• 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 Twenty-one yachts

  • 2 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 3 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 4 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 5 Clovelly nightmare

  • 6 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 7

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 8 Some 240 exhibits

  • 9 Hartland Dancers
  • 10 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 11 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 12 Littleham family's five generations

  • 13 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 14 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

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

  • 16 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 17

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 18 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 19 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 20 Simple Item 138
  • 21 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 22 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 23 Riverside mystery

  • 24 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 25 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 26 Hartland postman retires

  • 27

    Married in 1908
  • 28 Burnard family reunion

  • 29 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 30

    Bidefordians
  • 31 Loads of black and white

  • 32 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 33 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 34 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 35 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 36 Circus comes to town

  • 37 Pannier Market's future?

  • 38 Puppet characters introduced

  • 39 New civic medallions

  • 40 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 41 Born 1883 - still going strong

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

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

  • 44 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 45 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 46 First ship in 8 years

  • 47 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 48 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 49 Torrington children build igloo
  • 50 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 51 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 52 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 53 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 54 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 55 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 56 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 57 Decontrol of meat

  • 58 A bird of their own!

  • 59 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 60 New addition to Quay front

  • 61 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 62 All for the love of a lady!

  • 63 New Post Office

  • 64 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 65 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 66

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 67 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 68 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 69 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 70 All aboard the ark

  • 71 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 72

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 73 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 74 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 75 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 76 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 77 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 78 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 79

    Exhibition of school work
  • 80 Off on a great adventure

  • 81 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 82 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 83 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 84 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 85

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 86 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 87 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 88 Life begins at 80

  • 89 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 90 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 91 A story to tell!

  • 92 Jumble sale fever

  • 93 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 94 Out of puff!

  • 95 Emergency ferry services

  • 96 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 97 Northam's almshouse

  • 98 Ten year old scrambler

  • 99 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 100 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 101 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 102 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 103 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 104 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 105 Picking the pops

  • 106 New art gallery opened

  • 107 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 108 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 109 It really was the 'last time'

  • 110 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 111 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 112 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 113 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 114 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 115

    First prize
  • 116 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 117 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 118 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 119 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 120 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 121 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 122 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 123

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 124 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 125 Devil sent packing

  • 126 Weare Giffard potato

  • 127 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 128 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 129 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 130 Waldon Triplets
  • 131

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 132 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 133 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 134 Private home for public pump

  • 135 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 136 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 137 Penny for the guy

  • 138 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 139 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 140 New look in the hayfields

  • 141 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 142 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 143 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 144 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 145 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 146 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 147 In their new robes and hats

  • 148 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 149 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

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

  • 151 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 152 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 153 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 154 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 155 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 156 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 157 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 158

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 159 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 160 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 161 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 162 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 163 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 164 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 165 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 166 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 167 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 168 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 169 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 170 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 171 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 172 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 173 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 174 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 175 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 176 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 177

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 178 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 179 Torrington's new amenity

  • 180 When horses score over the tractor

  • 181

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 182 Can spring be far away?

  • 183 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 184 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 185 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 186 New choral society's growing response

  • 187 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 188 Service with a smile

  • 189 Northam footballers of the future

  • 190 What's the time?

  • 191 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 192 A man and his wheel

  • 193 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 194 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 195 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 196 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 197 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 198 Last train from Torrington

  • 199

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 200 Six footed lamb

  • 201 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 202 Train returns to Westleigh straight

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

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

  • 205 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 206 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 207 New shipyard on schedule

  • 208 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 209 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 210 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 211 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

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

  • 213 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 214 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 215 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 216 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 217 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 218

    Building works
  • 219 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 220 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 221 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 222 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 223 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 224 Just over a year old

  • 225

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 226 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 227 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 228 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 229 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 230 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 231 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 232 113 years at Instow

  • 233

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 234 Centenary of Gazette

  • 235 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 236 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 237 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 238

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 239 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 240 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 241 Appledore's largest

  • 242 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

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    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 244

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 245 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 246 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 247 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 248 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 249 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 250 For crying out loud!

  • 251 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 252 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 253 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 254 So this is the mainland!

  • 255

    Was a missionary
  • 256 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 257 Mobile missionary

  • 258 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 259 No laughing matter

  • 260 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 261 Variety in summer weather

  • 262 Clovelly custom

  • 263 By pony and trap to market

  • 264 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 265 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 266 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

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    New gateway
  • 268 New Lundy stamps

  • 269 North Devon Driving School

  • 270 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 271 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 272 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 273 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 274 Spray dodging - the new pastime

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    Relatives all over the world
  • 276 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 277 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 278 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 279 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 280 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

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

  • 282 New life for Hartland organ

  • 283 The Geneva marionettes

  • 284

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 285 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 286 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 287 Finished in 1876

  • 288 Picking the pops

  • 289 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 290 Bridging the stream

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

  • 292 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 293 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 294

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 295 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 296 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 297 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 298 End of the line

  • 299 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 300 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

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

  • 302 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 303

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 304

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 305 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 306 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 307 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 308 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 309 Warmington's garage ad

  • 310 Holiday scene near Sandymere

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

  • 312 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 313 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 314 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 315 Police station view of Bideford

  • 316 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 317 Sight of a lifetime

  • 318 Bideford loses training ship

  • 319 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 320 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 321 Bideford regatta

  • 322 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 323 Some mushroom!

  • 324 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 325 No sale of Springfield House

  • 326 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 327 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 328 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 329 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 330 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 331 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 332 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 333 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 334 School's link with cargo ship

  • 335 The art of the thatcher

  • 336 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 337

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 338

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 339 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 340 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 341 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 342 Cruising down the river

  • 343 Capers on the cobbles

  • 344 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 345 They are parted pro-tem

  • 346 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 347 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 348 A roof-top view - where?

  • 349 School crossing patrol begins

  • 350 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 351 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 352

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 353 Hartland's invitation

  • 354 Parkham plan realised

  • 355 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 356 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 357 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 358 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 359 Happy Days!

  • 360 Artisans' Club

  • 361 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 362 Peter poses for TV film

  • 363 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 364 Modern living at Bideford

  • 365 Traditions and skills still there

  • 366 Bideford computer stars

  • 367 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 368

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 369 Up-to-date Bideford!

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

  • 371 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 372 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 373 Revenge in style

  • 374 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 375 Torrington in 1967

  • 376 Ships at Bideford

  • 377 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 378 Recognise this resort?

  • 379 He beat the floods

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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 381 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 382 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 383 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 384 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 385 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
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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Golf club to negotiate 26th August 1960

Golf club to negotiate 26th August 1960

golf club to negotiate

At the annual meeting of the Royal North Devon Golf Club the following resolution was unanimously passed with regard to its lease, as Lords of the Manor of Northam Burrows.

Northam Council first enquired of the Lords of the Manor (appointed by the Golf Club) in July 1959 whether the Club was interested in assigning the residue of its lease to the Council to enable them to exercise some measure of control over the Northam Burrows.  The lease has 10 years to run to complete its 200 years' term.  Mr John Phillips, is one of the Lords of the Manor.

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