• 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 Some 240 exhibits

  • 2 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 3 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 4 Riverside mystery

  • 5 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 6 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 7 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 8 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 9 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 10 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 11 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 12

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 13 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 14 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 15

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 16 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 17 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 18 New choral society's growing response

  • 19 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 20

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 21 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 22 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 23 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 24 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 25 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 26 Simple Item 138
  • 27 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 28

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 29

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 30 Ten year old scrambler

  • 31 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 32 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 33 Finished in 1876

  • 34 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 35 Sight of a lifetime

  • 36 A story to tell!

  • 37 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 38 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 39 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 40 It really was the 'last time'

  • 41 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 42 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 43 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 44 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 45 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 46 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

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

  • 48

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

  • 50

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 51 When horses score over the tractor

  • 52 New art gallery opened

  • 53 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 54 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 55 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 56 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 57 Bideford regatta

  • 58 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 59 School's link with cargo ship

  • 60 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 61 Can spring be far away?

  • 62 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 63 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 64 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 65

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 66 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 67

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 68 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 69 Circus comes to town

  • 70 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 71 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

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

  • 73

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 74 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 75 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 76 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 77 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 78 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 79 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 80 Warmington's garage ad

  • 81 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 82 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 83 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 84 Torrington children build igloo
  • 85 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 86 Emergency ferry services

  • 87

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 88 Hartland postman retires

  • 89 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 90 School crossing patrol begins

  • 91 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 92 Modern living at Bideford

  • 93 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 94 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 95 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 96 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 97 New Lundy stamps

  • 98

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 99 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 100 No sale of Springfield House

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

  • 102 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 103 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 104 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 105 Pannier Market's future?

  • 106

    Married in 1908
  • 107 Littleham family's five generations

  • 108 End of the line

  • 109 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 110 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 111 Picking the pops

  • 112 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 113 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 114 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 115 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 116 Clovelly nightmare

  • 117 Off on a great adventure

  • 118 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 119 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 120 For crying out loud!

  • 121 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 122 Traditions and skills still there

  • 123 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 124 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 125 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 126 Torrington's new amenity

  • 127 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 128 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 129 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 130 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 131 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 132 North Devon Driving School

  • 133 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 134 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 135 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 136 Hartland's invitation

  • 137

    Building works
  • 138 They are parted pro-tem

  • 139 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 140 Police station view of Bideford

  • 141 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 142

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 143 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 144 Six footed lamb

  • 145 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 146 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 147 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 148 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 149

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 150 New civic medallions

  • 151 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 152

    Exhibition of school work
  • 153 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 154 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 155 By pony and trap to market

  • 156 Twenty-one yachts

  • 157 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 158 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 159 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 160 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 161 Just over a year old

  • 162 All for the love of a lady!

  • 163 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 164 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 165 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 166 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 167

    Was a missionary
  • 168 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 169 Peter poses for TV film

  • 170 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 171 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 172 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 173 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 174 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 175 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 176 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 177 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 178 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 179 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 180 No laughing matter

  • 181 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 182 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 183 First ship in 8 years

  • 184 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 185 Devil sent packing

  • 186 Revenge in style

  • 187 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 188 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 189 Service with a smile

  • 190 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 191 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 192 Decontrol of meat

  • 193 Capers on the cobbles

  • 194 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 195 Private home for public pump

  • 196 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 197 Torrington in 1967

  • 198 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 199 Last train from Torrington

  • 200 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 201 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 202 Colour TV salesman at eight

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

  • 204 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 205 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 206 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 207 Weare Giffard potato

  • 208

    New gateway
  • 209 Doing time - over 300 years of it - at Hartland

  • 210 He beat the floods

  • 211 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 212 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 213 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 214 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 215 Out of puff!

  • 216 Bideford computer stars

  • 217 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 218 113 years at Instow

  • 219

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 220 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 221 A roof-top view - where?

  • 222 Parkham plan realised

  • 223 New Post Office

  • 224 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 225 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 226 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 227

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 228 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 229 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 230 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 231 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 232 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 233 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 234

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 235 Clovelly custom

  • 236 New addition to Quay front

  • 237

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 238 Bideford loses training ship

  • 239

    First prize
  • 240 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 241 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 242

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 243

    Relatives all over the world
  • 244 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 245 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 246

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 247 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 248 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 249 What's the time?

  • 250 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 251 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 252

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 253 Northam footballers of the future

  • 254 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 255 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 256 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 257 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 258 New shipyard on schedule

  • 259 Northam's almshouse

  • 260 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 261 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 262 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 263 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 264 So this is the mainland!

  • 265 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 266 In their new robes and hats

  • 267 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 268 Burnard family reunion

  • 269 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 270 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 271 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 272 Variety in summer weather

  • 273 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 274 East-the-Water sets town an example

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

  • 276 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 277 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 278 Jumble sale fever

  • 279 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

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

  • 281 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 282 Penny for the guy

  • 283 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 284 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 285 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 286 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 287 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 288 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 289 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 290 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 291 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 292 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 293 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 294 Westward Ho! combined op

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    Bidefordians
  • 296 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 297 Appledore's largest

  • 298 Gloves fit for a king!

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

  • 300 Some mushroom!

  • 301 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 302 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 303 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 304 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 305 Loads of black and white

  • 306 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 307 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 308 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 309 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 310 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 311 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 312 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 313 Bridging the stream

  • 314 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 315 A bird of their own!

  • 316 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 317 The art of the thatcher

  • 318 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 319 New look in the hayfields

  • 320 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 321 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

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

  • 323 Picking the pops

  • 324

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 325 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 326 Recognise this resort?

  • 327 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 328 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 329 Centenary of Gazette

  • 330 Hartland Dancers
  • 331 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 332 Ships at Bideford

  • 333 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 334 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 335 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 336 All aboard the ark

  • 337 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 338 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 339 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 340 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 341 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 342 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 343 New life for Hartland organ

  • 344 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 345 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 346 Mobile missionary

  • 347 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 348

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 349 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 350 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 351 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 352 A man and his wheel

  • 353 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 354 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 355 Artisans' Club

  • 356 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 357 Cruising down the river

  • 358 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 359 Children's procession with foxgloves

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

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

  • 362 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 363 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 364 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 365 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 366 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 367 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 368 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 369 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 370 Happy Days!

  • 371 Waldon Triplets
  • 372 Life begins at 80

  • 373 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 374 The Geneva marionettes

  • 375 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 376 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 377 Puppet characters introduced

  • 378

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 379 Bideford - as Rowlandson saw it about 1810-15

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

  • 381 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 382 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 383 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 384

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 385 Ship-in-bottle world record

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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