• 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 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 2 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 3 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 4 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 5 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 6

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 7 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 8 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 9 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 10 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 11 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 12 Just over a year old

  • 13 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 14 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 15 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 16 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 17

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 18 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 19

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 20 North Devon Driving School

  • 21 School's link with cargo ship

  • 22 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 23 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 24 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 25 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 26 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 27

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 28 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 29 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 30

    New gateway
  • 31 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 32 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 33 113 years at Instow

  • 34 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 35 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 36 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 37 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 38 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 39 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 40 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 41 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 42 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 43 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 44 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 45 Emergency ferry services

  • 46 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 47 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 48 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 49 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 50 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 51 Bideford loses training ship

  • 52 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 53 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 54 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 55 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 56 No laughing matter

  • 57

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 58 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

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

  • 60 Littleham family's five generations

  • 61 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 62 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 63 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 64 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 65 Torrington in 1967

  • 66 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 67 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 68 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 69 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 70 Six footed lamb

  • 71 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 72 Bideford regatta

  • 73 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 74 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 75 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 76 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 77 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 78

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 79 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 80

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 81 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 82 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 83 One of the luckier farmers in getting in the problem harvest

  • 84 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 85 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 86 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 87 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 88

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 89 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

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

  • 91 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 92 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 93 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 94 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 95 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 96 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 97 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 98 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 99 Finished in 1876

  • 100 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 101 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 102 Some mushroom!

  • 103 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 104 All aboard the ark

  • 105 Twenty-one yachts

  • 106 Service with a smile

  • 107 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 108 Clovelly custom

  • 109 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 110 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 111 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 112 Mobile missionary

  • 113 A bird of their own!

  • 114 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 115 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 116 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 117 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 118 What is future of railway goods yard?

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

  • 120

    Building works
  • 121 New life for Hartland organ

  • 122 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 123 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 124 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 125 First ship in 8 years

  • 126 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 127 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 128 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 129 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 130 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 131 Capers on the cobbles

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

  • 133 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 134 Hartland Dancers
  • 135 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 136 Revenge in style

  • 137 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 138 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 139 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 140 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 141 Modern living at Bideford

  • 142 Parkham plan realised

  • 143 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 144 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 145 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 146 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 147 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 148 New look in the hayfields

  • 149 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 150 Happy Days!

  • 151 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 152 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 153 New Post Office

  • 154 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 155 The art of the thatcher

  • 156 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 157 Northam's almshouse

  • 158 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 159 The cab at the corner>
  • 160 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 161 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 162 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 163 Bridging the stream

  • 164 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 165 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 166 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 167 All for the love of a lady!

  • 168 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 169 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 170 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

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

  • 172 In their new robes and hats

  • 173 Variety in summer weather

  • 174 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 175 A story to tell!

  • 176 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 177 New Lundy stamps

  • 178 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 179 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 180 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 181

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 182 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 183 A man and his wheel

  • 184 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 185 Can spring be far away?

  • 186 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 187 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 188 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 189

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 190 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 191 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 192 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 193 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 194 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 195 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 196

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 197 From Bobby to Brian

  • 198 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 199 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 200 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 201 Northam footballers of the future

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

  • 203

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 204 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 205 Riverside mystery

  • 206 New art gallery opened

  • 207 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 208 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 209 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 210 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 211 Decontrol of meat

  • 212 Life begins at 80

  • 213 He beat the floods

  • 214 Some 240 exhibits

  • 215 A roof-top view - where?

  • 216 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 217 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 218 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 219 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 220 New addition to Quay front

  • 221 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 222 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 223 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 224 Peter poses for TV film

  • 225 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 226 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 227 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 228 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 229 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 230 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 231 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 232

    First prize
  • 233 Open-air art exhibition by 'under 40' group

  • 234 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 235 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 236 End of the line

  • 237 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 238 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 239 What's the time?

  • 240 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 241 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 242 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 243 Filming at Hartland

  • 244 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 245

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 246 Burnard family reunion

  • 247 By pony and trap to market

  • 248 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 249 Torrington's new amenity

  • 250 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 251 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 252

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 253 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 254 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 255 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 256 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 257 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 258 Cruising down the river

  • 259 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 260 New civic medallions

  • 261 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 262 Jumble sale fever

  • 263 Ships at Bideford

  • 264 Pannier Market's future?

  • 265 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 266 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 267 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 268 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 269 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 270

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

  • 272 They are parted pro-tem

  • 273 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 274 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 275 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 276 Hartland's invitation

  • 277

    Was a missionary
  • 278 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 279 Clovelly nightmare

  • 280 Torrington children build igloo
  • 281

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 282 Simple Item 138
  • 283 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 284 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 285 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 286

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 287 Warmington's garage ad

  • 288 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 289

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 290

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 291

    Married in 1908
  • 292 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 293

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 294 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 295 When horses score over the tractor

  • 296 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 297 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 298 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

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

  • 300 New shipyard on schedule

  • 301 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 302 Sight of a lifetime

  • 303 No sale of Springfield House

  • 304 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 305 Appledore's largest

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

  • 307 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 308 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 309 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 310 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 311 Weare Giffard potato

  • 312 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 313 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 314

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 315 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 316 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 317 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 318 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 319 Out of puff!

  • 320 Circus comes to town

  • 321 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 322 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 323

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 324 Waldon Triplets
  • 325 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 326 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 327 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 328 Bideford computer stars

  • 329 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 330 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 331 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 332 Artisans' Club

  • 333 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 334 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 335 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 336 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 337 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 338 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 339 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 340 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 341 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 342 Centenary of Gazette

  • 343 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 344 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 345 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 346 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 347 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 348 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 349 Police station view of Bideford

  • 350 Traditions and skills still there

  • 351 Picking the pops

  • 352 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 353 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 354 Sweets derationing

  • 355

    Bidefordians
  • 356 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 357 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 358

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 359 Private home for public pump

  • 360

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 361 Recognise this resort?

  • 362 School crossing patrol begins

  • 363 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 364 Puppet characters introduced

  • 365 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 366 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 367 Picking the pops

  • 368 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 369

    Relatives all over the world
  • 370 So this is the mainland!

  • 371

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 372 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 373 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 374 Hartland postman retires

  • 375 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 376 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

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

  • 378 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 379 New choral society's growing response

  • 380 For crying out loud!

  • 381 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 382 The Geneva marionettes

  • 383 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 384 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 385 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 386 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 387 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 388 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 389 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 390 Penny for the guy

  • 391 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 392 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 393 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 394 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 395 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 396 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 397 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 398

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 399 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 400 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 401 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 402 Last train from Torrington

  • 403 Off on a great adventure

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

  • 405 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 406 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

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

  • 408 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 409 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 410 Loads of black and white

  • 411 Ten year old scrambler

  • 412 Devil sent packing

  • 413 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

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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  • 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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  • 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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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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