• 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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    Was a missionary
  • 2 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 3 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 4 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 5 New Lundy stamps

  • 6 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 7 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 8 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 9 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 10 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 11 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

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    Close associations with North Devon
  • 13 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 14 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 15 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 16 Clovelly custom

  • 17 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 18 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 19 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 20 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 21 Variety in summer weather

  • 22 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 23 New art gallery opened

  • 24 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 25 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

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

  • 27 Recognise this resort?

  • 28 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 29 School's link with cargo ship

  • 30 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 31 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 32 Last train from Torrington

  • 33 When horses score over the tractor

  • 34 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 35

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 36 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 37 Appledore's largest

  • 38 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 39 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 40 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 41 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 42 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 43 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 44 Mobile missionary

  • 45 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 46 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 47 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 48 In their new robes and hats

  • 49 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 50 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 51 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 52 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 53

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 54 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 55 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 56 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 57 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 58 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 59 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 60 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 61 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 62 Picking the pops

  • 63 Hartland Dancers
  • 64 Bideford loses training ship

  • 65

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 66 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 67 Ten year old scrambler

  • 68

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 69 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 70 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 71

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 72 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

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

  • 74 Can spring be far away?

  • 75 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 76 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 77 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 78

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 79

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 80 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 81 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 82 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 83

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 84 No laughing matter

  • 85 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 86 Devil sent packing

  • 87 By pony and trap to market

  • 88 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 89 The art of the thatcher

  • 90 Sweets derationing

  • 91

    Bidefordians
  • 92 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 93 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 94 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 95 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 96 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 97

    Relatives all over the world
  • 98 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 99 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 100 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 101 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 102 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 103 Centenary of Gazette

  • 104 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 105 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 106 New civic medallions

  • 107 North Devon Driving School

  • 108 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 109 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 110 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 111 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 112 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 113

    First prize
  • 114 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 115 Off on a great adventure

  • 116 First ship in 8 years

  • 117 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 118 Parkham plan realised

  • 119 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 120 Picking the pops

  • 121 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 122 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 123 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 124 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 125 Some mushroom!

  • 126 No sale of Springfield House

  • 127 113 years at Instow

  • 128

    Married in 1908
  • 129 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 130 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 131 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 132 Puppet characters introduced

  • 133 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 134 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 135 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 136 Filming at Hartland

  • 137 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 138 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 139 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 140 Revenge in style

  • 141 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 142 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 143 Burnard family reunion

  • 144 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 145 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 146 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 147 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 148 For crying out loud!

  • 149 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 150 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 151 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 152 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 153 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 154 Waldon Triplets
  • 155 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 156 A story to tell!

  • 157 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 158 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 159 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 160 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 161 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 162 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 163 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 164 Northam's almshouse

  • 165 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 166 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 167 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 168 Liked holidays here - so starts business

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

  • 170 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 171 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 172 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 173 Torrington's new amenity

  • 174 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 175 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 176 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 177 Out of puff!

  • 178 Pannier Market's future?

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

  • 180 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 181 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 182 Finished in 1876

  • 183 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 184 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 185 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 186 Just over a year old

  • 187 Hartland's invitation

  • 188 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 189 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 190 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 191 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 192 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 193 A bird of their own!

  • 194 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 195 All aboard the ark

  • 196 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 197 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 198 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 199 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 200 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 201 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 202 Cruising down the river

  • 203 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 204

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 205 Torrington in 1967

  • 206 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 207 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 208 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 209 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 210

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 211 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 212 From Bobby to Brian

  • 213 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 214 End of the line

  • 215 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 216 What's the time?

  • 217 Peter poses for TV film

  • 218 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 219 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 220 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 221 Private home for public pump

  • 222 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 223 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 224 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

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

  • 226 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 227

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 228 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 229 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 230 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 231 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 232

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 233 A roof-top view - where?

  • 234 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 235 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 236 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 237

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 238 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 239

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 240 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 241 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 242 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 243 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 244 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 245 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 246 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 247 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 248 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 249 What is future of railway goods yard?

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

  • 251 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 252

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 253 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 254 Jumble sale fever

  • 255 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 256 Bideford computer stars

  • 257 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 258 Six footed lamb

  • 259 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 260

    New gateway
  • 261 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 262

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 263 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 264 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 265 New choral society's growing response

  • 266 Modern living at Bideford

  • 267 So this is the mainland!

  • 268 Decontrol of meat

  • 269 Loads of black and white

  • 270 Warmington's garage ad

  • 271 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 272 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 273 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 274 Simple Item 138
  • 275

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 276 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 277 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 278 Capers on the cobbles

  • 279 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 280 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 281 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 282 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 283 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 284 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 285 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 286 Sight of a lifetime

  • 287 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 288

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 289 New addition to Quay front

  • 290 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 291 Little 'Big Ben'

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

  • 293 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 294 Appledore schooner broadcast

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

  • 296 Floral dancing at Appledore

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

  • 298 Landmark at Bradworthy

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

  • 300 Northam footballers of the future

  • 301 New look in the hayfields

  • 302 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 303 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

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

  • 305 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 306 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 307 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 308 Twenty-one yachts

  • 309 It really was the 'last time'

  • 310 New gateway to King George's Fields

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

  • 312 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 313 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 314 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 315 New life for Hartland organ

  • 316 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 317 The Geneva marionettes

  • 318 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 319 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 320 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 321 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 322 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 323 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 324 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 325

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 326 Emergency ferry services

  • 327 New shipyard on schedule

  • 328 Circus comes to town

  • 329 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 330 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 331 All for the love of a lady!

  • 332 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 333 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 334 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 335 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 336 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 337 Clovelly nightmare

  • 338 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 339 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 340 Weare Giffard potato

  • 341 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 342 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 343 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 344 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 345 Some 240 exhibits

  • 346 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 347

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 348 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 349 School crossing patrol begins

  • 350 Traditions and skills still there

  • 351 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 352 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 353 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 354 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 355 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

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

  • 357 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 358 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 359 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 360 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 361 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 362 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 363 New Post Office

  • 364 Service with a smile

  • 365 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 366 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 367 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 368 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 369 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 370

    Exhibition of school work
  • 371 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 372 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 373 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 374 Bridging the stream

  • 375 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 376 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 377 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 378 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 379 Happy Days!

  • 380 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 381 Torrington children build igloo
  • 382 Ships at Bideford

  • 383

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 384 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 385 A man and his wheel

  • 386 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 387

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 388 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 389

    Building works
  • 390 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 391 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 392 Bideford regatta

  • 393 Life begins at 80

  • 394 He beat the floods

  • 395 Penny for the guy

  • 396 Littleham family's five generations

  • 397 They are parted pro-tem

  • 398 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 399 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 400

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 401 Riverside mystery

  • 402 Artisans' Club

  • 403 Hartland postman retires

  • 404

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 405 Police station view of Bideford

  • 406 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 407 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 408 A lost Bideford 'island'

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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