 95 Puppet characters introduced

  • 96 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 97 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 98 Revenge in style

  • 99 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 100 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 101 Torrington children build igloo
  • 102 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 103 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 104 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 105 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 106 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 107 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 108 Recognise this resort?

  • 109 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 110 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 111

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 112 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 113

    Building works
  • 114 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 115 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 116 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 117 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 118 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 119 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 120 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 121 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 122 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 123 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 124 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 125 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 126 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

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

  • 128 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 129 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 130 Devil sent packing

  • 131 In their new robes and hats

  • 132 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 133 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 134

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 135 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 136 They are parted pro-tem

  • 137 New addition to Quay front

  • 138 Loads of black and white

  • 139 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 140 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 141 Centenary of Gazette

  • 142 Jumble sale fever

  • 143 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 144 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 145 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 146 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 147 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 148 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 149 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 150 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 151 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 152 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 153 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 154 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 155 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 156 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 157 Mobile missionary

  • 158 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 159 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 160 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 161 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 162 From Bobby to Brian

  • 163

    Relatives all over the world
  • 164 New civic medallions

  • 165 A story to tell!

  • 166 Six footed lamb

  • 167 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 168 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 169 New look in the hayfields

  • 170 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 171 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 172 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 173 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 174 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 175 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 176 Private home for public pump

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

  • 178 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 179 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 180 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 181 Waldon Triplets
  • 182

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 183 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 184 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 185 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 186 Open-air art exhibition by 'under 40' group

  • 187 By pony and trap to market

  • 188 Clovelly custom

  • 189 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 190 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 191 Riverside mystery

  • 192 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 193 It really was the 'last time'

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

  • 195 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 196 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 197 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 198 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 199 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 200 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 201 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 202 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 203 New shipyard on schedule

  • 204

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 205 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 206 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 207 Ships at Bideford

  • 208 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 209 The Geneva marionettes

  • 210

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 211 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 212 Northam's almshouse

  • 213 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 214 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 215 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 216 Peter poses for TV film

  • 217

    Exhibition of school work
  • 218 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 219

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 220 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 221 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 222 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 223 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 224 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 225 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 226

    Bidefordians
  • 227 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 228 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 229 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 230

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 231 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 232 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 233 Happy Days!

  • 234 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 235 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 236 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 237 Service with a smile

  • 238 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 239 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 240 Bideford regatta

  • 241 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 242

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 243 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 244 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 245 Finished in 1876

  • 246 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 247 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 248 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 249 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 250 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

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    New gateway
  • 252 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 253 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 254 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 255 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 256 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 257

    Married in 1908
  • 258 Off on a great adventure

  • 259

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 260 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 261 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 262 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 263 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 264 New life for Hartland organ

  • 265 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 266 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 267 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 268

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 269

    First prize
  • 270 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 271 North Devon Driving School

  • 272 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 273 So this is the mainland!

  • 274 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 275 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 276 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 277

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 278 Variety in summer weather

  • 279 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 280 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 281 First ship in 8 years

  • 282 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

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

  • 284 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 285 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 286 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 287 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 288 No laughing matter

  • 289 All aboard the ark

  • 290 New choral society's growing response

  • 291 A bird of their own!

  • 292 Warmington's garage ad

  • 293 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 294 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 295 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 296 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 297 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 298 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 299 For crying out loud!

  • 300 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 301 Picking the pops

  • 302 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 303 Sweets derationing

  • 304 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 305 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 306 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 307 Torrington in 1967

  • 308 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 309 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 310 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 311 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 312 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 313 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 314 Clovelly nightmare

  • 315 A roof-top view - where?

  • 316 Circus comes to town

  • 317 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 318 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 319 Cruising down the river

  • 320 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 321

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 322 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 323 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 324 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 325 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 326 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 327 Hartland postman retires

  • 328 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 329 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 330 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 331

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 332 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

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

  • 334 Emergency ferry services

  • 335 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 336 Twenty-one yachts

  • 337 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 338 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 339

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 340 Some mushroom!

  • 341 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 342 Pannier Market's future?

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

  • 344 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 345 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 346 School crossing patrol begins

  • 347 Modern living at Bideford

  • 348 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 349 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 350

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 351 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 352 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 353 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 354 Sight of a lifetime

  • 355 Police station view of Bideford

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

  • 357 Artisans' Club

  • 358

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 359 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 360 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 361 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 362 The cab at the corner>
  • 363 Ten year old scrambler

  • 364 Just over a year old

  • 365

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 366 Bideford 'What's my line?' challenger

  • 367 Passing of a Torrington landmark

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

  • 369 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 370 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 371 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 372

    Was a missionary
  • 373 Littleham family's five generations

  • 374 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 375 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 376 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 377 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 378 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 379 Fish nearly pulled him in

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    Successful motor cycling team
  • 381 New Post Office

  • 382 Life begins at 80

  • 383 Bridging the stream

  • 384 Appledore schooner broadcast

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

  • 386 He beat the floods

  • 387 Decontrol of meat

  • 388 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 389 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 390 All for the love of a lady!

  • 391 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 392 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 393 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 394 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 395 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 396 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 397 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 398 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 399 Appledore's largest

  • 400 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 401 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 402 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 403 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 404 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 405 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 406 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 407 Eight to strike and a race to win

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

  • 409 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 410 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 411 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 412 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 413 End of the line

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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New Light Industry at Appledore 23.5.1952

New Light Industry at Appledore 23.5.1952 

New Light Industry at Appledore 23.5.1952

 

Industry.  Formerly the home of a wealthy merchant, a pilgrims' rest house and later a block-maker's shop, Docton, Appledore, has now become the home of a modern light industry housing the only firm in the country manufacturing line-side features for model railway layouts.  Scalecast Models, Herbert W Miller

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