• 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 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 2 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 3 School crossing patrol begins

  • 4 New look in the hayfields

  • 5 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 6 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 7

    Married in 1908
  • 8 Simple Item 138
  • 9 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 10 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 11 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 12 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 13 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 14

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 15 Some 240 exhibits

  • 16 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 17 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 18 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 19 They are parted pro-tem

  • 20 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 21 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 22 Parkham plan realised

  • 23 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 24 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 25 Ships at Bideford

  • 26 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 27 Jumble sale fever

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

  • 29 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 30 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 31 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 32 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 33 Revenge in style

  • 34 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 35 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 36

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 37 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 38 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 39 Mobile missionary

  • 40 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 41 Northam's almshouse

  • 42 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 43

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 44 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 45 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 46 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 47 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 48 Decontrol of meat

  • 49

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 50

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 51

    First prize
  • 52 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 53 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 54 Emergency ferry services

  • 55 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 56 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 57 New Post Office

  • 58 Bideford computer stars

  • 59 Peter poses for TV film

  • 60 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 61 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 62 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 63 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 64 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 65 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 66

    Relatives all over the world
  • 67

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 68 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 69 Private home for public pump

  • 70 First ship in 8 years

  • 71 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 72 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 73 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 74 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 75 Loads of black and white

  • 76 When horses score over the tractor

  • 77 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 78 New Lundy stamps

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

  • 80 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 81 He beat the floods

  • 82 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 83 Afternoon tea in the park

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

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

  • 86 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 87 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 88 Can spring be far away?

  • 89 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 90 Torrington in 1967

  • 91 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 92 For crying out loud!

  • 93 New addition to Quay front

  • 94 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 95 Riverside mystery

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

  • 97 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 98 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 99 All for the love of a lady!

  • 100 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 101 Police station view of Bideford

  • 102 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 103 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 104 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 105 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 106 Hartland's invitation

  • 107 End of the line

  • 108 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 109 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 110 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 111 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 112 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 113 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 114

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 115 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 116 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 117 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 118 Filming at Hartland

  • 119 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 120 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 121 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

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

  • 123 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 124 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 125 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 126 Finished in 1876

  • 127 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 128 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 129 In their new robes and hats

  • 130 The art of the thatcher

  • 131 Hartland Dancers
  • 132 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 133 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 134 113 years at Instow

  • 135 School's link with cargo ship

  • 136 Traditions and skills still there

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

  • 138 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 139 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 140 The cab at the corner>
  • 141 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 142 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 143 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 144

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 145 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 146 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 147 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 148 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 149 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 150 Getting up steam for tomorrow

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

  • 152 It really was the 'last time'

  • 153 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 154 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 155

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 156

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 157 No sale of Springfield House

  • 158

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 159 Cruising down the river

  • 160 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 161 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 162 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 163 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 164 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 165 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 166 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 167

    Exhibition of school work
  • 168 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 169 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 170 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 171 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 172 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 173 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 174

    Bidefordians
  • 175 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 176 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 177 Burnard family reunion

  • 178 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 179 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 180 Littleham family's five generations

  • 181 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 182 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 183 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 184 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 185 Clovelly nightmare

  • 186

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 187 All aboard the ark

  • 188 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 189 What's the time?

  • 190 Capers on the cobbles

  • 191 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 192

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 193

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 194 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 195 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 196 Recognise this resort?

  • 197 A roof-top view - where?

  • 198 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 199 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 200 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 201 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 202 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 203 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 204 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 205 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 206 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 207 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 208 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 209 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

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

  • 211 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 212 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 213 Up-to-date Bideford!

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

  • 215 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 216 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 217 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 218 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 219 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 220 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 221 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 222 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 223 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 224 New shipyard on schedule

  • 225

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 226 Open-air art exhibition by 'under 40' group

  • 227 Six footed lamb

  • 228

    Was a missionary
  • 229 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 230 Hartland postman retires

  • 231 Bideford loses training ship

  • 232 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 233 Last train from Torrington

  • 234 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 235 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 236 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 237 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 238 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 239 Warmington's garage ad

  • 240 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 241 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 242 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 243 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 244 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 245 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 246 Out of puff!

  • 247 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 248 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 249 Happy Days!

  • 250 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 251 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 252 Pannier Market's future?

  • 253 Life begins at 80

  • 254 Bridging the stream

  • 255 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

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

  • 257 Picking the pops

  • 258 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 259

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 260 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 261 Sight of a lifetime

  • 262 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 263 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 264 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 265 New art gallery opened

  • 266 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 267 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 268 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 269 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 270 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 271 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 272 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 273 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 274 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 275 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 276 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 277 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 278 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 279 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 280 Just over a year old

  • 281

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 282 Bideford - as Rowlandson saw it about 1810-15

  • 283 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 284 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 285 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 286 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 287 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 288 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 289 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 290 Off on a great adventure

  • 291 Penny for the guy

  • 292

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 293 New choral society's growing response

  • 294 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 295 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 296 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 297 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 298 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 299 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 300 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 301 By pony and trap to market

  • 302 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 303

    Building works
  • 304 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 305 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 306 Ten year old scrambler

  • 307 North Devon Driving School

  • 308 Bideford regatta

  • 309 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 310 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 311 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 312 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 313 Variety in summer weather

  • 314 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 315 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 316 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 317

    New gateway
  • 318 Sweets derationing

  • 319 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 320 New life for Hartland organ

  • 321 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 322 A story to tell!

  • 323 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 324 Devil sent packing

  • 325 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 326 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 327 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 328 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 329 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 330 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 331 A bird of their own!

  • 332 Torrington children build igloo
  • 333 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 334 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 335 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 336 Weare Giffard potato

  • 337 Waldon Triplets
  • 338 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 339 A man and his wheel

  • 340 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 341 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 342 Northam footballers of the future

  • 343 Modern living at Bideford

  • 344 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 345 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 346 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 347 So this is the mainland!

  • 348

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 349 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 350 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 351 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 352 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 353 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 354 Artisans' Club

  • 355 Service with a smile

  • 356 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 357 Picking the pops

  • 358 Clovelly custom

  • 359 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 360 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 361 New civic medallions

  • 362 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 363 East-the-Water sets town an example

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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 365 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 366 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 367 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 368 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 369 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 370 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 371 Some mushroom!

  • 372 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 373 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 374 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 375 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 376 Circus comes to town

  • 377 Puppet characters introduced

  • 378 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 379

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 380

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 381 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 382 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 383 From Bobby to Brian

  • 384 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 385 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 386 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 387 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 388 Torrington's new amenity

  • 389 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 390 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 391 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 392 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 393 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 394 No laughing matter

  • 395

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 396 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 397 The Geneva marionettes

  • 398 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 399

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 400 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 401 Appledore's largest

  • 402 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 403 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 404 Twenty-one yachts

  • 405

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 406 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 407 Centenary of Gazette

  • 408 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 409 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 410 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 411 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 412 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 413 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

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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