• 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 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 2 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 3 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 4 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 5 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 6 End of the line

  • 7 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 8 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 9 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 10 School's link with cargo ship

  • 11 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 12 Jumble sale fever

  • 13 All for the love of a lady!

  • 14 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 15 He beat the floods

  • 16 Picking the pops

  • 17 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 18 Northam's almshouse

  • 19 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 20 Capers on the cobbles

  • 21 Ships at Bideford

  • 22 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 23 Penny for the guy

  • 24 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 25

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 26 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 27 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 28 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 29 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 30 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 31 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 32 Out of puff!

  • 33 Hartland Dancers
  • 34 New Lundy stamps

  • 35 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 36

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 37 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 38 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 39 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 40 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 41 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 42 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 43 New Post Office

  • 44 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 45 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 46 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 47 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 48 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 49 Bideford computer stars

  • 50 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 51 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 52 Pannier Market's future?

  • 53 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 54 Bideford loses training ship

  • 55 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 56 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 57 Peter poses for TV film

  • 58 Torrington in 1967

  • 59 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 60 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 61 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 62 Service with a smile

  • 63 Private home for public pump

  • 64 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 65

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 66 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 67 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 68 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 69 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 70 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

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

  • 72 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 73 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 74 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 75 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 76 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 77 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 78 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 79 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 80 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 81 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 82 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 83 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 84 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 85 Six footed lamb

  • 86 Weare Giffard potato

  • 87 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

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

  • 89

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 90 Can spring be far away?

  • 91 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 92 Emergency ferry services

  • 93 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 94 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 95 Hartland's invitation

  • 96

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 97 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 98 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 99 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 100 New art gallery opened

  • 101 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 102 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 103 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 104 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 105 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 106 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 107 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 108 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 109 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 110 Loads of black and white

  • 111 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 112 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 113 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 114 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 115 Ten year old scrambler

  • 116 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 117 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 118 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 119 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 120 So this is the mainland!

  • 121 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 122 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 123 The art of the thatcher

  • 124 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 125 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 126 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 127

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 128 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 129 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 130 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 131 Clovelly custom

  • 132 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 133 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 134 Devil sent packing

  • 135 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 136 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 137 Northam footballers of the future

  • 138

    New gateway
  • 139 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 140 They are parted pro-tem

  • 141 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 142 Torrington children build igloo
  • 143 Some mushroom!

  • 144 A roof-top view - where?

  • 145 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

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

  • 147 Life begins at 80

  • 148 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 149 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 150

    Building works
  • 151 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 152 Sight of a lifetime

  • 153 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 154 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 155 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 156 When horses score over the tractor

  • 157 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 158 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 159 By pony and trap to market

  • 160 New addition to Quay front

  • 161 Dismantling of wireless mast

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

  • 163 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 164 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 165 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 166 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 167 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 168 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 169 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 170 Happy Days!

  • 171 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

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

  • 173 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 174

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 175

    Exhibition of school work
  • 176

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 177 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 178 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 179 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 180 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 181 Waldon Triplets
  • 182 Grenville House for Bideford R.D.C.

  • 183 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 184 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 185 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 186 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 187 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 188 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 189 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 190 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 191 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 192 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 193 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 194 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 195 Torrington's new amenity

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

  • 197 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 198 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 199 Last of Bideford factory chimney

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

  • 201 School crossing patrol begins

  • 202 Finished in 1876

  • 203 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 204 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 205

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 206 Doing time - over 300 years of it - at Hartland

  • 207 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 208 Bridging the stream

  • 209

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 210 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 211

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 212

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 213 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 214 Police station view of Bideford

  • 215 All aboard the ark

  • 216 A story to tell!

  • 217 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 218 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 219 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 220 Littleham family's five generations

  • 221

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 222 Some 240 exhibits

  • 223 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 224 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 225 Burnard family reunion

  • 226 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 227

    Married in 1908
  • 228 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 229 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 230 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 231 Clovelly nightmare

  • 232 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 233 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 234 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 235 Parkham plan realised

  • 236 The Geneva marionettes

  • 237 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 238 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 239 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 240 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 241

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 242 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 243 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 244 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 245 First ship in 8 years

  • 246 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 247 Bideford regatta

  • 248 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 249 113 years at Instow

  • 250 Twenty-one yachts

  • 251 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 252 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 253 Mobile missionary

  • 254 Variety in summer weather

  • 255 Recognise this resort?

  • 256

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 257 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 258 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 259 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 260 What's the time?

  • 261

    Was a missionary
  • 262 New civic medallions

  • 263 Traditions and skills still there

  • 264

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 265 Revenge in style

  • 266

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 267 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 268

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 269 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 270 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 271 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 272 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 273 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 274 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 275 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 276 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 277 No laughing matter

  • 278 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 279 Puppet characters introduced

  • 280 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 281 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 282 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 283 Warmington's garage ad

  • 284 No sale of Springfield House

  • 285 Artisans' Club

  • 286 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 287 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 288 Just over a year old

  • 289 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 290 Last train from Torrington

  • 291 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 292 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 293 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 294 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 295 North Devon Driving School

  • 296 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 297 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 298 Hartland postman retires

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

  • 300 New look in the hayfields

  • 301 A man and his wheel

  • 302 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 303 Centenary of Gazette

  • 304 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 305 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 306 Decontrol of meat

  • 307 New shipyard on schedule

  • 308 Simple Item 138
  • 309 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

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    Relatives all over the world
  • 311 Cruising down the river

  • 312 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 313 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 314 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 315 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

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

  • 317 New choral society's growing response

  • 318 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 319 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 320 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 321 Off on a great adventure

  • 322 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 323 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 324 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 325 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 326 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

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

  • 328 A bird of their own!

  • 329 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 330 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 331 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 332 Circus comes to town

  • 333 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 334 New life for Hartland organ

  • 335 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 336 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 337 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 338 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 339 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

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    First prize
  • 341 Appledore's largest

  • 342

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 343 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 344 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 345

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 346 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 347 Revived market off to splendid start

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

  • 349 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 350 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 351 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 352 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 353 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 354 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 355 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 356 Modern living at Bideford

  • 357 Picking the pops

  • 358

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 359 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 360

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 361 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 362 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 363 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 364 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 365 In their new robes and hats

  • 366 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 368 It really was the 'last time'

  • 369 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 370 Designed and made in Bideford

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    Bidefordians
  • 372

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 373 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 374 For crying out loud!

  • 375 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 376 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 377 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 378 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 379 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

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    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 381 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 382 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 383 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 384 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 385 Riverside mystery

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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