• 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 Cruising down the river

  • 2 Bideford loses training ship

  • 3 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 4 Torrington in 1967

  • 5 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 6 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 7 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 8 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 9 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 10

    New gateway
  • 11 New Post Office

  • 12 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 13 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 14 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 15 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 16 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 17 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 18 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 19

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 20 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 21 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 22 Hartland Dancers
  • 23

    Exhibition of school work
  • 24 It really was the 'last time'

  • 25 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 26 Hartland's invitation

  • 27 Clovelly nightmare

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

  • 29 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 30 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 31 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 32 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 33 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 34 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 35 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 36 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 37 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 38 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 39 Clovelly custom

  • 40 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 41 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 42 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 43 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 44 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 45 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 46 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 47 Variety in summer weather

  • 48 Some 240 exhibits

  • 49 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 50 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 51 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 52 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 53 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 54 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 55 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 56 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 57 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 58 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 59 Happy Days!

  • 60 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 61 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 62 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 63 Puppet characters introduced

  • 64 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 65 Northam's almshouse

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

  • 67 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 68 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 69 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 70 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 71 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 72 Loads of black and white

  • 73 Revenge in style

  • 74 Recognise this resort?

  • 75 Sweets derationing

  • 76 All for the love of a lady!

  • 77 Artisans' Club

  • 78 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 79 Life begins at 80

  • 80 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 81 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 82 Filming at Hartland

  • 83 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 84 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 85 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 86 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 87 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 88 Warmington's garage ad

  • 89 First ship in 8 years

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

  • 91 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 92

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 93 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 94

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 95 So this is the mainland!

  • 96

    First prize
  • 97 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 98 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 99 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 100 No laughing matter

  • 101 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 102 Pannier Market's future?

  • 103 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 104 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 105 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 106

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 107

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 108 Open-air art exhibition by 'under 40' group

  • 109

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 110 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 111 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 112 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 113 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 114 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 115 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 116

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 117 Police station view of Bideford

  • 118 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 119 What's the time?

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

  • 121 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 122 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 123 The cab at the corner>
  • 124 Finished in 1876

  • 125 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 126 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 127 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 128 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 129 Northam footballers of the future

  • 130 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 131 North Devon Driving School

  • 132 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 133 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 134

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 135 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 136 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 137 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 138 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 139 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 140 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 141 New choral society's growing response

  • 142 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 143 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 144 Weare Giffard potato

  • 145 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 146 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 147 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 148 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 149 Parkham plan realised

  • 150 Decontrol of meat

  • 151 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 152 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 153 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 154 Riverside mystery

  • 155

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 156 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 157 Off on a great adventure

  • 158 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 159 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 160 Burnard family reunion

  • 161 He beat the floods

  • 162 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 163 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 164 New life for Hartland organ

  • 165 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 166 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 167 Centenary of Gazette

  • 168 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 169 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 170 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 171 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 172 Capers on the cobbles

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

  • 174

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 175 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 176 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 177 In their new robes and hats

  • 178 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 179 No sale of Springfield House

  • 180 Mobile missionary

  • 181 Private home for public pump

  • 182 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 183 Bideford regatta

  • 184 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 185 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 186 New civic medallions

  • 187 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 188 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 189 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 190 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 191 Picking the pops

  • 192

    Building works
  • 193 Can spring be far away?

  • 194 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 195 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 196 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 197 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 198 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 199 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 200

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 201 Bridging the stream

  • 202 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 203 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 204 Peter poses for TV film

  • 205 Ships at Bideford

  • 206 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 207 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 208 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 209 Simple Item 138
  • 210

    Relatives all over the world
  • 211 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 212 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 213 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 214 When horses score over the tractor

  • 215 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 216 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 217 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 218 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 219 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 220 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 221 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 222 Littleham family's five generations

  • 223 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 224 From Bobby to Brian

  • 225 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 226

    Bidefordians
  • 227 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 228 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 229 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 230 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 231 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 232

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 233 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 234 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 235 They are parted pro-tem

  • 236 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 237 Out of puff!

  • 238 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 239 School's link with cargo ship

  • 240 Sight of a lifetime

  • 241 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 242 Bideford computer stars

  • 243 A man and his wheel

  • 244 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 245 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 246

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 247 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 248 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 249 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 250 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 251 New shipyard on schedule

  • 252

    Married in 1908
  • 253 A roof-top view - where?

  • 254 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 255 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 256 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 257 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 258 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 259

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 260

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 261 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 262 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 263 School crossing patrol begins

  • 264 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 265 End of the line

  • 266 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 267 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

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

  • 269 For crying out loud!

  • 270 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 271 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 272 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 273

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 274

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 275 Modern living at Bideford

  • 276 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 277 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 278 Some mushroom!

  • 279 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 280 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 281 An early 'special' to Bideford

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

  • 283 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 284 Last train from Torrington

  • 285 Beach search for mines takes longer

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

  • 287 Devil sent packing

  • 288 All aboard the ark

  • 289 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 290 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 291 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 292 New Lundy stamps

  • 293 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 294 Traditions and skills still there

  • 295 Waldon Triplets
  • 296 Grenville House for Bideford R.D.C.

  • 297 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 298 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 299 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 300

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 301 A bird of their own!

  • 302 New addition to Quay front

  • 303 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 304 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 305 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 306 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 307 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 308 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 309 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 310 Six footed lamb

  • 311 The Geneva marionettes

  • 312 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 313 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 314 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 315 Ten year old scrambler

  • 316 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 317 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 318 113 years at Instow

  • 319 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 320 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 321 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 322 The art of the thatcher

  • 323 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 324 Penny for the guy

  • 325 Circus comes to town

  • 326 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 327 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 328 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 329 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

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

  • 331 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 332 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 333 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 334 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 335 Torrington's new amenity

  • 336 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 337 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 338 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 339 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 340 Eight to strike and a race to win

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

  • 342 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 343 Service with a smile

  • 344 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 345 Picking the pops

  • 346

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 347 By pony and trap to market

  • 348 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 349

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 350

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 351 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 352 Hartland postman retires

  • 353 Emergency ferry services

  • 354 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 355

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 356 Jumble sale fever

  • 357 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 358 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 359 A story to tell!

  • 360 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 361 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 362

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 363 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 364 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 365 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 366 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 367 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 368 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 369 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 370 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 371 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 372 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 373 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 374 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 375 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 376 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 377 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 378 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 379

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 380 New look in the hayfields

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

  • 382 Twenty-one yachts

  • 383 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 384 New art gallery opened

  • 385 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 386 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 387 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 388 Just over a year old

  • 389 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 390 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 391 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 392 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 393 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 394 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 395 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 396 Appledore's largest

  • 397 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 398 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 399 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 400

    Was a missionary
  • 401 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 402 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 403 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 404 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 405 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 406 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 407 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 408 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 409 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 410 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 411 Torrington children build igloo
  • 412

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 413 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

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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  • 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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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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Coastal Defence

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