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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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  • Welcome to the Bideford & District Community Archive

    Welcome to the Bideford & District Community Archive

    ...The Gazette Newspaper 1856 onwards.

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  • 1 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 2 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 3 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 4 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 5 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 6 All for the love of a lady!

  • 7 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 8 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 9 Happy Days!

  • 10 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 11 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 12

    New gateway
  • 13 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 14 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 15 All aboard the ark

  • 16 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 17 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 18 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 19 They are parted pro-tem

  • 20

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 21 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 22

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 23 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 24 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 25 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 26 Capers on the cobbles

  • 27 Northam's almshouse

  • 28 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 29 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 30 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 31 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 32 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 33 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 34 So this is the mainland!

  • 35 Private home for public pump

  • 36 A roof-top view - where?

  • 37 Bideford computer stars

  • 38 Riverside mystery

  • 39 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 40 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 41 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 42 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 43 Pannier Market's future?

  • 44 Some mushroom!

  • 45 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 46 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 47

    First prize
  • 48 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 49 No laughing matter

  • 50 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 51 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 52 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 53 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 54 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 55 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 56 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 57 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 58 Blanchards ad.>
  • 59 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 60 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 61 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 62 Twenty-one yachts

  • 63 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 64 Last train from Torrington

  • 65 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 66 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 67 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 68 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 69 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 70

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 71

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 72 Northam footballers of the future

  • 73 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 74 What's the time?

  • 75 Torrington in 1967

  • 76 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 77 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 78 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 79 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 80 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 81 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 82 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 83 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 84 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 85 Waldon Triplets
  • 86 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 87

    Relatives all over the world
  • 88 Centenary of Gazette

  • 89 In their new robes and hats

  • 90 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 91 Police station view of Bideford

  • 92 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 93 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 94 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 95 School crossing patrol begins

  • 96 Finished in 1876

  • 97 Out of puff!

  • 98 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 99 Bideford 'What's my line?' challenger

  • 100 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 101 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 102 Peter poses for TV film

  • 103 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 104 Picking the pops

  • 105 Ten year old scrambler

  • 106 For crying out loud!

  • 107 Warmington's garage ad

  • 108 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 109 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 110 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 111 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 112 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 113 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 114 Sight of a lifetime

  • 115

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 116 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 117 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 118 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 119 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 120 New addition to Quay front

  • 121 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 122 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 123 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 124 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 125

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 126 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 127 Emergency ferry services

  • 128 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 129 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 130 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 131 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 132 Littleham family's five generations

  • 133

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 134 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 135 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 136 New look in the hayfields

  • 137 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 138 Circus comes to town

  • 139 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 140 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 141 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 142 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 143 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 144 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 145 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 146 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 147 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 148 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 149 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 150 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 151 Penny for the guy

  • 152 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 153 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 154 One of the luckier farmers in getting in the problem harvest

  • 155 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 156 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 157 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 158 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 159 Burnard family reunion

  • 160 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 161 Service with a smile

  • 162 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 163 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 164 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 165 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 166 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 167 Just over a year old

  • 168 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 169 Caught in the act>
  • 170 A story to tell!

  • 171 The art of the thatcher

  • 172 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 173 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 174 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 175 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 176 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 177 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 178 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 179 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 180 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 181 River scenes that enchant the visitors

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

  • 183 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 184 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 185 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 186 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 187 Hartland Dancers
  • 188 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 189 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 190 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 191

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 192

    Was a missionary
  • 193 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 194 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 195 Grenville House for Bideford R.D.C.

  • 196 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 197 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 198 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 199 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 200 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 201 School's link with cargo ship

  • 202 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 203 Six footed lamb

  • 204 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 205 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 206 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 207 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 208 Decontrol of meat

  • 209 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 210

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 211 Off on a great adventure

  • 212 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 213 It really was the 'last time'

  • 214 Life begins at 80

  • 215

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 216 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 217

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 218 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 219 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 220 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 221 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 222 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 223 New Post Office

  • 224 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 225 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 226 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 227 No sale of Springfield House

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

  • 229 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 230 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 231 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 232 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 233 Clovelly custom

  • 234 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 235 From Bobby to Brian

  • 236

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 237 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 238 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 239 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 240 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 241 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 242 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

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

  • 244 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 245

    Building works
  • 246

    Exhibition of school work
  • 247 Recognise this resort?

  • 248 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 249 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 250 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 251 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 252

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 253 The cab at the corner>
  • 254 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 255 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 256 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 257 End of the line

  • 258 New life for Hartland organ

  • 259 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 260 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 261 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 262 New shipyard on schedule

  • 263 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 264 New art gallery opened

  • 265 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 266 Bideford regatta

  • 267 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 268 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 269 Torrington's new amenity

  • 270 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 271 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 272 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 273 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 274 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 275 A man and his wheel

  • 276 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 277 Modern living at Bideford

  • 278 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 279 Variety in summer weather

  • 280 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 281 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 282

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 283 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 284 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 285 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 286 Sweets derationing

  • 287 Can spring be far away?

  • 288 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 289 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 290 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 291 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 292

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 293 New Lundy stamps

  • 294 Jumble sale fever

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

  • 296 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 297 Some 240 exhibits

  • 298 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 299 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 300 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 301 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 302 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 303 By pony and trap to market

  • 304 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 305 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 306

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 307 Simple Item 138
  • 308 Mobile missionary

  • 309 First ship in 8 years

  • 310 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 311

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 312 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 313 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 314 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 315 North Devon Driving School

  • 316 He beat the floods

  • 317 Cruising down the river

  • 318 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 319 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 320 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 321 Devil sent packing

  • 322 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 323 The Geneva marionettes

  • 324 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 325 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 326 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 327

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 328

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 329 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 330 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 331 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 332 113 years at Instow

  • 333 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 334 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 335 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 336 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 337

    Bidefordians
  • 338 Ships at Bideford

  • 339 Hartland's invitation

  • 340 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 341 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 342 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 343

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 344 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 345 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 346 Weare Giffard potato

  • 347 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 348 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 349 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 350 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 351 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 352 Bridging the stream

  • 353 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 354

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 355 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 356 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 357 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 358 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 359 Over the bank together>
  • 360 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 361 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 362 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 363 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 364 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 365 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

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

  • 367 Filming at Hartland

  • 368

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 369 New civic medallions

  • 370 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 371 Artisans' Club

  • 372 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 373 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 374 New choral society's growing response

  • 375 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 376 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 377 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 378 Traditions and skills still there

  • 379 Picking the pops

  • 380 Parkham plan realised

  • 381 Clovelly nightmare

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

  • 383 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 384 Appledore's largest

  • 385 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 386 Loads of black and white

  • 387 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 388 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 389 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 390 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 391 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 392 Puppet characters introduced

  • 393 When horses score over the tractor

  • 394 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 395

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 396 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 397 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 398 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 399 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 400 Revenge in style

  • 401

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 402

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 403 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 404 Clovelly donkey film star

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

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

  • 407 Hartland postman retires

  • 408 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 409

    Married in 1908
  • 410 Torrington children build igloo
  • 411 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 412 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 413 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 414 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 415 Bideford loses training ship

  • 416 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 417 A bird of their own!

  • 418 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 419 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 420 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 421 Diamond Jubilee of St Peter's Church, East-the-Water

  • 422 Practical sympathy at Northam

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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  • 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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  • 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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