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

  • 2 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 3 Some 240 exhibits

  • 4 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

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    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 6 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 7 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 8 Weare Giffard potato

  • 9 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 10 So this is the mainland!

  • 11 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 12 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 13 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 14 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 15 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 16 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 17 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 18 Emergency ferry services

  • 19 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 20 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 21 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 22 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 23 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 24 Some mushroom!

  • 25 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 26 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 27 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 28 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 29 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 30 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 31 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 32 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 33

    Was a missionary
  • 34 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 35 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 36 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 37 Waldon Triplets
  • 38 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 39 Bideford regatta

  • 40 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 41 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 42 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 43 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 44

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 45 Torrington children build igloo
  • 46 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 47 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 48 Variety in summer weather

  • 49 Out of puff!

  • 50 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 51 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 52 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 53 All for the love of a lady!

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

  • 55 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 56 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 57 Bideford computer stars

  • 58 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 59 School crossing patrol begins

  • 60 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 61 All aboard the ark

  • 62 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 63 Jumble sale fever

  • 64

    First prize
  • 65 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 66 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 67 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 68 First ship in 8 years

  • 69

    Married in 1908
  • 70 When horses score over the tractor

  • 71

    New gateway
  • 72 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 73 New choral society's growing response

  • 74 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 75 In their new robes and hats

  • 76 New Post Office

  • 77 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 78 New shipyard on schedule

  • 79 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 80 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 81 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 82 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 83 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 84 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 85 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 86 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 87 Life begins at 80

  • 88 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 89 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 90 Sight of a lifetime

  • 91 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 92

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 93 No sale of Springfield House

  • 94 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 95 A man and his wheel

  • 96 Devil sent packing

  • 97 A bird of their own!

  • 98

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 99 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 100 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 101 Appledore's largest

  • 102 113 years at Instow

  • 103 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 104 New addition to Quay front

  • 105 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 106

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

  • 108 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 109 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 110

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 111 Loads of black and white

  • 112 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 113 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 114 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 115 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 116 The art of the thatcher

  • 117 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 118 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 119 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 120

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 121 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 122 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 123

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 124 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 125

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 126 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 127 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 128 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 129 Twenty-one yachts

  • 130 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 131 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 132 Mobile missionary

  • 133 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 134 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 135 Police station view of Bideford

  • 136 By pony and trap to market

  • 137 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 138 Circus comes to town

  • 139 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 140 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 141 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 142 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 143 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 144 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 145 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 146 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 147 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 148 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 149 Finished in 1876

  • 150 Puppet characters introduced

  • 151

    Exhibition of school work
  • 152 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 153 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 154 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 155 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 156 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 157 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 158 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 159 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 160 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 161 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 162 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 163 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 164 Clovelly nightmare

  • 165 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 166 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 167 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 168 The Geneva marionettes

  • 169 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 170 Bideford loses training ship

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

  • 172

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 173 Bridging the stream

  • 174 They are parted pro-tem

  • 175 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 176 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 177 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 178 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 179 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 180 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 181 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 182 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 183 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 184 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 185 A story to tell!

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

  • 187 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 188 Traditions and skills still there

  • 189 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 190

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 191 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 192

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 193 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 194

    Bidefordians
  • 195 New art gallery opened

  • 196 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 197 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 198

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 199 Service with a smile

  • 200 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 201 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 202 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 203 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 204 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 205 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 206 Littleham family's five generations

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

  • 208 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 209

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 210 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 211 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 212 Private home for public pump

  • 213 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 214 Last train from Torrington

  • 215 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 216 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 217 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 218 He beat the floods

  • 219 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 220

    Relatives all over the world
  • 221 Bideford - as Rowlandson saw it about 1810-15

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

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

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    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 225 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 226 Hartland's invitation

  • 227 Clovelly custom

  • 228 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 229 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 230 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 231 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 232 Six footed lamb

  • 233 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 234 Modern living at Bideford

  • 235 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 236 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 237

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 238 Peter poses for TV film

  • 239 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 240 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 241 Just over a year old

  • 242 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 243 Recognise this resort?

  • 244

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 245 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 246 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 247 North Devon Driving School

  • 248

    Building works
  • 249 For crying out loud!

  • 250 It really was the 'last time'

  • 251 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 252 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 253 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 254 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 255 Penny for the guy

  • 256 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 257 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 258 New civic medallions

  • 259 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 260 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 261 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 262 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 263 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 264

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 265

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 266 New Lundy stamps

  • 267 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 268 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 269 Riverside mystery

  • 270 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 271 What's the time?

  • 272 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 273 Torrington in 1967

  • 274 Ten year old scrambler

  • 275 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 276 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 277 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 278 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 279 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 280 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 281 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 282 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

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

  • 284 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 285 Capers on the cobbles

  • 286 Hartland Dancers
  • 287 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 288 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 289 Warmington's garage ad

  • 290 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 291 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 292 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 293 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 294 Centenary of Gazette

  • 295 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 296 School's link with cargo ship

  • 297 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 298 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 299 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 300 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 301 Burnard family reunion

  • 302 Ships at Bideford

  • 303 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 304

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 305 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 306 End of the line

  • 307 Northam's almshouse

  • 308 Happy Days!

  • 309 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 310 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

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

  • 312

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 313 Northam footballers of the future

  • 314 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 315

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 316 River scenes that enchant the visitors

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

  • 318 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 319

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 320 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 321 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 322 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 323 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 324 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 325 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 326 Artisans' Club

  • 327 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 328 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 329 Revenge in style

  • 330 Torrington's new amenity

  • 331 Picking the pops

  • 332 A roof-top view - where?

  • 333 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 334 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 335 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 336 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 337 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 338 Picking the pops

  • 339 Pannier Market's future?

  • 340 Parkham plan realised

  • 341 Decontrol of meat

  • 342 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 343

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 344 Off on a great adventure

  • 345 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 346 No ancient Grecian temple this

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

  • 348 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 349 Can spring be far away?

  • 350 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 351 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 352 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 353 Simple Item 138
  • 354 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 355 New look in the hayfields

  • 356 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

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

  • 358 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 359 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 360 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 361 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 362 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 363 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 364 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 365 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 366 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 367 Hartland postman retires

  • 368 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 369 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 370 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 371 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 372 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 373 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 374 Cruising down the river

  • 375 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 376 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 377 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 378 New life for Hartland organ

  • 379 No laughing matter

  • 380 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 381 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 382 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 383 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 384 A lost Bideford 'island'

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    Close associations with North Devon
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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New Fire Engine Christened 'Kipling' 23 August 1938

New Fire Engine Christened 'Kipling' 23 August 1938

New Fire Engine Christened Kipling 23 August 1938

Fire Brigade & Fires.  Bideford's new fire engine was christened 'Kipling'.  Mr WJ Pillman; Mr WC Friendship; Rev AE Green; Mr JC Hilton; Chief Officer C Morris; Chief Officer Southcombe; Chief Officer Holwill; Chief Officer Brown; Messrs Merryweather; Messrs Heard Bros

New Fire Engine 18 January 1938

New Fire Engine 18 January 1938

New Fire Engine 18 January 1938

Fire Brigade & Fires.  Decision to purchase a new Merryweather Fire Engine, the cost not to exceed £1,200. Mr T Burton; Mr W Harris; Mr WC Friendship; Mr C Morris (Chief Fire Officer); Mr CT Braddick; Mr and Mrs Satchwell; Mr WH Sanders; HW Greenwood (Mayor of Bideford); WH Chubb; JC Hilton; J Heywood; WJ Pillman; AR Allin

Fire Brigade & Fires

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