• 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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    Relatives all over the world
  • 2 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 3 Bideford regatta

  • 4 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 5 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

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    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 7 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 8 He beat the floods

  • 9 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 10 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 11 Torrington in 1967

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

  • 13 New Lundy stamps

  • 14 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 15 Just over a year old

  • 16 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 17 Off on a great adventure

  • 18 Ships at Bideford

  • 19 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 20 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 21 Faints as she wins national competition

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

  • 23 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 24 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 25 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 26 Blanchards ad.>
  • 27 School's link with cargo ship

  • 28 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 29

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 30 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 31 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 32 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 33 The art of the thatcher

  • 34 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 35 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 36 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 37 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 38 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 39 Artisans' Club

  • 40 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 41 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 42 Simple Item 138
  • 43 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 44 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 45 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 46 First ship in 8 years

  • 47 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 48 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 49 Circus comes to town

  • 50 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 51

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 52 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 53 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 54 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 55 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 56 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 57 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 58 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 59 They are parted pro-tem

  • 60 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 61 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 62

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 63 Doing time - over 300 years of it - at Hartland

  • 64 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 65 Northam's almshouse

  • 66 A story to tell!

  • 67 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 68 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 69 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 70 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 71 Twenty-one yachts

  • 72 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 73 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 74 Riverside mystery

  • 75 Private home for public pump

  • 76 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 77 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 78 Littleham family's five generations

  • 79 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 80 Burnard family reunion

  • 81 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 82 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 83

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 84 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 85 Warmington's garage ad

  • 86 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 87 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 88 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 89 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 90 No laughing matter

  • 91 Penny for the guy

  • 92 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 93

    Was a missionary
  • 94

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 95 Some mushroom!

  • 96 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 97 Picking the pops

  • 98 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 99 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 100 Caught in the act>
  • 101 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 102 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 103 Capers on the cobbles

  • 104 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 105 New civic medallions

  • 106 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 107 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 108 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 109 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 110 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 111 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 112 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 113 Jumble sale fever

  • 114 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 115 New look in the hayfields

  • 116 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 117 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 118 What's the time?

  • 119 Emergency ferry services

  • 120 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 121 Revenge in style

  • 122 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 123 Traditions and skills still there

  • 124 All for the love of a lady!

  • 125 Sweets derationing

  • 126 Hartland's invitation

  • 127 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 128 North Devon Driving School

  • 129 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 130 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 131 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 132 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 133 In their new robes and hats

  • 134 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 135 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 136

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 137 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 138 Grenville House for Bideford R.D.C.

  • 139 Hartland postman retires

  • 140 Clovelly custom

  • 141

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 142 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 143 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 144 End of the line

  • 145 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 146 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 147

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 148

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 149 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 150 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 151 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 152 Northam footballers of the future

  • 153 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 154 Out of puff!

  • 155 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 156 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 157 Mobile missionary

  • 158 Filming at Hartland

  • 159 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 160 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 161 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 162 Bideford - as Rowlandson saw it about 1810-15

  • 163

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 164 Shoes certainly not made for walking

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

  • 166 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 167 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 168 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 169 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 170 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 171

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 172

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 173 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 174 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 175 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 176 From Bobby to Brian

  • 177 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 178 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 179 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 180 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 181 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 182

    Married in 1908
  • 183 A roof-top view - where?

  • 184 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 185 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 186 New choral society's growing response

  • 187 113 years at Instow

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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 189 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 190

    Exhibition of school work
  • 191 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 192

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 193 They set out for Bideford and became lost

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

  • 195 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 196 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 197 Sight of a lifetime

  • 198 New Post Office

  • 199 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 200

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 201 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 202 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

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

  • 204 By pony and trap to market

  • 205 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 206 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 207 It really was the 'last time'

  • 208 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 209 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 210 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 211 Clovelly nightmare

  • 212 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 213 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 214 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

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

  • 216 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 217 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 218 New life for Hartland organ

  • 219 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 220 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 221 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 222 A man and his wheel

  • 223 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 224 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 225 Appledore's largest

  • 226 Life begins at 80

  • 227 Pannier Market's future?

  • 228 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 229 Bridging the stream

  • 230 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 231 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 232 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 233 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 234 New addition to Quay front

  • 235 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 236 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 237 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

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

  • 239 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 240 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 241 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 242 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 243 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 244 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 245 Bideford computer stars

  • 246 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 247 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 248 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 249 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 250 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 251 Torrington's new amenity

  • 252

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 253 Last train from Torrington

  • 254 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 255 Weare Giffard potato

  • 256 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 257 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 258 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 259 Lundy memorial to John Pennington Harman V.C.

  • 260 So this is the mainland!

  • 261 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 262 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 263 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 264 Can spring be far away?

  • 265 Devil sent packing

  • 266 New art gallery opened

  • 267 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 268 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 269 Happy Days!

  • 270 Torrington children build igloo
  • 271

    Bidefordians
  • 272 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 273 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 274 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 275 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 276 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 277 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 278 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 279 Big develolpment at Calveford

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    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 281 Recognise this resort?

  • 282 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 283 Parkham plan realised

  • 284 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 285 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 286 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 287

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

  • 289 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 290 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 291 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 292 Hartland Dancers
  • 293 When horses score over the tractor

  • 294 No sale of Springfield House

  • 295 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 296

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 297 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 298 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 299 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 300 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 301 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 302 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 303 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 304 Bideford loses training ship

  • 305 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 306 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 307 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 308 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 309 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 310 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 311 Six footed lamb

  • 312 New shipyard on schedule

  • 313 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 314 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 315 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 316 Police station view of Bideford

  • 317 School crossing patrol begins

  • 318 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 319 Some 240 exhibits

  • 320 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 321 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 322 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 323 Peter poses for TV film

  • 324 Service with a smile

  • 325 For crying out loud!

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

  • 327 Puppet characters introduced

  • 328 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 329 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 330 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 331 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 332

    New gateway
  • 333 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 334 Waldon Triplets
  • 335 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 336

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 337 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 338 Success to Festival of the Arts

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

  • 340 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 341 A bird of their own!

  • 342 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 343 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 344 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 345 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 346 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 347 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 348 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 349 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 350 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 351 All aboard the ark

  • 352

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 353 Cruising down the river

  • 354 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 355 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 356 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 357 Centenary of Gazette

  • 358 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

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    Building works
  • 360 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 361 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 362 The cab at the corner>
  • 363 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 364 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 365 Calligrapher extraordinary

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    First prize
  • 367 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 368 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 369 Variety in summer weather

  • 370 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 371 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 372 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 373 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 374 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 375 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 376 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 377 The Geneva marionettes

  • 378 Over the bank together>
  • 379 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 380 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 381 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 382 Decontrol of meat

  • 383 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 384 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 385 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 386 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 387 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 388

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 389 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 390 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 391 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 392 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 393 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 394 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 395 Finished in 1876

  • 396 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 397 Modern living at Bideford

  • 398 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 399 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 400 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 401 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 402 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 403 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 404 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 405 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 406 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 407 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 408 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 409 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 410 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 411 Loads of black and white

  • 412 Ten year old scrambler

  • 413 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 414 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 415 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 416 Picking the pops

  • 417

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 418 Reed threshing 'putting the clock back' at Weare Giffard

  • 419

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 420 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 421 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 422 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

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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1937 Christmas Advert

The Blue Bird Sweet Shop

14.12.1937 The Blue Bird Sweet Shop Christmas

Christmas advertising in 1937

Coles & Lee advert

14.12.1937 Coles Lee Christmas

1937 Christmas advert

Braddicks of Bideford

14.12.1937 Braddicks Christmas

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