• 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 When horses score over the tractor

  • 2 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 3 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 4 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 5 Devil sent packing

  • 6 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 7 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 8 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 9 Loads of black and white

  • 10

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 11

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 12 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 13 Torrington children build igloo
  • 14 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 15 The Geneva marionettes

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

  • 17 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 18 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 19 Bideford loses training ship

  • 20 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 21

    Was a missionary
  • 22 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 23 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 24 New look in the hayfields

  • 25 Revenge in style

  • 26 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 27 School's link with cargo ship

  • 28 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 29 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 30 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 31

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 32 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 33 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 34 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 35 North Devon Driving School

  • 36 All for the love of a lady!

  • 37 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 38 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 39 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 40 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 41

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 42 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 43 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 44 For crying out loud!

  • 45 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 46 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 47 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 48 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 49 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 50 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 51 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 52 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 53 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 54 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 55 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 56 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 57 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 58 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 59 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 60 Private home for public pump

  • 61 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 62 Warmington's garage ad

  • 63 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 64 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 65 Waldon Triplets
  • 66 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 67

    Building works
  • 68 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 69 Artisans' Club

  • 70 Weare Giffard potato

  • 71 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 72 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 73 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 74 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 75 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 76 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 77 He beat the floods

  • 78 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 79 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 80 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 81 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 82

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 83 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 84 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 85 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 86 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 87

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 88 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 89 Hartland postman retires

  • 90 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 91

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 92 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 93 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 94 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 95 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 96 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 97 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 98 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 99 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 100 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 101 Jumble sale fever

  • 102 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 103 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 104 Puppet characters introduced

  • 105 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 106 Penny for the guy

  • 107 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 108 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 109 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 110 Just over a year old

  • 111 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 112 A bird of their own!

  • 113 End of the line

  • 114 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 115 What's the time?

  • 116 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 117 A man and his wheel

  • 118 New addition to Quay front

  • 119 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 120 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 121 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 122 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 123 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 124 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 125 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 126 Peter poses for TV film

  • 127

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 128 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

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

  • 130 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 131 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 132 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 133

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 134 Variety in summer weather

  • 135 Circus comes to town

  • 136

    Exhibition of school work
  • 137 The art of the thatcher

  • 138 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 139 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 140 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 141 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 142

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 143 Success to Festival of the Arts

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

  • 145 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

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

  • 147 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 148 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 149 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 150 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 151 Ships at Bideford

  • 152 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 153 By pony and trap to market

  • 154 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 155 Bridging the stream

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

  • 157 All aboard the ark

  • 158 Riverside mystery

  • 159 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 160 Ten year old scrambler

  • 161 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 162 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 163 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 164 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 165 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 166 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 167 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 168 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 169 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 170 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 171 Some mushroom!

  • 172

    Married in 1908
  • 173 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 174 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 175 Finished in 1876

  • 176 Service with a smile

  • 177 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 178 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 179 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 180 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 181 East-the-Water's call for new school

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

  • 183 Fish nearly pulled him in

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

  • 185 Life begins at 80

  • 186

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 187 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 188

    First prize
  • 189

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 190 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 191 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 192 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 193 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 194 Clovelly custom

  • 195 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 196 Capers on the cobbles

  • 197 Can spring be far away?

  • 198 Modern living at Bideford

  • 199 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 200 Eight to strike and a race to win

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

  • 202 Unique holiday adventure!

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

  • 204 Torrington's new amenity

  • 205 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 206 New Lundy stamps

  • 207 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 208 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 209

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 210 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 211 School crossing patrol begins

  • 212 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 213 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 214 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 215 Bideford regatta

  • 216 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 217 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 218 A story to tell!

  • 219 Six footed lamb

  • 220 No laughing matter

  • 221 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 222 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 223 Littleham family's five generations

  • 224 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 225 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 226 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 227 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 228 In their new robes and hats

  • 229 So this is the mainland!

  • 230 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 231 Hartland Dancers
  • 232 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 233 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 234 New choral society's growing response

  • 235 Happy Days!

  • 236 Torrington in 1967

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

  • 238 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 239 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 240 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 241 New civic medallions

  • 242 Northam footballers of the future

  • 243 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 244 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 245 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 246 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 247 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 248 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 249 No sale of Springfield House

  • 250 Cruising down the river

  • 251 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 252 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 253 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 254 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 255 Last train from Torrington

  • 256 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 257 Northam's almshouse

  • 258 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 259 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 260 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 261 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 262 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 263 Traditions and skills still there

  • 264 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 265

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 266 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 267 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 268 Sight of a lifetime

  • 269 It really was the 'last time'

  • 270 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 271 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 272 Mobile missionary

  • 273 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 274 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 275 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 276 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 277 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 278 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 279 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 280 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 281 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 282 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 283 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 284 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 285 Emergency ferry services

  • 286

    Relatives all over the world
  • 287

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 288 Simple Item 138
  • 289 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 290

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 291

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 292 Picking the pops

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

  • 294

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 295 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 296 Clovelly nightmare

  • 297 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 298 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 299 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 300 Burnard family reunion

  • 301 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 302 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 303 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

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    Successful motor cycling team
  • 305 Pannier Market's future?

  • 306 Twenty-one yachts

  • 307 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 308 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 309 Big develolpment at Calveford

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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 311 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 312 New shipyard on schedule

  • 313 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 314 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 315 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 316 Out of puff!

  • 317 New Post Office

  • 318 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 319 Recognise this resort?

  • 320 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 321 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 322 Appledore's largest

  • 323 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 324 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 325 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 326 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 327 Some 240 exhibits

  • 328 They are parted pro-tem

  • 329 Centenary of Gazette

  • 330 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 331 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 332 Off on a great adventure

  • 333 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 334 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 335 Bideford computer stars

  • 336 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 337

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 338 New art gallery opened

  • 339 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 340 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 341 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 342 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 343 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 344 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 345 Parkham plan realised

  • 346 Hartland's invitation

  • 347 Decontrol of meat

  • 348 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 349 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 350 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 351 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 352 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 353

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 354 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 355 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 356 Picking the pops

  • 357 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 358 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 359

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 360

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 361 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 362 Police station view of Bideford

  • 363 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 364 Born 1883 - still going strong

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    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 366 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 367 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 368 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 369 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 370 Fleet of foot and fair of face

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

  • 372 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 373 113 years at Instow

  • 374 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 375 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 376 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 377 A roof-top view - where?

  • 378 Mural in the whimsical fashion

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    Bidefordians
  • 380 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 381 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 382 New life for Hartland organ

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    New gateway
  • 384 First ship in 8 years

  • 385 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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  • 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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No Breakwater for West Appledore 27.06.1975

No Breakwater for West Appledore 27.06.1975

No Breakwater for West Appledore 27.06.1975

Coastal Defence. The suggestion that a breakwater should be built from the lifeboat slip to Big Rock opposite the Royal George. Cllr Joe Need, Mr Clive Barber

The Battle of the Gap 19.01.1962

The Battle of the Gap 19.01.1962

The Battle of the Gap 19.01.1962

Coastal Defence. The breach in the Pebble Ridge near Sandymere. Damage at Westward Ho!. Gusts of over 100 mph.

Pebble Ridge Pushed Back Five Feet In a Year 19.02.1960

Pebble Ridge Pushed Back Five Feet In a Year 19.02.1960

Pebble Ridge Pushed Back Five Feet In a Year 19.02.1960

Coastal Defence. Ministry expert Col Gilbert visiting shortly. Part of the Pebble Ridge at Westward Ho! has moved back five feet in the past twelve months. Mr JC Dobbs, Mr A Gardner, Mr Percy Browne M.P. for Torrington

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