Welcome to the Bideford & District Community Archive
...The Gazette Newspaper 1856 onwards.
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Welcome to the Bideford & District Community Archive
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Veterans of the green
Olympic Games recalled at Bideford
Northam coach-building industry
Pannier market attraction at Bideford
Strand's 10th birthday
'Cries of old Appledore'
Final meeting of Guardians
Work of three centuries commemorated
Lorry crashes into Bideford shop window
Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
The young smith of Abbotsham>
Meredith and Son ad.>
Dustmen of the days of yore>
Blanchards ad.>
Gateways with rhymes>
Over the bank together>
Caught in the act>
Braddicks furniture ad.>
Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
Found the answer waiting for him>
Coronation Medal Presented on June 22nd 1911 Learn More
The Hoops Inn close to Peppercombe Beach
Appledore Quay where Taw and Torridge Rivers meet
1966Trapnell Brothers meet in Golf Final
The rare, perhaps unique, instance of two brothers as finalists...
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1945One of the "Old School"
Mr "Jack" Cornish retires after 40 years with the "Gazette", at the age of 75...
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1948Where Bideford Rope-Makers Walked
From the photograph most readers will immediately recognise the Strand...
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May 1st, 1928
The annual show will be held at the Sports Ground, Bideford on Wednesday, June 27th when prizes to the amount of about £250 and 6 silver cups, plate and silver medals will be competed for.
April 2nd, 1971
Bideford harbour master's salary has not been increased for 20 years, Ald. R. D. D. Birdwood told the Town Council. And because of harbour finances, no application had been made by the official.
April 3rd, 1945
Tuesday, White Hart Hotel, Launceston, (April 3rd) Martyn's Shoe Shop, Chapel Street, Holsworthy, To-morrow, Wednesday (April 4th) The Royal & Fortescue Hotel, Barnstaple (April 6th) At Friendship's Cafe, Bideford (tel. 236) On Saturday, April 7thConsultations from 11am to 5pm
November 3rd, 1978
will be open on The Quay, outside of Bideford Amateur Rowing Club, by the Mayor and Chairman of Torridge District Council at 11amon Friday, November 10.
May 6th, 1960
For 57 years a resident of Clovelly, where he kept a gift, art and souvenir shop for 56 years, Mr George Stephen Reilly, of 'Hearemai' Westward Ho! has died at the age of 77.
Businessman and Ex-Mayor - Death of Mr Hobart Braddick
July 14th, 1961
One of the leading businessmen in North Devon and one whose enterprise and public service found notable expression in Bideford district, Mr. George Hobart Braddick, of "Three Elms," Northam, died in hospital on Wednesday.
