• 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 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

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    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 3 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 4 Some 240 exhibits

  • 5 Artisans' Club

  • 6 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 7 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 8 Bridging the stream

  • 9 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 10 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 11 New addition to Quay front

  • 12 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 13 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 14 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 15 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 16 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 17 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 18 Capers on the cobbles

  • 19

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 20 Penny for the guy

  • 21 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 22 Service with a smile

  • 23 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 24 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 25 Modern living at Bideford

  • 26 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 27 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 28 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 29 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 30

    Married in 1908
  • 31 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 32 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 33 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 34 He beat the floods

  • 35 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 36 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 37 Peter poses for TV film

  • 38 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 39 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 40 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 41 Six footed lamb

  • 42 First ship in 8 years

  • 43 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 44 Just over a year old

  • 45 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 46 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

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

  • 48 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 49 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 50 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 51 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 52 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 53 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 54 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 55 A man and his wheel

  • 56 Some mushroom!

  • 57

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 58 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 59 Torrington in 1967

  • 60 Decontrol of meat

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

  • 62 New art gallery opened

  • 63

    Bidefordians
  • 64 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 65 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 66

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 67 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 68 Ten year old scrambler

  • 69 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 70 Life begins at 80

  • 71 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 72 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

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

  • 74 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 75 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 76 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 77 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 78 Parkham plan realised

  • 79 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 80 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 81 The art of the thatcher

  • 82 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 83 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 84 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 85

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 86 Torrington's new amenity

  • 87 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 88

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 89

    New gateway
  • 90 Bideford computer stars

  • 91 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 92 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 93 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 94 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 95 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 96 Sight of a lifetime

  • 97 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 98 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 99 Bideford loses training ship

  • 100 What's the time?

  • 101 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 102 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 103 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 104 Picking the pops

  • 105 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 106 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 107 New shipyard on schedule

  • 108 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 109 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 110 Ships at Bideford

  • 111 Variety in summer weather

  • 112 Torrington children build igloo
  • 113 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 114 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 115 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 116 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 117 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 118 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

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

  • 120 Buckland goes to County Show

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

  • 122 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 123 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 124 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 125 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 126 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 127 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 128 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 129 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 130 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 131 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 132

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 133 New Post Office

  • 134 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 135 Centenary of Gazette

  • 136 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 137 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 138 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 139 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 140 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 141 Finished in 1876

  • 142 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 143 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 144 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 145

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 146 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 147

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 148 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 149 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 150 Clovelly custom

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

  • 152 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 153 New civic medallions

  • 154

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 155 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 156 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 157 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 158

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 159 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 160 A story to tell!

  • 161 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 162 Northam's almshouse

  • 163 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 164 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 165 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 166 School crossing patrol begins

  • 167 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 168 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 169 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 170 Can spring be far away?

  • 171 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 172 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 173 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 174 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 175

    Building works
  • 176 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 177 Happy Days!

  • 178 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 179

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 180 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 181 The Geneva marionettes

  • 182 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 183

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 184 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 185 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 186 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 187 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 188 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 189 Making way for the double-deckers

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

  • 191 Hartland Dancers
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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 193 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 194

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 195 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 196 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 197 New choral society's growing response

  • 198 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 199 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 200 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 201 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 202 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 203

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 204 In their new robes and hats

  • 205 School's link with cargo ship

  • 206 Appledore's largest

  • 207 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 208 Loads of black and white

  • 209 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 210 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 211 Hartland postman retires

  • 212 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 213 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 214

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 215 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 216 Last train from Torrington

  • 217 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 218 Revenge in style

  • 219 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 220 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 221 Hartland's invitation

  • 222 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 223 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 224 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 225 Burnard family reunion

  • 226 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 227 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 228 Littleham family's five generations

  • 229 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 230 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 231 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 232 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 233 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 234 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 235 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 236 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 237 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 238 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 239 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 240 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 241 Clovelly nightmare

  • 242 For crying out loud!

  • 243 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 244 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 245 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 246 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 247

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 248 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 249 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 250 113 years at Instow

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

  • 252 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 253 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 254 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 255 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 256 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 257

    Relatives all over the world
  • 258 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 259

    Was a missionary
  • 260 Recognise this resort?

  • 261 A bird of their own!

  • 262 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 263 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 264 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 265

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 266

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 267 Waldon Triplets
  • 268 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 269 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 270 Off on a great adventure

  • 271 New look in the hayfields

  • 272 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 273 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 274 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

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

  • 276 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 277

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 278 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 279 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 280 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 281 Police station view of Bideford

  • 282 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

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

  • 284 Twenty-one yachts

  • 285 End of the line

  • 286 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 287 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 288 New life for Hartland organ

  • 289 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 290 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 291 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 292 It really was the 'last time'

  • 293 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 294 No laughing matter

  • 295 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 296 They are parted pro-tem

  • 297 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 298 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 299 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 300 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 301 Northam footballers of the future

  • 302 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 303 All aboard the ark

  • 304 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 305 Warmington's garage ad

  • 306 Puppet characters introduced

  • 307 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 308 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 309 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 310 Mobile missionary

  • 311 Circus comes to town

  • 312 By pony and trap to market

  • 313 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 314 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 315 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 316 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 317 Pannier Market's future?

  • 318 All for the love of a lady!

  • 319 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 320 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 321 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 322 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 323 Simple Item 138
  • 324 Picking the pops

  • 325

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 326 East-the-Water's call for new school

  • 327 Devil sent packing

  • 328 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 329 When horses score over the tractor

  • 330 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 331 Riverside mystery

  • 332

    Exhibition of school work
  • 333 A roof-top view - where?

  • 334 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 335 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 336 Jumble sale fever

  • 337 Traditions and skills still there

  • 338 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 339 New Lundy stamps

  • 340 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 341 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 342 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 343 So this is the mainland!

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

  • 345 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 346 Private home for public pump

  • 347 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 348 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 349 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 350 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 351 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 352 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 353 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 354 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 355 Cruising down the river

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

  • 357 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 358 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 359 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 360 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 361 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 362 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 363 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 364 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 365 Weare Giffard potato

  • 366 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 367 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 368 Out of puff!

  • 369

    First prize
  • 370 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 371 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

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    Cadets are given certificates
  • 373 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 374 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 375 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 376

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 377 Emergency ferry services

  • 378

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 379 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 380 North Devon Driving School

  • 381 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 382 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 383 No sale of Springfield House

  • 384 Bideford regatta

  • 385 Farewell to passenger trains

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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