• 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 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

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    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 3 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 4 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 5 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 6 Bideford computer stars

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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 8 New shipyard on schedule

  • 9 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 10 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 11 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 12 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 13 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 14

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 15

    Building works
  • 16

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 17 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 18 Hartland Dancers
  • 19 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 20 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 21 Just over a year old

  • 22 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 23 Twenty-one yachts

  • 24 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 25 Finished in 1876

  • 26

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 27 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 28 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 29 Appledore's largest

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    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 31 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 32 Littleham family's five generations

  • 33 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 34 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 35 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 36 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 37 Burnard family reunion

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    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 39 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 40 Modern living at Bideford

  • 41 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 42 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 43 Entente cordiale in Bideford

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    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 45 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 46 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 47 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 48 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 49 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 50 New addition to Quay front

  • 51 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 52 Some 240 exhibits

  • 53 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
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    Exhibition of school work
  • 55 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 56 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 57

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 58

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 59

    Was a missionary
  • 60 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 61 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 62 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 63 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 64 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

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    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 66 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 67 Wishing well is pixielated

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    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 69 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 70

    Married in 1908
  • 71

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 72 Students help model St Sidwell

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    Successful motor cycling team
  • 74 New Lundy stamps

  • 75 Waldon Triplets
  • 76 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 77 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 78

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 79 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 80

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 81 Clovelly nightmare

  • 82

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 83 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 84 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

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    Bidefordians
  • 86 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 87 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 88 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 89 Hartland postman retires

  • 90

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 91 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 92

    First prize
  • 93

    New gateway
  • 94

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 95

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 96 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 97

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 98 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 99 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 100

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 101

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 102 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 103 Artisans' Club

  • 104

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 105 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 106 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 107 Clovelly custom

  • 108 Devil sent packing

  • 109

    Relatives all over the world
  • 110

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 111 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 112 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 113 Jumble sale fever

  • 114 Torrington children build igloo
  • 115 Faints as she wins national competition

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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  • 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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  • 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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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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