• 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 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 2 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 3 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 4 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 5 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 6

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 7 Artisans' Club

  • 8 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 9

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 10 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 11 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 12 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 13 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 14 Grenville House for Bideford R.D.C.

  • 15 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 16 Filming at Hartland

  • 17 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 18 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 19 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 20 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 21 Decontrol of meat

  • 22 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 23 Bideford regatta

  • 24 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 25 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 26 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 27 A bird of their own!

  • 28 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 29 Puppet characters introduced

  • 30 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 31 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 32 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 33 Appledore's largest

  • 34 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 35 Service with a smile

  • 36 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 37

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 38 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 39 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 40 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 41 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 42 Blanchards ad.>
  • 43 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 44 Caught in the act>
  • 45 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 46 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 47

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 48 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 49 Modern living at Bideford

  • 50 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 51 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 52 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 53 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 54 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 55 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 56 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 57 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 58 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 59

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 60

    Bidefordians
  • 61 Mobile missionary

  • 62 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 63 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 64 Over the bank together>
  • 65 Bridging the stream

  • 66 A man and his wheel

  • 67 Private home for public pump

  • 68 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 69 Jumble sale fever

  • 70 Students help model St Sidwell

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

  • 72 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 73 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 74 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 75 Picking the pops

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

  • 77 For crying out loud!

  • 78 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 79 Bideford loses training ship

  • 80 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

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

  • 82

    Relatives all over the world
  • 83 New choral society's growing response

  • 84 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 85 It really was the 'last time'

  • 86 The cab at the corner>
  • 87 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 88 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 89 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 90 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 91 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 92 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 93 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 94 Life begins at 80

  • 95 He beat the floods

  • 96 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 97 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 98 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 99 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 100 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 101 Waldon Triplets
  • 102 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 103 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 104 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 105 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 106 School's link with cargo ship

  • 107 Simple Item 138
  • 108

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 109 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 110 Hartland postman retires

  • 111 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 112 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 113

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 114 Bideford - as Rowlandson saw it about 1810-15

  • 115 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 116 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 117 A roof-top view - where?

  • 118 So this is the mainland!

  • 119

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 120 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 121 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 122 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 123 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 124 Riverside mystery

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

  • 126 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

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

  • 128 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 129 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 130 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 131 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 132 Clovelly custom

  • 133 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 134 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 135 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 136 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 137 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 138 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 139 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 140 Picking the pops

  • 141 Ten year old scrambler

  • 142 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 143 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 144

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 145 By pony and trap to market

  • 146 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 147 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 148 Out of puff!

  • 149 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 150 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 151 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 152 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 153 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 154 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 155 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 156 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 157 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 158 Northam footballers of the future

  • 159 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 160 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 161 Cruising down the river

  • 162 Centenary of Gazette

  • 163 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 164 From Bobby to Brian

  • 165 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 166 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 167 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 168 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 169 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 170 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 171 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 172 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 173 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 174 No ancient Grecian temple this

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

  • 176 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 177

    Exhibition of school work
  • 178 Hartland Dancers
  • 179 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 180 A story to tell!

  • 181 Revenge in style

  • 182 Weare Giffard potato

  • 183 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 184 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 185 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 186 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 187 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 188

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 189 New Post Office

  • 190

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 191 New shipyard on schedule

  • 192 Six footed lamb

  • 193 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 194 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 195 Faints as she wins national competition

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

  • 197 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 198 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 199 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 200 New art gallery opened

  • 201 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 202 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 203 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 204 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 205 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 206 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 207 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 208 No laughing matter

  • 209 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 210 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 211 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 212 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 213 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 214 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 215 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 216 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 217 Torrington's new amenity

  • 218 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 219 Happy Days!

  • 220 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 221 The art of the thatcher

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

  • 223 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 224 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 225 New addition to Quay front

  • 226 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 227 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

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

  • 229 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 230 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 231 New life for Hartland organ

  • 232 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 233

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 234 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 235 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 236 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 237 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 238 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 239 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 240 Recognise this resort?

  • 241 Finished in 1876

  • 242 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 243 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 244 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 245 North Devon Driving School

  • 246 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 247 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 248 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 249 All for the love of a lady!

  • 250 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 251

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 252 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 253 New civic medallions

  • 254 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 255 Torrington children build igloo
  • 256

    First prize
  • 257 Capers on the cobbles

  • 258 Devil sent packing

  • 259 Last train from Torrington

  • 260 In their new robes and hats

  • 261 First ship in 8 years

  • 262 Clovelly nightmare

  • 263

    Building works
  • 264 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 265 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 266 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 267 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 268 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 269 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 270 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 271 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 272 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 273

    Was a missionary
  • 274 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 275 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 276 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 277 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 278 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 279 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 280 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 281 Pannier Market's future?

  • 282 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 283 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 284 Twenty-one yachts

  • 285 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 286 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 287 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 288

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 289 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 290 School crossing patrol begins

  • 291 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 292 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 293 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 294 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 295 Parkham plan realised

  • 296 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 297 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 298 New Lundy stamps

  • 299 Peter poses for TV film

  • 300 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 301 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 302 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 303

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 304 113 years at Instow

  • 305 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 306 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 307 Sight of a lifetime

  • 308 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 309

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 310 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 311 The Geneva marionettes

  • 312 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 313 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 314 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 315 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 316

    New gateway
  • 317

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 318 Variety in summer weather

  • 319 End of the line

  • 320 All aboard the ark

  • 321

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 322 Some 240 exhibits

  • 323 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 324

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 325 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 326 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 327 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 328 Littleham family's five generations

  • 329 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 330

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 331 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 332 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 333 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 334 Emergency ferry services

  • 335

    Married in 1908
  • 336 Warmington's garage ad

  • 337 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 338 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 339 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 340 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 341 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 342 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 343 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 344 What's the time?

  • 345 Just over a year old

  • 346 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 347

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 348 Can spring be far away?

  • 349 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 350 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 351 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 352 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 353 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 354 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 355 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 356 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 357 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 358 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 359 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 360 New look in the hayfields

  • 361 Northam's almshouse

  • 362 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 363 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 364 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 365 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 366 Some mushroom!

  • 367 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 368 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 369 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

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

  • 371 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 372 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 373 No sale of Springfield House

  • 374 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 375 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 376 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 377 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 378 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 379

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 380 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 381 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 382 Ships at Bideford

  • 383 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 384 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 385 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 386 Bideford computer stars

  • 387 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 388 Torrington in 1967

  • 389 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 390 Traditions and skills still there

  • 391 They are parted pro-tem

  • 392 Sweets derationing

  • 393 Loads of black and white

  • 394 Penny for the guy

  • 395

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 396 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 397 Burnard family reunion

  • 398 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 399 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 400 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 401 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 402 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 403 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 404 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 405

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 406 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 407 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

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

  • 409 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 410 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 411 Circus comes to town

  • 412 Off on a great adventure

  • 413 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 414 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 415 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 416 Police station view of Bideford

  • 417

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 418 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

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

  • 420 When horses score over the tractor

  • 421 Hartland's invitation

  • 422 Appledore's new lifeboat

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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  • 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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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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