• 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 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 2 North Devon Driving School

  • 3 Off on a great adventure

  • 4 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 5 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 6 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 7 Penny for the guy

  • 8

    Relatives all over the world
  • 9 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 10 Unique holiday adventure!

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

  • 12 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 13 Torrington in 1967

  • 14 Bridging the stream

  • 15 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 16 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 17 First ship in 8 years

  • 18 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 19 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 20 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 21 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 22 They are parted pro-tem

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

  • 24 Mobile missionary

  • 25 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 26 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 27 A bird of their own!

  • 28 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 29 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 30 Hartland's invitation

  • 31 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 32 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 33 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 34 He beat the floods

  • 35 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 36 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

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

  • 38 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 39 Warmington's garage ad

  • 40 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 41 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 42 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

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

  • 44 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 45 Ships at Bideford

  • 46 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 47 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 48 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 49 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 50 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 51 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 52 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 53 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 54 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 55 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 56 School's link with cargo ship

  • 57 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 58

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 59 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 60 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 61 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 62 For crying out loud!

  • 63 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 64 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 65 Sight of a lifetime

  • 66 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 67 Picking the pops

  • 68 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 69 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 70 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 71 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 72 Last train from Torrington

  • 73 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 74 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 75

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 76 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 77 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 78

    Exhibition of school work
  • 79 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

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

  • 81 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 82 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 83

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 84

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 85 All for the love of a lady!

  • 86

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 87 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 88 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 89 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 90 Devil sent packing

  • 91 In their new robes and hats

  • 92 Peter poses for TV film

  • 93 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 94 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 95 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 96 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 97 Out of puff!

  • 98 Torrington children build igloo
  • 99 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 100 The art of the thatcher

  • 101 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 102

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 103 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 104 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 105 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 106 Pannier Market's future?

  • 107 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 108 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 109 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 110

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 111 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 112 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 113 A roof-top view - where?

  • 114 Life begins at 80

  • 115

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 116 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 117 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 118 Traditions and skills still there

  • 119 No sale of Springfield House

  • 120 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 121 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 122 A man and his wheel

  • 123 Westward Ho! combined op

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

  • 125 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 126 Appledore's largest

  • 127 Littleham family's five generations

  • 128 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 129 Hartland postman retires

  • 130

    Bidefordians
  • 131 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 132 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 133 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 134 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 135 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 136 End of the line

  • 137 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 138 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 139 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 140 Recognise this resort?

  • 141 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 142 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 143 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 144 Riverside mystery

  • 145

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 146 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 147 A story to tell!

  • 148 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 149 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 150 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 151 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 152 113 years at Instow

  • 153 New civic medallions

  • 154 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 155 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 156 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 157 Puppet characters introduced

  • 158 When horses score over the tractor

  • 159

    New gateway
  • 160 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 161 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 162 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 163 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 164 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 165 Burnard family reunion

  • 166 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 167 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 168 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 169

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 170 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 171 Happy Days!

  • 172 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 173 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 174 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 175 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 176 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 177 Bideford regatta

  • 178 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 179 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 180

    Married in 1908
  • 181 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 182 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 183 So this is the mainland!

  • 184 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 185 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 186 Clovelly nightmare

  • 187 Clovelly custom

  • 188 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 189 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 190 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 191 Just over a year old

  • 192 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 193 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 194 Northam's almshouse

  • 195 New shipyard on schedule

  • 196 Loads of black and white

  • 197 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 198 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 199 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 200 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 201 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 202 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 203 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 204 Emergency ferry services

  • 205 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 206 Waldon Triplets
  • 207 New look in the hayfields

  • 208 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 209 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 210 Bideford loses training ship

  • 211 Twenty-one yachts

  • 212 Hartland Dancers
  • 213 Variety in summer weather

  • 214 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 215 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 216 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 217 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 218 Centenary of Gazette

  • 219 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 220 Revenge in style

  • 221 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

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

  • 223 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 224 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 225 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 226 Finished in 1876

  • 227

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 228 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 229 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 230 Police station view of Bideford

  • 231 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 232 New choral society's growing response

  • 233 Six footed lamb

  • 234 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 235 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 236 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 237 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 238 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 239 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 240 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 241 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 242 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 243 Decontrol of meat

  • 244 Simple Item 138
  • 245

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 246

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 247 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 248 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 249 What's the time?

  • 250 All aboard the ark

  • 251 Some mushroom!

  • 252 New art gallery opened

  • 253 Circus comes to town

  • 254 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 255 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 256 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 258 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 259

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 260 New life for Hartland organ

  • 261 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 262 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 263 By pony and trap to market

  • 264 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 265 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 266 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 268 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 269 No laughing matter

  • 270 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 271 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 272 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 273 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 274 Parkham plan realised

  • 275 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 276 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 277 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 278 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 279

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 280 School crossing patrol begins

  • 281 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 282 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 283 Modern living at Bideford

  • 284

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 285 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 286 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 287 New addition to Quay front

  • 288 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 289 Picking the pops

  • 290 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 291 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 292 New Lundy stamps

  • 293 Ten year old scrambler

  • 294 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 295 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 296 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 297 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 298 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 299 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 300 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 301 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 302 Service with a smile

  • 303 Bringing shopping home by goat

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    Successful motor cycling team
  • 305 Ship-in-bottle world record

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

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

  • 308 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 309 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 310 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

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    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 312 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 313 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 314 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 315 Capers on the cobbles

  • 316 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 317 Weare Giffard potato

  • 318 Torrington's new amenity

  • 319 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 320 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 321 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

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    First prize
  • 323 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 324 Can spring be far away?

  • 325 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 326 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 327 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 328 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 329 It really was the 'last time'

  • 330 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 331 Private home for public pump

  • 332 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 333 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 334 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 335 New Post Office

  • 336 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 337

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 338 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 339 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 340 Northam footballers of the future

  • 341 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 342

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 343 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 344 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 345 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 346 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 347 The Geneva marionettes

  • 348 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 349 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 350 Jumble sale fever

  • 351 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 352 Bideford computer stars

  • 353 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 354 Cruising down the river

  • 355 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 356 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 357 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 358 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 359 Artisans' Club

  • 360 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

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

  • 362 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 363

    Was a missionary
  • 364 Diamond Jubilee of St Peter's Church, East-the-Water

  • 365

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 366 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 367 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 368

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 369

    Building works
  • 370 Students help model St Sidwell

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

  • 372 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 373 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 374 Some 240 exhibits

  • 375 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 376 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 377 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 378 First tankers arrive at new depot

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

  • 380 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 381 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 382

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 383 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 384 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 385 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

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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  • 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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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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Boulder Scheme Moves into Second Phase 28.01.1983

Boulder Scheme Moves into Second Phase 28.01.1983

Boulder Scheme Moves into Second Phase 28.01.1983

Coastal Defence.  Huge granite boulders were tipped in front of Westward Ho! sea wall this week as part of the second phase of a £45,000 coast protection scheme. Mr Richard Brasington

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