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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 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 2 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 3

    New gateway
  • 4 New civic medallions

  • 5 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 6 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

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

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

  • 9 A roof-top view - where?

  • 10 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 11 Out of puff!

  • 12 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 13 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 14 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 15 Ships at Bideford

  • 16 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 17 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 18 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 19 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 20 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 21 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 22 Cruising down the river

  • 23 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 24 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 25 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 26 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 27 Devil sent packing

  • 28 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 29 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 30 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 31 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 32

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 33 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 34 Bridging the stream

  • 35 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 36 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 37 Centenary of Gazette

  • 38 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 39 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 40 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 41 New art gallery opened

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

  • 43 Waldon Triplets
  • 44 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 45 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 46 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 47 The art of the thatcher

  • 48 Jumble sale fever

  • 49

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 50 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 51 New Lundy stamps

  • 52 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 53 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 54 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 55 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 56 Puppet characters introduced

  • 57 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 58 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 59 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 60 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 61 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 62 No sale of Springfield House

  • 63 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 64 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 65 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 66 Happy Days!

  • 67 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 68 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 69 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 70 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 71 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 72 Police station view of Bideford

  • 73 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 74 Capers on the cobbles

  • 75

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 76 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 77 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 78 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 79 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 80 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 81 New Post Office

  • 82 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 83 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 84 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 85 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 86 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 87 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 88 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 89 The cab at the corner>
  • 90 Picking the pops

  • 91 Little 'Big Ben'

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

  • 93 Mobile missionary

  • 94 Just over a year old

  • 95 Sight of a lifetime

  • 96 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 97

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 98 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 99 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 100 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 101 Torrington in 1967

  • 102

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 103 For crying out loud!

  • 104 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 105 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 106 Variety in summer weather

  • 107 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 108 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 109 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 110 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 111 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 112 Daisy's pride and joy

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

  • 114 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 115 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 116 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 117 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 118 A story to tell!

  • 119 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 120 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 121 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 122 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 123 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 124

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 125 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 126 First ship in 8 years

  • 127 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 128 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 129 Decontrol of meat

  • 130 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 131

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 132 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 133

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 134 Littleham family's five generations

  • 135 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 136

    Was a missionary
  • 137 When horses score over the tractor

  • 138 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 139 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 140 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 141 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 142 Can spring be far away?

  • 143 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 144 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

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

  • 146 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 147 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 148 Burnard family reunion

  • 149 North Devon Driving School

  • 150 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 151 Last train from Torrington

  • 152 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 153 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 154 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 155 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 156 Torrington children build igloo
  • 157 Northam's almshouse

  • 158 Entente cordiale in Bideford

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

  • 160 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 161 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 162 By pony and trap to market

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

  • 164 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 165 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 166 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 167 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 168 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 169 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 170 In their new robes and hats

  • 171 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 172 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 173

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 174 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 175 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 176

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 177 Over the bank together>
  • 178 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 179 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 180 It really was the 'last time'

  • 181 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 182 Twenty-one yachts

  • 183

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 184 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 185 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 186 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 187 Life begins at 80

  • 188 They are parted pro-tem

  • 189 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 190 Torrington's new amenity

  • 191 Hartland's invitation

  • 192 Recognise this resort?

  • 193 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 194 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 195

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 196 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 197 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 198 New addition to Quay front

  • 199 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 200 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 201 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 202 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 203 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 204 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 205 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 206 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 207 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 208 New choral society's growing response

  • 209 Some 240 exhibits

  • 210 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 211

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 212 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 213 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 214 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 215 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 216 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 217 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 218 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 219 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 220 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 221 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 222 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 223 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 224 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 225 Service with a smile

  • 226 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 227 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 228 What's the time?

  • 229 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 230 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 231 Peter poses for TV film

  • 232 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 233 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 234 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 235

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 236 Six footed lamb

  • 237 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 238

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 239 End of the line

  • 240

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 241 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 242 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 243 New look in the hayfields

  • 244

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 245 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 246 No laughing matter

  • 247

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 248 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 249 Loads of black and white

  • 250 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 251 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 252 Filming at Hartland

  • 253 Private home for public pump

  • 254 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 255 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 256 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 257 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 258 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 259 Blanchards ad.>
  • 260 Traditions and skills still there

  • 261 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 262 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 263 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 264 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 265 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 266 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 267 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 268 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 269 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 270 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 271 New life for Hartland organ

  • 272

    Bidefordians
  • 273 Artisans' Club

  • 274 Hartland postman retires

  • 275 School crossing patrol begins

  • 276 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 277 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 278 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 279 Sweets derationing

  • 280 Riverside mystery

  • 281 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 282 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 283 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 284 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 285 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 286 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 287 Bideford computer stars

  • 288

    First prize
  • 289 Off on a great adventure

  • 290 Bideford regatta

  • 291 113 years at Instow

  • 292 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 293 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 294 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 295 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 296 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 297 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 298 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 299

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 300 A man and his wheel

  • 301 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 302 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 303 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 304 Pannier Market's future?

  • 305 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 306 School's link with cargo ship

  • 307

    Relatives all over the world
  • 308 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 309 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 310 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 311 From Bobby to Brian

  • 312 Penny for the guy

  • 313 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

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

  • 315 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 316 Appledore's largest

  • 317 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 318 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 319 Warmington's garage ad

  • 320

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 321 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 322 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 323 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 324 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 325 All aboard the ark

  • 326 Clovelly nightmare

  • 327 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 328 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 329 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 330

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 331 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 332 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 333

    Building works
  • 334 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 335 Hartland Dancers
  • 336 Malibou boys are all-the-year-round surfers

  • 337 Bideford loses training ship

  • 338 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 339 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

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

  • 341 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 342 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 343 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 344 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 345 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 346 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 347 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 348 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 349 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 350 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 351 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 352 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 353 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 354 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 355 Simple Item 138
  • 356 Modern living at Bideford

  • 357 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 358 Northam footballers of the future

  • 359 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 360 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 361 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 362 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 363 A bird of their own!

  • 364 The Geneva marionettes

  • 365 All for the love of a lady!

  • 366 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 367 Revenge in style

  • 368 Some mushroom!

  • 369 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 370 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 371 He beat the floods

  • 372 Emergency ferry services

  • 373 Caught in the act>
  • 374 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 375

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 376 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 377 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 378 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 379

    Exhibition of school work
  • 380 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 381 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 382 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 383 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 384 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 385 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 386 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 387 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 388 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 389 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 390 So this is the mainland!

  • 391 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 392 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 393 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 394 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 395 Picking the pops

  • 396 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 397

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 398 Clovelly custom

  • 399 Parkham plan realised

  • 400 New shipyard on schedule

  • 401 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 402 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 403 Finished in 1876

  • 404

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 405 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 406

    Married in 1908
  • 407 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 408 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 409 Weare Giffard potato

  • 410 Circus comes to town

  • 411 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 412 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 413 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 414

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 415 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 416 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 417 Ten year old scrambler

  • 418 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 419 Up-to-date Bideford!

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

  • 421 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 422 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

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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