• 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 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 2 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 3 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 4 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 5 No laughing matter

  • 6

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 7 Riverside mystery

  • 8 A story to tell!

  • 9 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 10 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 11 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 12 Burnard family reunion

  • 13 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 14 Mobile missionary

  • 15 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 16 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 17 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 18

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 19 New Lundy stamps

  • 20 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 21 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 22 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 23 All for the love of a lady!

  • 24 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 25 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 26 Modern living at Bideford

  • 27 New fire and ambulance stations

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

  • 29 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 30 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 31 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 32

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 33 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 34 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 35 All aboard the ark

  • 36 School crossing patrol begins

  • 37 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 38 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 39 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 40 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 41 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 42 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 43 It really was the 'last time'

  • 44 A man and his wheel

  • 45 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 46 So this is the mainland!

  • 47 Bideford loses training ship

  • 48 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 49 Littleham family's five generations

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

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

  • 52 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 53 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 54 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 55 Some 240 exhibits

  • 56 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 57 Private home for public pump

  • 58 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 59 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 60 Picking the pops

  • 61 Capers on the cobbles

  • 62 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 63 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 64

    First prize
  • 65 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 66 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 67 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 68 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 69 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 70 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 71 Northam footballers of the future

  • 72 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 73 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 74 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 75 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 76 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 77 First ship in 8 years

  • 78 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 79

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 80 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 81 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 82 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 83 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 84 Waldon Triplets
  • 85 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 86 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 87 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 88 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 89 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 90 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 91 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 92

    Exhibition of school work
  • 93 New choral society's growing response

  • 94

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 95 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 96 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 97 Service with a smile

  • 98 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 99 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 100 Emergency ferry services

  • 101 New look in the hayfields

  • 102 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 103 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 104 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 105

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 106 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 107 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 108 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

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

  • 110 Bideford regatta

  • 111 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 112 Appledore's largest

  • 113 113 years at Instow

  • 114 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 115 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 116 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 117 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 118 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 119

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 120 Finished in 1876

  • 121 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 122 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 123 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 124 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 125 What's the time?

  • 126 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 127 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 128 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 129

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 130 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 131 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 132

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 133 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 134 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 135 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 136 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 137 For crying out loud!

  • 138 The art of the thatcher

  • 139 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 140 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 141 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 142 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 143 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 144 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 145 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 146 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 147 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 148 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 149 North Devon Driving School

  • 150

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 151 New art gallery opened

  • 152 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 153 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 154 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 155 Ten year old scrambler

  • 156 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 157 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 158 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 159 Hartland Dancers
  • 160 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 161 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

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

  • 163 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 164 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 165 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 166 Out of puff!

  • 167 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 168 Bideford computer stars

  • 169 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 170

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 171 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 172 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 173 Torrington children build igloo
  • 174 Last train from Torrington

  • 175 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 176 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 177 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 178 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 179 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 180

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 181 Clovelly nightmare

  • 182 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 183 When horses score over the tractor

  • 184 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 185 Puppet characters introduced

  • 186 New life for Hartland organ

  • 187 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 188 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 189 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 190 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 191 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 192 Weare Giffard potato

  • 193 Centenary of Gazette

  • 194 Bridging the stream

  • 195 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 196 Six footed lamb

  • 197 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 198 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 199 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 200 Ships at Bideford

  • 201 Twenty-one yachts

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

  • 203 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 204 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 205 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 206 New shipyard on schedule

  • 207 A bird of their own!

  • 208 Traditions and skills still there

  • 209 Parkham plan realised

  • 210 Picking the pops

  • 211 Clovelly custom

  • 212 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 213 Decontrol of meat

  • 214 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 215 New addition to Quay front

  • 216 Just over a year old

  • 217 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 218 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 219

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 220 In their new robes and hats

  • 221 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 222 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 223

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 224 Devil sent packing

  • 225 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 226 Grenville House for Bideford R.D.C.

  • 227 New Post Office

  • 228 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 229 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 230 Variety in summer weather

  • 231 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 232 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 233 By pony and trap to market

  • 234 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 235 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 236 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 237 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 238 Hartland's invitation

  • 239 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 240 Sweet success at Langtree School

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    Building works
  • 242 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 243 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 244 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 245

    Married in 1908
  • 246 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 247

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 248 Off on a great adventure

  • 249 Happy Days!

  • 250 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 251 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 252 Circus comes to town

  • 253 Peter poses for TV film

  • 254 Jumble sale fever

  • 255 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

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    Bidefordians
  • 257 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 258 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 259 They set out for Bideford and became lost

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

  • 261

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 262 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 263 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 264 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 265 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 266 End of the line

  • 267 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 268 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 269 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 270 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 271 Northam's almshouse

  • 272 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 273

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 274 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 275 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 276 The Geneva marionettes

  • 277 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 278 A roof-top view - where?

  • 279 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 280 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 281 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 282 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 283 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 284 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 285 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 286 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 287 Torrington in 1967

  • 288 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 289 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 290 Sight of a lifetime

  • 291 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 292 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 293 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 294 Police station view of Bideford

  • 295 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 296 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 297

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 298 Cruising down the river

  • 299 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

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    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 301 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 302 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 303 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 304 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 305 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 306 Some mushroom!

  • 307 School's link with cargo ship

  • 308 He beat the floods

  • 309 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 310

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 311 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 312 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 313 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 314 No sale of Springfield House

  • 315 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 316 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 317 Simple Item 138
  • 318 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 319 Revived market off to splendid start

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    New gateway
  • 321 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 322

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 323 They are parted pro-tem

  • 324 Penny for the guy

  • 325 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 326 Liked holidays here - so starts business

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

  • 328 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 329 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

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    Relatives all over the world
  • 331 Warmington's garage ad

  • 332 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 333 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 334 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 335 Torrington's new amenity

  • 336

    Was a missionary
  • 337 New civic medallions

  • 338

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 339 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 340 Pannier Market's future?

  • 341 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 342 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

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

  • 344 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 345 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 346 Diamond Jubilee of St Peter's Church, East-the-Water

  • 347 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 348

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 349 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 350 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 351 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 352 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 353 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 354 Revenge in style

  • 355 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 356 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 357 Life begins at 80

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

  • 359 Loads of black and white

  • 360 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 361 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

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

  • 363 Can spring be far away?

  • 364 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 365 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 366 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 367 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 368 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 369

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 370 Recognise this resort?

  • 371 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 372 Hartland postman retires

  • 373 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 374 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 375 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 376 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 377 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 378 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 379 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 380 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 381 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 382 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 383

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 384 Artisans' Club

  • 385 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

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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Duke of Edinburgh to Visit Appledore Yard in November 24.09.1971

Duke of Edinburgh to Visit Appledore Yard in November 24.09.1971 

Duke of Edinburgh to Visit Appledore Yard in November 24.09.1971Royalty.  The Duke of Edinburgh is to visit Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd on November 12th at the start of a short Westcountry tour. Lord Roborough, Vice-Admiral Sir Peveril William-Powlett, Jim Venus.

Royal Visit to Barum 04.05.1956

Royal Visit to Barum 04.05.1956

Royal Visit to Barum 04.05.1956

Royalty.  The flags are going up at Barnstaple in preparation for a right Royal welcome to North Devon for Her Majesty the Queen and H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh who visit Barnstaple next Tuesday.  High Sheriff of Devon, Major DFB Stucley (Mayor of Bideford), Mrs Stucley, 4th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment, Cllr. AW Clarke, Ald. CF Dart, Miss Joan Sanders, Lord Clinton

William gets reply from the Palace 8th October 1982 - Royalty

William gets reply from the Palace 8th October 1982 - Royalty

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William gets reply from the PalaceFive year old William Coates of Abbotsham Road, Bideford - Pictured above with his mother - was so proud that the royal baby of Prince Charles and Princess Diana was given the same christian name as himself that he just had to write them a letter.

William has been delighted to receive a letter of thanks from Buckingham Palace and has taken it to show his friends at St  Mary's School, Bideford.

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