• 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 Hartland Dancers
  • 2 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 3 Hartland's invitation

  • 4 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 5 Water Board mains spread through villages

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

  • 7 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 8 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 9

    Exhibition of school work
  • 10 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 11 So this is the mainland!

  • 12 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 13 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 14 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 15 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 16 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 17 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 18 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 19 Steep street of old Bideford

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

  • 21 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 22 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 23 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 24 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 25 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 26 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 27 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 28 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 29 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 30 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 31 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 32 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 33 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 34 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 35 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 36 Penny for the guy

  • 37 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 38 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 39 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 40 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 41 They are parted pro-tem

  • 42

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 43 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 44 New Lundy stamps

  • 45

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 46 A roof-top view - where?

  • 47 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 48 Warmington's garage ad

  • 49 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 50 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 51 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 52 He beat the floods

  • 53 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 54 Six footed lamb

  • 55 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 56 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 57 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 58 Ten year old scrambler

  • 59 Northam footballers of the future

  • 60 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 61 Pannier Market's future?

  • 62 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 63 Torrington's new amenity

  • 64 Police station view of Bideford

  • 65 Private home for public pump

  • 66 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 67 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 68 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 69 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 70 Littleham family's five generations

  • 71 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 72 New art gallery opened

  • 73 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 74 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 75 Picking the pops

  • 76 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 77 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 78 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 79 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 80 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 81 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 82 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 83

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 84 New addition to Quay front

  • 85 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 86

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 87 No sale of Springfield House

  • 88 All aboard the ark

  • 89 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 90 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 91 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 92 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 93 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 94 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 95 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 96 Riverside mystery

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

  • 98 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 99 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 100 School crossing patrol begins

  • 101 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 102

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 103 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 104 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 105 Ships at Bideford

  • 106

    New gateway
  • 107 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 108 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 109

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 110 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 111 School's link with cargo ship

  • 112 Last train from Torrington

  • 113 No laughing matter

  • 114 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 115 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

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

  • 117 Bridging the stream

  • 118 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 119 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 120 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 121 Bideford regatta

  • 122 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 123 Traditions and skills still there

  • 124 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 125 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 126 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 127

    Relatives all over the world
  • 128 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 129 Some 240 exhibits

  • 130 When horses score over the tractor

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

  • 132 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 133 The Geneva marionettes

  • 134 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 135 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 136 Out of puff!

  • 137 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 138 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 139 Torrington in 1967

  • 140 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 141 Loads of black and white

  • 142 Bideford computer stars

  • 143 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 144 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 145 New shipyard on schedule

  • 146 Weare Giffard potato

  • 147

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 148 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 149 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 150 New Post Office

  • 151 Torrington children build igloo
  • 152 Sight of a lifetime

  • 153 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 154 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 155 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 156 Can spring be far away?

  • 157 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 158 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 159 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 160 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 161 Emergency ferry services

  • 162 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 163 Jumble sale fever

  • 164 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 165

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 166 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

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

  • 168 All for the love of a lady!

  • 169 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 170 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 171 What's the time?

  • 172 Clovelly nightmare

  • 173

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 174 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 175 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 176

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 177 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 178 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 179 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 180 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 181 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

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

  • 183 Recognise this resort?

  • 184 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 185 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 186 For crying out loud!

  • 187 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 188 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 189

    First prize
  • 190 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 191

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 192 Twenty-one yachts

  • 193 Just over a year old

  • 194 Mobile missionary

  • 195 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 196 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 197 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 198 In their new robes and hats

  • 199 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 200 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 201 Cruising down the river

  • 202 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 203 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 204 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 205 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 206 By pony and trap to market

  • 207 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 208 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 209 Waldon Triplets
  • 210 Parkham plan realised

  • 211 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 212 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 213 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

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    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 215 End of the line

  • 216 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 217 Puppet characters introduced

  • 218 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 219 The art of the thatcher

  • 220 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 221 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 222 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 223 New look in the hayfields

  • 224 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 225 Finished in 1876

  • 226

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 227

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 228 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 229 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 230 113 years at Instow

  • 231 Quads at Thornhillhead

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

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    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 234 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 235 Capers on the cobbles

  • 236 Revenge in style

  • 237 First ship in 8 years

  • 238 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 239 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

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    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 241 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 242 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 243 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 244 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 245 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 246

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 247 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 248 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 249 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 250 Modern living at Bideford

  • 251 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 252 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 253 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 254 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 255

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 256 New life for Hartland organ

  • 257 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 258 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 259 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 260 Some mushroom!

  • 261 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 262 Service with a smile

  • 263 Off on a great adventure

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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 265 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 266 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 267 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 268 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 269 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 270 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

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

  • 272 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 273 Simple Item 138
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    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 275 A bird of their own!

  • 276 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 277 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 278 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 279 Devil sent packing

  • 280 Centenary of Gazette

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

  • 282 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 283 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 284 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 285 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 286

    Married in 1908
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    Bidefordians
  • 288 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 289 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 290 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 291 Appledore's largest

  • 292 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 293 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 294 New choral society's growing response

  • 295 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 296 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 297 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 298 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 299 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 300 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 301 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 302 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 303 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 304 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 305 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 306 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 307 Peter poses for TV film

  • 308 Decontrol of meat

  • 309 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 310 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 311 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 312 Clovelly custom

  • 313 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 314 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 315 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 316 New civic medallions

  • 317 A story to tell!

  • 318 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 319 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 320 A man and his wheel

  • 321 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 322 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 323 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 324

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 325 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 326 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 327 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 328 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 329 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 330 Artisans' Club

  • 331 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 332 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 333 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 334 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 335 Happy Days!

  • 336 Picking the pops

  • 337 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 338 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

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    Was a missionary
  • 340 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 341 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 342 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 343 North Devon Driving School

  • 344

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 345 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

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

  • 347

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 348 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 349 Burnard family reunion

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

  • 351 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 352 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 353 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 354 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 355 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 356 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 357 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 358 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

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

  • 360 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 361 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 362 Variety in summer weather

  • 363 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 364 Hartland postman retires

  • 365

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 366 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 367 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 368 Bideford loses training ship

  • 369 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 370 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 371 Circus comes to town

  • 372 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 373 Life begins at 80

  • 374 It really was the 'last time'

  • 375 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 376 Northam's almshouse

  • 377 No ancient Grecian temple this

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    Building works
  • 379 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 380 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 381 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 382 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 383 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 385 Polish custom on Pancake Day

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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