• 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 has built over 500 post-war homes

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

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    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 4 Waldon Triplets
  • 5 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 6 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 7 Off on a great adventure

  • 8 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 9

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 10 Picking the pops

  • 11

    Married in 1908
  • 12 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 13 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 14 No laughing matter

  • 15 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 16 Recognise this resort?

  • 17 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 18 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 19 Variety in summer weather

  • 20 Hartland Dancers
  • 21 Revenge in style

  • 22 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 23 Torrington in 1967

  • 24 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 25 Peter poses for TV film

  • 26 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 27 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

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

  • 29 Some mushroom!

  • 30 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 31 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 32 Can spring be far away?

  • 33 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 34 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 35

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 36 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 37 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 38 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 39 New Lundy stamps

  • 40 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 41 Pannier Market's future?

  • 42 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 43 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 44 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 45 New look in the hayfields

  • 46 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 47 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 48 Traditions and skills still there

  • 49

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 50 Simple Item 138
  • 51 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 52 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 53 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 54 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 55 New art gallery opened

  • 56 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 57 The Geneva marionettes

  • 58 New look for Torrington Lane

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

  • 60 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 61 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 62 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 63 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 64 Penny for the guy

  • 65 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 66 Bideford regatta

  • 67 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 68 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 69 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 70 Parkham plan realised

  • 71 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 72 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

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

  • 74 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 75 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 76 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 77 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 78

    Was a missionary
  • 79 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 80

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 81 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

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

  • 83 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 84 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 85 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 86 When horses score over the tractor

  • 87 By pony and trap to market

  • 88 North Devon Driving School

  • 89 The art of the thatcher

  • 90 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 91 Torrington children build igloo
  • 92 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 93

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 94 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 95 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 96 Decontrol of meat

  • 97 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 98 Life begins at 80

  • 99 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 100 A roof-top view - where?

  • 101 Picking the pops

  • 102 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 103 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 104 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 105 Ships at Bideford

  • 106 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 107 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 108 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 109 Six footed lamb

  • 110 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 111 Littleham family's five generations

  • 112 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 113 Hartland postman retires

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    Relatives all over the world
  • 115 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 116 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 117 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 118 Centenary of Gazette

  • 119 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 120 Emergency ferry services

  • 121 New choral society's growing response

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

  • 123 A man and his wheel

  • 124 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 125 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 126 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 127

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 128 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 129 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 130

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 131 Loads of black and white

  • 132

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 133 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 134 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 135 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 136 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 137 Weare Giffard potato

  • 138 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 139 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 140 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 141

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 142 So this is the mainland!

  • 143 Puppet characters introduced

  • 144 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 145 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 146 School's link with cargo ship

  • 147 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 148 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 149 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 150 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 151 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 152 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 153

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 154 Riverside mystery

  • 155 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 156 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 157 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 158 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 159 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 160 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 161 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 162 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 163 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 164 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 165 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 166 Twenty-one yachts

  • 167 113 years at Instow

  • 168 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 169 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 170 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 171 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 172 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 173 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 174 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 175 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 176 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 177 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 178 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 179 New addition to Quay front

  • 180 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 181 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 182 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 183 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 184 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 185 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 186 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 187 Burnard family reunion

  • 188 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 189 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 190

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 191 Grenville House for Bideford R.D.C.

  • 192 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 193 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 194 Jumble sale fever

  • 195 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 196

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 197 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 198 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 199 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 200 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 201 Police station view of Bideford

  • 202 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 203 Circus comes to town

  • 204 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 205

    New gateway
  • 206 Hartland's invitation

  • 207 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 208 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 209 Out of puff!

  • 210 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 211

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 212 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 213

    Bidefordians
  • 214 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 215 Bideford loses training ship

  • 216 Meredith's ironmongers

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

  • 218 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 219 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 220 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 221 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 222 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 223 First ship in 8 years

  • 224 Clovelly nightmare

  • 225 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 226 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 227 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 228 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 229

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 230 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 231 Happy Days!

  • 232 Private home for public pump

  • 233 Northam footballers of the future

  • 234 In their new robes and hats

  • 235 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 236 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 237 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 238 End of the line

  • 239 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 240 Artisans' Club

  • 241 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 242 What's the time?

  • 243 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 244 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 245 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 246 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 247 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 248 Appledore's largest

  • 249 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 250 Cruising down the river

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

  • 252 They are parted pro-tem

  • 253 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 254 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 255 Devil sent packing

  • 256 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 257 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 258 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 259 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 260 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 261 Calf thinks of mare as mum

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    Cadets are given certificates
  • 263 School crossing patrol begins

  • 264 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 265 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 266 Modern living at Bideford

  • 267 Last train from Torrington

  • 268 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 269 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 270 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 271 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 272 Some 240 exhibits

  • 273 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 274 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 275 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 276 Mobile missionary

  • 277 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 278 All for the love of a lady!

  • 279 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 280 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 281 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

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

  • 283 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 284 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 285 Finished in 1876

  • 286 A bird of their own!

  • 287 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 288 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 289 New Post Office

  • 290 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 291 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 292 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 293 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 294 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 295 Just over a year old

  • 296 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 297 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 298 It really was the 'last time'

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

  • 300 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 301 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 302 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 303 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 304 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 305 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 306 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 307 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 308 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 309 New civic medallions

  • 310 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 311 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 312 Bideford computer stars

  • 313

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 314 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 315 Bridging the stream

  • 316 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 317 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 318 All aboard the ark

  • 319 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 320 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 321 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 322 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 323 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 324 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 325 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 326 A story to tell!

  • 327 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 328

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 329 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 330 No sale of Springfield House

  • 331 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 332 New shipyard on schedule

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    Building works
  • 334 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 335 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 336 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 337

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 338 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 339 Ten year old scrambler

  • 340 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 341 Sight of a lifetime

  • 342 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 343 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 344 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 345 Warmington's garage ad

  • 346 Clovelly custom

  • 347 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 348 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 349 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 350 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 351 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 352 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 353 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 354 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

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

  • 356 For crying out loud!

  • 357

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 358

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 359 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 360 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 361 New life for Hartland organ

  • 362 Service with a smile

  • 363 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 364 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 365 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 366 He beat the floods

  • 367 Capers on the cobbles

  • 368 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 369 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 370 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 371 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 372

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 373 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 374

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 375 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 376 Torrington's new amenity

  • 377 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 378

    First prize
  • 379 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 380 Northam's almshouse

  • 381 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 382

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
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    Exhibition of school work
  • 384

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 385 Bideford - as Rowlandson saw it about 1810-15

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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New Fire and Ambulance Stations 5 November 1965

New Fire and Ambulance Stations 5 November 1965

New Fire and Ambulance Stations 5 November 1965

Fire Brigade & Fires.  £28,800 new fire and ambulance stations in Bideford Old Town.

Bideford Boy's Death 1 October 1940

Bideford Boy's Death 1 October 1940

Bideford Boys Death 1 October 1940

Fire Brigade & Fires.  Collision with Fire Engine. A 12 year old Bideford boy. Wallace George Cawsey; Mr and Mrs WJ Cawsey; Chief Officer Morris; Messrs Webb; Messrs Northwood; JR Seward; Mr Shaxton

Bideford District's Joint Fire Brigade 7 May 1940

Bideford District's Joint Fire Brigade 7 May 1940

Bideford Districts Joint Fire Brigade 7 May 1940

Fire Brigade & Fires.  Christening ceremony of 'Kipling', the new fire engine for Bideford, Northam and District Joint Fire Brigade. Chief Officer C Morris

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