• 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 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 2 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 3 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 4 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 5

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 6 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 7 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 8 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 9 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 10 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 11 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 12 Finished in 1876

  • 13 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 14 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 15 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 16 So this is the mainland!

  • 17 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 18 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 19 Torrington in 1967

  • 20 What's the time?

  • 21 Jumble sale fever

  • 22 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 23 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 24 The art of the thatcher

  • 25 Littleham family's five generations

  • 26 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 27 School's link with cargo ship

  • 28

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 29 Private home for public pump

  • 30 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 31 Bridging the stream

  • 32 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 33 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 34 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 35 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 36

    Exhibition of school work
  • 37 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 38 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 39 Clovelly nightmare

  • 40

    First prize
  • 41 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 42 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 43 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 44 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 45 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 46 Torrington children build igloo
  • 47 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 48 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 49 Circus comes to town

  • 50 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 51

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 52 Clovelly custom

  • 53 Recognise this resort?

  • 54

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 55 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 56 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 57 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 58 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 59 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 60 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 61 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 62 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 63 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 64 North Devon Driving School

  • 65 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 66 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 67 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 68 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 69 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 70 Traditions and skills still there

  • 71 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 72 Twenty-one yachts

  • 73 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 74 No sale of Springfield House

  • 75 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 76 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 77 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 78 Ships at Bideford

  • 79 No laughing matter

  • 80 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 81 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 82 Puppet characters introduced

  • 83 A story to tell!

  • 84 New addition to Quay front

  • 85 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 86 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 87 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 88 First ship in 8 years

  • 89 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 90 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 91 He beat the floods

  • 92 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 93 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 94 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 95 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 96 The cab at the corner>
  • 97 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 98 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 99 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 100 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 101

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 102 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 103 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 104 Centenary of Gazette

  • 105 Appledore's largest

  • 106 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 107 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 108 Safe door weighing two tons

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

  • 110 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 111 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 112

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 113 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 114

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 115 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 116 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 117 Hartland's invitation

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

  • 119

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 120 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 121 Sight of a lifetime

  • 122 New Post Office

  • 123 New choral society's growing response

  • 124 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 125 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 126 Riverside mystery

  • 127 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 128 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 129 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 130 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 131 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 132 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 133 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 134 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 135 In their new robes and hats

  • 136 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 137 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 138 All aboard the ark

  • 139 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 140 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 141 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 142 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 143 When horses score over the tractor

  • 144 Clovelly donkey film star

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

  • 146 Off on a great adventure

  • 147 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 148

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 149 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 150 Bideford computer stars

  • 151 Waldon Triplets
  • 152 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 153 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 154 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 155 Success to Festival of the Arts

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

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

  • 158 Weare Giffard potato

  • 159

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 160 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 161 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 162 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 163 Holiday scene near Sandymere

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

  • 165 A bird of their own!

  • 166

    New gateway
  • 167 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 168 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

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

  • 170 New civic medallions

  • 171 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 172 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 173 Mobile missionary

  • 174 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 175

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 176 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 177 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 178 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 179 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 180 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 181 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 182 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 183 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 184 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 185 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 186 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 187 Some mushroom!

  • 188 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 189 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 190 Just over a year old

  • 191 A man and his wheel

  • 192 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 193 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 194 Hartland postman retires

  • 195 All for the love of a lady!

  • 196 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 197 New Lundy stamps

  • 198 Over the bank together>
  • 199 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 200 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 201 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 202

    Relatives all over the world
  • 203 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 204 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 205 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 206 Police station view of Bideford

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

  • 208 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 209 Blanchards ad.>
  • 210 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 211 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 212 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 213 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 214 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 215 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 216 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 217 Life begins at 80

  • 218 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 219 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 220 Doing time - over 300 years of it - at Hartland

  • 221 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 222 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 223 Warmington's garage ad

  • 224 113 years at Instow

  • 225 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 226 End of the line

  • 227 Capers on the cobbles

  • 228 Happy Days!

  • 229 Artisans' Club

  • 230 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 231 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 232 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 233

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 234 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 235 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 236 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 237 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 238 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 239 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 240 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 241 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 242

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 243 Service with a smile

  • 244 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 245 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 246 Burnard family reunion

  • 247 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 248 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 249 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 250 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 251 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 252 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 253 Some 240 exhibits

  • 254 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 255 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 256 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 257 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 258 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 259 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 260 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 261 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 262 Parkham plan realised

  • 263 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 264 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 265 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 266

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 267 Torrington's new amenity

  • 268 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 269 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 270 New life for Hartland organ

  • 271 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 272 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 273 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 274 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

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

  • 276 Picking the pops

  • 277 Ten year old scrambler

  • 278 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 279 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

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    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 281 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 282

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 283 Pannier Market's future?

  • 284 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 285

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 286 Caught in the act>
  • 287 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

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

  • 289 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 290 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 291 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 292 Simple Item 138
  • 293 Filming at Hartland

  • 294 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 295 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 296 Out of puff!

  • 297

    Was a missionary
  • 298

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 299 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 300 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 301 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 302 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 303

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 304 School crossing patrol begins

  • 305 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 306 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 307 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 308 For crying out loud!

  • 309 Northam footballers of the future

  • 310 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 311 Modern living at Bideford

  • 312 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 313 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 314 By pony and trap to market

  • 315 The Geneva marionettes

  • 316 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 317 Penny for the guy

  • 318 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 319

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 320 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 321 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 322

    Bidefordians
  • 323 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 324

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 325 Decontrol of meat

  • 326 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 327 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 328 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 329 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 330 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 331 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 332 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 333 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 334 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 335 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 336 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 337 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 338 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 339 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 340 Bideford regatta

  • 341 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 342 Emergency ferry services

  • 343

    Building works
  • 344 Diamond Jubilee of St Peter's Church, East-the-Water

  • 345 Northam's almshouse

  • 346 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 347 Six footed lamb

  • 348 Picking the pops

  • 349 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 350 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 351 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 352

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 353 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 354 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 355 Cruising down the river

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

  • 357

    Married in 1908
  • 358 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 359 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 360 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 361 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 362 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 363 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 364 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 365 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 366 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 367

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 368 Devil sent packing

  • 369 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 370 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 371 It really was the 'last time'

  • 372 Peter poses for TV film

  • 373 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 374 A roof-top view - where?

  • 375 Bideford loses training ship

  • 376 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 377 A craftsman's 'potted' history

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

  • 379 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 380 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 381 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 382 Loads of black and white

  • 383 Sweets derationing

  • 384 From Bobby to Brian

  • 385 Can spring be far away?

  • 386 Variety in summer weather

  • 387 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 388 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 389 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 390 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 391 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 392 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 393 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 394 New shipyard on schedule

  • 395 They are parted pro-tem

  • 396 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 397 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 398 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 399 Hartland Dancers
  • 400 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 401 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 402 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 403 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 404 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 405 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 406 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 407 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 408 Revenge in style

  • 409 Last train from Torrington

  • 410 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 411 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 412

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 413 New look in the hayfields

  • 414 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 415 New art gallery opened

  • 416 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 417

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 418 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 419 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 420 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 421 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 422 Sooty is quick on the draw

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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  • 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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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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