• 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 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

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    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 3 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 4 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 5 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 6 Bideford computer stars

  • 7 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 8 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 9 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 10 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 11 Ships at Bideford

  • 12

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 13 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 14 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 15 Sweets derationing

  • 16 Just over a year old

  • 17 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 18 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 19 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 20 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 21 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 22 Picking the pops

  • 23 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 24 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 25 Waldon Triplets
  • 26 Weare Giffard potato

  • 27 Hartland's invitation

  • 28 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 29 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 30 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 31 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 32 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 33 Variety in summer weather

  • 34 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 35 New choral society's growing response

  • 36 Northam footballers of the future

  • 37 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 38 Pannier Market's future?

  • 39 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 40 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 41 First ship in 8 years

  • 42 North Devon Driving School

  • 43 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 44 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 45 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 46 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 47 Last train from Torrington

  • 48 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 49 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 50 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 51 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 52 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 53 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 54 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 55 A bird of their own!

  • 56 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 57 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 58 113 years at Instow

  • 59 Loads of black and white

  • 60 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 61 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 62 Twenty-one yachts

  • 63 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 64 End of the line

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

  • 66 New look in the hayfields

  • 67 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 68 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 69 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 70 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 71 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 72 Sooty is quick on the draw

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

  • 74 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 75 Centenary of Gazette

  • 76

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 77 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 78 All for the love of a lady!

  • 79 He beat the floods

  • 80 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 81

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 82 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 83 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 84 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 85 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 86 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 87

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 88 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 89 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 90 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 91

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 92 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 93 When horses score over the tractor

  • 94 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 95 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 96

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 97

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 98 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 99 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 100 New life for Hartland organ

  • 101 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 102 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 103 New Lundy stamps

  • 104 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 105

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 106

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 107 Warmington's garage ad

  • 108 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 109 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 110 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 111 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 112 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 113 New addition to Quay front

  • 114 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 115

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 116

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 117 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

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

  • 119 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 120 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 121 Ten year old scrambler

  • 122 Northam's almshouse

  • 123 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 124 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 125 Private home for public pump

  • 126 Some 240 exhibits

  • 127 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 128 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 129 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 130 Happy Days!

  • 131 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 132 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 133 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 134 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 135 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 136 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 137 New shipyard on schedule

  • 138 Hartland Dancers
  • 139 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 140 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 141

    New gateway
  • 142 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 143 New civic medallions

  • 144 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 145 Emergency ferry services

  • 146 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 147

    Bidefordians
  • 148 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 149 A story to tell!

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

  • 151 Circus comes to town

  • 152 Clovelly custom

  • 153

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 154 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 155

    Building works
  • 156 Finished in 1876

  • 157 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 158

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 159 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 160 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 161

    Exhibition of school work
  • 162 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 163 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 164 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 165 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 166 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 167 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 168 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 169

    Was a missionary
  • 170 Out of puff!

  • 171 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 172 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 173 Puppet characters introduced

  • 174 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 175 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 176 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 177 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 178 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 179 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 180 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 181 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 182 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 183 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 184 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 185 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 186 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 187 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 188 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 189 Riverside mystery

  • 190 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 191

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 192 Filming at Hartland

  • 193 Hartland postman retires

  • 194 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 195 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 196

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 197 Penny for the guy

  • 198 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 199 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 200 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 201 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 202 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 203 Torrington in 1967

  • 204 Traditions and skills still there

  • 205 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 206 Off on a great adventure

  • 207 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 208 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 209 From Bobby to Brian

  • 210 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 211 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 212 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 213 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 214 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 215 By pony and trap to market

  • 216 Recognise this resort?

  • 217 The art of the thatcher

  • 218 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 219 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 220

    Relatives all over the world
  • 221 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 222 A man and his wheel

  • 223 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

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

  • 225 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 226 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 227 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 228 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 229 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 230 Six footed lamb

  • 231 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 232 Capers on the cobbles

  • 233 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 234 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 235 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 236 Cruising down the river

  • 237 The Geneva marionettes

  • 238 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 239 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

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

  • 241 Modern living at Bideford

  • 242 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 243 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 244 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 245 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 246

    Married in 1908
  • 247 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 248 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 249 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 250 They are parted pro-tem

  • 251 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

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

  • 253 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 254 Torrington children build igloo
  • 255 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 256 Sight of a lifetime

  • 257 Police station view of Bideford

  • 258

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 259 Life begins at 80

  • 260 A roof-top view - where?

  • 261 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 262 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 263 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 264 Simple Item 138
  • 265 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 266 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 267 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 268 Parkham plan realised

  • 269 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 270 What's the time?

  • 271 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 272 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

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

  • 274 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 276 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 277 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 278 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 279 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 280 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 281 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 282 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 283 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 284 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 285 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 286 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 287 Burnard family reunion

  • 288 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 289 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

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    First prize
  • 291 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 292 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 293 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 294 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 295 It really was the 'last time'

  • 296 No sale of Springfield House

  • 297 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 298 Decontrol of meat

  • 299 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 300 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

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

  • 302 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 303 No laughing matter

  • 304 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 305 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 306 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 307 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 308 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 309 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 310 Floral dancing at Appledore

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    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 312 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 313 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 314 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 315 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 316

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 317 Littleham family's five generations

  • 318 So this is the mainland!

  • 319 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 320 The cab at the corner>
  • 321 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 322 Appledore's largest

  • 323 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 324 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 325 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 326 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 327 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 328

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 329 All aboard the ark

  • 330 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 331 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 332 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 333 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 334 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

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

  • 336 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 337 Can spring be far away?

  • 338 New Post Office

  • 339 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 340 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 341 Service with a smile

  • 342 Torrington's new amenity

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

  • 344 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 345 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 346 Mobile missionary

  • 347 Bideford loses training ship

  • 348 New art gallery opened

  • 349 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 350 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 351 For crying out loud!

  • 352 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 353 School crossing patrol begins

  • 354 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 355 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 356 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 357

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 358 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 359 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 360 School's link with cargo ship

  • 361 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 362 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 363 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 364 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 365 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 366 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 367

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 368 Artisans' Club

  • 369 In their new robes and hats

  • 370 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 371 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 372 Jumble sale fever

  • 373 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 374 Bridging the stream

  • 375 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 376 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 377 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 378 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 379 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

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

  • 381 Picking the pops

  • 382 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 383 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 384 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 385 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 386 Devil sent packing

  • 387 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 388 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 389 Some mushroom!

  • 390 Peter poses for TV film

  • 391

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 392 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 393 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 394 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 395 Revenge in style

  • 396 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 397 Mural in the whimsical fashion

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

  • 399 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 400 Bideford regatta

  • 401 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 402

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 403 East-the-Water's call for new school

  • 404 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 405 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 406 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 407 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 408 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 409 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 410 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 411 Clovelly nightmare

  • 412 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 413 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

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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