• 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 Finished in 1876

  • 2 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 3 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 4 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

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

  • 6 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 7 Decontrol of meat

  • 8 No laughing matter

  • 9 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 10 New civic medallions

  • 11 For crying out loud!

  • 12 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 13 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 14 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 15 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 16 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 17 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 18 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 19

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 20 Northam footballers of the future

  • 21 Twenty-one yachts

  • 22 Ships at Bideford

  • 23 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 24 Some 240 exhibits

  • 25 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 26 Blanchards ad.>
  • 27 Bideford regatta

  • 28 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 29 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 30 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 31 Warmington's garage ad

  • 32 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 33 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 34 A bird of their own!

  • 35 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 36 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 37 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 38 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 39 Bideford's first woman councillor

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

  • 41 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 42 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 43 X-ray shoe fitting

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

  • 45 Photo mural in Bideford bank

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

  • 47 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 48 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 49 From Bobby to Brian

  • 50 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 51

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 52 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 53 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 54

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 55 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 56

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 57 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 58 All for the love of a lady!

  • 59 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 60 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 61 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 62 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 63 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 64 Torrington in 1967

  • 65 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 66 Bridging the stream

  • 67 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

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

  • 69 Private home for public pump

  • 70 Happy Days!

  • 71 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 72 Bideford computer stars

  • 73 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 74 Mobile missionary

  • 75

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 76 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 77 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 78 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 79 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 80 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 81 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 82

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 83

    Was a missionary
  • 84 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 85 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 86 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 87 Recognise this resort?

  • 88 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 89 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 90 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 91 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 92 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 93 Artisans' Club

  • 94 The art of the thatcher

  • 95 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 96 No sale of Springfield House

  • 97 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 98 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 99 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 100 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 101 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 102 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 103 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 104 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 105 The cab at the corner>
  • 106 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 107 Cruising down the river

  • 108 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 109

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 110 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 111 Loads of black and white

  • 112 So this is the mainland!

  • 113

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 114 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 115 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 116 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 117 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 118 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 119 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 120

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 121 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 122 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 123 Weare Giffard potato

  • 124 End of the line

  • 125 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 126 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 127 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 128 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 129 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 130 Six footed lamb

  • 131 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 132 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 133 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 134 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 135

    Building works
  • 136 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 137 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 138 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 139 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 140 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 141 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 142 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 143 He beat the floods

  • 144 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 145 Filming at Hartland

  • 146 Centenary of Gazette

  • 147 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 148 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 149 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 150 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 151 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 152 Capers on the cobbles

  • 153 Over the bank together>
  • 154 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 155 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 156 Ten year old scrambler

  • 157 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 158 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 159 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 160 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 161 New look in the hayfields

  • 162 Appledore's largest

  • 163 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 164 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 165 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 166 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 167 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 168 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 169 What's the time?

  • 170 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 171 Jumble sale fever

  • 172

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 173 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 174 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

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

  • 176 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 177 Emergency ferry services

  • 178

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 179 North Devon Driving School

  • 180 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 181 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 182 Sight of a lifetime

  • 183 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 184 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 185 Just over a year old

  • 186 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 187 Bideford loses training ship

  • 188 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 189 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 190 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 191 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 192 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 193 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 194 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 195 Police station view of Bideford

  • 196 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 197 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 198 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 199

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 200 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 201 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

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

  • 203 Burnard family reunion

  • 204 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 205 New choral society's growing response

  • 206 Riverside mystery

  • 207 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 208 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 209 Off on a great adventure

  • 210 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 211 Parkham plan realised

  • 212 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 213 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 214 Torrington's new amenity

  • 215 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 216 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 217 Variety in summer weather

  • 218 First ship in 8 years

  • 219 Hartland's invitation

  • 220 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 221 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 222 School's link with cargo ship

  • 223 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 224 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 225 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 226 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 227 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 228 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 229 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 230 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 231 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 232

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 233 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 234 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 235 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 236 Circus comes to town

  • 237 Some mushroom!

  • 238 Life begins at 80

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

  • 240 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 241 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 242 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 243 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 244 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 245 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 246 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 247 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 248 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 249 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 250 New Lundy stamps

  • 251 Polish custom on Pancake Day

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

  • 253 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 254 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 255 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 256

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 257 New addition to Quay front

  • 258 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 259 Service with a smile

  • 260 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 261 Out of puff!

  • 262 A roof-top view - where?

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

  • 264

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 265 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 266

    First prize
  • 267 Torrington children build igloo
  • 268 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 269 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 270 The Geneva marionettes

  • 271 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 272 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 273 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 274 Pannier Market's future?

  • 275 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 276 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 277 Revenge in style

  • 278 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 279 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 280 Caught in the act>
  • 281 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 282 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 283 Last train from Torrington

  • 284 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 285 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 286 When horses score over the tractor

  • 287 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 288 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 289 Sweets derationing

  • 290 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 291 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 292 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 293 Gloves fit for a king!

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    New gateway
  • 295 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 296 Devil sent packing

  • 297 Clovelly custom

  • 298 In their new robes and hats

  • 299

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 300 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 301 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 302 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 303 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 304 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 305 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 306 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 307 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 308 Picking the pops

  • 309 A man and his wheel

  • 310 Hartland Dancers
  • 311 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 312 New Post Office

  • 313 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 314 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 315 It really was the 'last time'

  • 316 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 317 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 318 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 319 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 320 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 321 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 322 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 323 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 324

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 325 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 326 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 327 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 328 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 329 Waldon Triplets
  • 330 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 331 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 332

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 333 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 334 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 335 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 336

    Exhibition of school work
  • 337 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 338 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 339 Simple Item 138
  • 340 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 341 Modern living at Bideford

  • 342 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

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

  • 344

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 345 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 346 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 347 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 348 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 349 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 350 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 351 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 352 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 353 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 354 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 355 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 356 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 357 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 358

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 359 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 360 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 361

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 362 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 363

    Bidefordians
  • 364 Traditions and skills still there

  • 365 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 366 Littleham family's five generations

  • 367 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 368 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 369 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 370

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 371 School crossing patrol begins

  • 372 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 373 By pony and trap to market

  • 374 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 375 New shipyard on schedule

  • 376 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 377 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 378 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 379 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 380 Hartland postman retires

  • 381 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 382 All aboard the ark

  • 383 Clovelly nightmare

  • 384 Alwington School closing after 120 years

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

  • 386 113 years at Instow

  • 387 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 388 Picking the pops

  • 389 Puppet characters introduced

  • 390

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 391 Malibou boys are all-the-year-round surfers

  • 392 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 393 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 394

    Relatives all over the world
  • 395

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 396 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 397 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 398 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 399 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 400 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 401

    Married in 1908
  • 402 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 403 Can spring be far away?

  • 404 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 405 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 406 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 407 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 408 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 409 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 410

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 411 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 412 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 413 Bideford's new market opens next week

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

  • 415 They are parted pro-tem

  • 416 Northam's almshouse

  • 417 New life for Hartland organ

  • 418 A story to tell!

  • 419 Penny for the guy

  • 420 New art gallery opened

  • 421 Peter poses for TV film

  • 422 Quads at Thornhillhead

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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