• 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 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 2 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 3 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 4 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 5 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 6 Emergency ferry services

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

  • 8 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 9 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 10 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 11 Blanchards ad.>
  • 12 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 13 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 14 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 15 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 16 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 17 In their new robes and hats

  • 18

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 19 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 20 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 21 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 22 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 23 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 24 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 25 Bideford regatta

  • 26 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 27 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 28 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 29 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 30 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 31 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 32 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 33 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 34 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 35 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 36 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 37 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 38 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 39 When horses score over the tractor

  • 40 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 41 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 42 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 43 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 44 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 45 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 46 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 47 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 48 Police station view of Bideford

  • 49 Modern living at Bideford

  • 50 Clovelly nightmare

  • 51 A bird of their own!

  • 52 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 53 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 54 New addition to Quay front

  • 55 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 56 New look in the hayfields

  • 57 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 58 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 59 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 60 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 61 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 62 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 63 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 64 Bridging the stream

  • 65 New life for Hartland organ

  • 66 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 67 Cruising down the river

  • 68 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 69 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

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

  • 71 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 72 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 73 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 74 School's link with cargo ship

  • 75 New Post Office

  • 76 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 77 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 78 Traditions and skills still there

  • 79 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 80 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 81 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 82 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 83 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 84 Designed and made in Bideford

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

  • 86 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 87 Sight of a lifetime

  • 88

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 89 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 90 Peter poses for TV film

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

  • 92 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 93 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 94 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 95 No laughing matter

  • 96 A roof-top view - where?

  • 97 Penny for the guy

  • 98 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 99 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 100 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

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    Cadets are given certificates
  • 102 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 103 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 104 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 105 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 106 End of the line

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

  • 108 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 109 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 110 Capers on the cobbles

  • 111 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 112 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 113 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 114 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 115 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 116 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 117 Ten year old scrambler

  • 118 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 119 Warmington's garage ad

  • 120 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 121

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 122 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 123 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 124 Six footed lamb

  • 125 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 126 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 127

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 128 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 129 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 130 Over the bank together>
  • 131 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 132 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 133 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 134 Making way for the double-deckers

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

  • 136 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 137 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 138 Revenge in style

  • 139 Northam footballers of the future

  • 140 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 141 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 142 North Devon Driving School

  • 143 He beat the floods

  • 144 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 145 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 146 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 147 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 148 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 149 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 150 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 151 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 152 Picking the pops

  • 153

    Relatives all over the world
  • 154 A man and his wheel

  • 155

    First prize
  • 156 All for the love of a lady!

  • 157 Artisans' Club

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

  • 159 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 160 Service with a smile

  • 161

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 162 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 163 New art gallery opened

  • 164 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 165 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 166 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 167 Open-air art exhibition by 'under 40' group

  • 168 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 169 Torrington's new amenity

  • 170 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 171 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 172 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 173 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 174

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 175 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 176 The art of the thatcher

  • 177 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 178

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 179

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 180 It really was the 'last time'

  • 181 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 182

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 183 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 184 Finished in 1876

  • 185 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 186 Hartland postman retires

  • 187 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 188

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 189 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 190 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 191 A story to tell!

  • 192 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 193 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 194 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 195 Circus comes to town

  • 196 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 197 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 198 Lundy memorial to John Pennington Harman V.C.

  • 199 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 200 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 201 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 202

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 203 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 204 Waldon Triplets
  • 205

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 206

    Married in 1908
  • 207 Parkham plan realised

  • 208 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 209 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 210 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 211 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 212 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 213 Twenty-one yachts

  • 214

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 215 113 years at Instow

  • 216 Faints as she wins national competition

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

  • 218 Simple Item 138
  • 219 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 220 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 221 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 222 New shipyard on schedule

  • 223 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 224 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 225 The Geneva marionettes

  • 226 Recognise this resort?

  • 227 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 228

    Exhibition of school work
  • 229 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 230

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 231 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 232 Life begins at 80

  • 233 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 234 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 235 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 236 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 237 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 238 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 239 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 240 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 241 Torrington children build igloo
  • 242 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 243 Burnard family reunion

  • 244 Picking the pops

  • 245 For crying out loud!

  • 246 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 247 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 248 Caught in the act>
  • 249 Last train from Torrington

  • 250 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 251 New choral society's growing response

  • 252 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 253 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 254 First ship in 8 years

  • 255 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 256 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 257

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 258 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 259 Puppet characters introduced

  • 260 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 261 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 262 Devil sent packing

  • 263 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 264

    Was a missionary
  • 265 Filming at Hartland

  • 266 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 267

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 268 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 269 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 270 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 271 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 272

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 273 Loads of black and white

  • 274 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 275 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 276 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 277 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 278 New Lundy stamps

  • 279

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 280 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 281 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 282 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 283 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 284 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 285 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 286 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 287 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 288 Out of puff!

  • 289

    Building works
  • 290 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 291

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 292 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 293 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 294 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 295 New civic medallions

  • 296 Jumble sale fever

  • 297 Hartland's invitation

  • 298 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 299 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 300 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 301 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 302 Pannier Market's future?

  • 303 So this is the mainland!

  • 304

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 305 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 306 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 307 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 308 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 309 No sale of Springfield House

  • 310 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 311 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 312 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 313 Sweets derationing

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

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    New gateway
  • 316 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 317 Littleham family's five generations

  • 318 Torrington in 1967

  • 319 Weare Giffard potato

  • 320 Centenary of Gazette

  • 321 Decontrol of meat

  • 322 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 323 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 324 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 325 The cab at the corner>
  • 326 Eight to strike and a race to win

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

  • 328 Bideford computer stars

  • 329 Can spring be far away?

  • 330 Appledore's largest

  • 331 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 332

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 333 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 334

    Bidefordians
  • 335

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 336 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 337 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 338 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 339 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 340 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

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

  • 342 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 343 Mobile missionary

  • 344 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 345 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 346 Ships at Bideford

  • 347 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 348 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 349 What's the time?

  • 350 Hartland Dancers
  • 351 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 352 Happy Days!

  • 353 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 354 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 355 From Bobby to Brian

  • 356 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 357 Variety in summer weather

  • 358 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 359 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 360 Some 240 exhibits

  • 361 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 362 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 363 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 364 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 365 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 366 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 367 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 368 Clovelly custom

  • 369 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 370 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 371 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 372 They are parted pro-tem

  • 373 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 374 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 375 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 376 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 377 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 378 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 379 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 380 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 381 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 382 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 383 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 384 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 385 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 386 Northam's almshouse

  • 387 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 388 Just over a year old

  • 389 Bideford loses training ship

  • 390 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 391 Off on a great adventure

  • 392 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 393 Some mushroom!

  • 394 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 395

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 396 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 397 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 398

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 399 Riverside mystery

  • 400 Private home for public pump

  • 401 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 402 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 403 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 404 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 405 School crossing patrol begins

  • 406 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 407 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 408 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 409 All aboard the ark

  • 410 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 411 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 412 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 413 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 414 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 415 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 416 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 417 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 418 By pony and trap to market

  • 419 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 420 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 421 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 422 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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