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    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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    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 2 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 3 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

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

  • 5 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 6 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 7 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 8 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 9 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 10 Filming at Hartland

  • 11 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 12 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 13 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 14 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 15 Picking the pops

  • 16 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 17 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 18 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 19

    First prize
  • 20 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 21 Torrington in 1967

  • 22

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 23 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 24 Buckland goes to County Show

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

  • 26 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 27 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 28 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 29 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 30 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 31 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 32 Some mushroom!

  • 33 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 34 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 35 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 36 New Post Office

  • 37 Off on a great adventure

  • 38 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 39 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 40

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 41 Bridging the stream

  • 42 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 43 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 44 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 45 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 46 Torrington children build igloo
  • 47

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 48 New choral society's growing response

  • 49 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 50 Loads of black and white

  • 51 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 52 A man and his wheel

  • 53 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 54

    New gateway
  • 55 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 56 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 57 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 58 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 59 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 60 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 61 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 62

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 63 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 64 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 65 Pannier Market's future?

  • 66 No laughing matter

  • 67 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 68 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 69 School's link with cargo ship

  • 70 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 71 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 72 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 73 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 74 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 75 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 76 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 77

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 78 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 79

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 80 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 81 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

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

  • 83 New shipyard on schedule

  • 84 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 85 Parkham plan realised

  • 86 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 87 First ship in 8 years

  • 88 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 89 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 90 Passing of a Torrington landmark

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

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

  • 93 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 94 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 95 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 96 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 97 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 98 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 99 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 100 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 101 Train returns to Westleigh straight

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

  • 103 Just over a year old

  • 104 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 105 Weare Giffard potato

  • 106 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 107 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 108 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 109 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 110 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 111 The art of the thatcher

  • 112

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 113 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 114 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 115 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 116 Can spring be far away?

  • 117

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 118 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 119 Revenge in style

  • 120 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 121

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 122 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 123 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 124 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 125 Hartland's invitation

  • 126 New addition to Quay front

  • 127 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 128 Decontrol of meat

  • 129

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 130 Variety in summer weather

  • 131 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 132 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 133 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 134

    Married in 1908
  • 135 Sight of a lifetime

  • 136 So this is the mainland!

  • 137 Sweets derationing

  • 138 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 139 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 140 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 141 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 142 One of the luckier farmers in getting in the problem harvest

  • 143 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 144

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 145 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 146 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 147 In their new robes and hats

  • 148 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 149 Shoes certainly not made for walking

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

  • 151 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 152 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 153 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 154 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 155 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 156

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 157 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 158 Appledore's largest

  • 159 Cruising down the river

  • 160 Torrington's new amenity

  • 161 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 162 Caught in the act>
  • 163 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 164 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 165 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 166 A roof-top view - where?

  • 167 Warmington's garage ad

  • 168 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 169 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 170 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 171

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 172

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 173 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 174 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 175 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 176 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 177 Waldon Triplets
  • 178

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 179 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 180 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 181 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 182 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 183 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 184 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 185 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 186 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 187 Penny for the guy

  • 188 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 189 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 190 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 191 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 192 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 193 Out of puff!

  • 194 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 195 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 196 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 197 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 198 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 199 No sale of Springfield House

  • 200 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 201 Northam footballers of the future

  • 202 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 203 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 204 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 205 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 206 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 207 Bideford computer stars

  • 208

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 209 Police station view of Bideford

  • 210 New civic medallions

  • 211 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 212 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 213 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 214 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 215 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 216 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 217 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 218

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 219 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 220 113 years at Instow

  • 221 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 222 A story to tell!

  • 223 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 224 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 225 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 226 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 227 Burnard family reunion

  • 228 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 229 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 230 When horses score over the tractor

  • 231 North Devon Driving School

  • 232 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 233

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 234 Last train from Torrington

  • 235 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 236 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 237 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 238 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 239 Ten year old scrambler

  • 240 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 241 New look in the hayfields

  • 242 Peter poses for TV film

  • 243 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 244 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 245 From Bobby to Brian

  • 246 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 247 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 248 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 249 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 250 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 251 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 252 Last of Bideford factory chimney

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    Was a missionary
  • 254 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 255 Finished in 1876

  • 256 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 257 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 258 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 259 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 260 Over the bank together>
  • 261 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 262 Hartland Dancers
  • 263 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 264 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 265 All for the love of a lady!

  • 266 Emergency ferry services

  • 267 Picking the pops

  • 268 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 269 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 270 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 271 Dismantling of wireless mast

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    Successful motor cycling team
  • 273 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 274 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 275 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 276 New life for Hartland organ

  • 277 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 278 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 279 Ships at Bideford

  • 280 For crying out loud!

  • 281 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

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    Exhibition of school work
  • 283 Private home for public pump

  • 284 Happy Days!

  • 285 New art gallery opened

  • 286 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

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

  • 288 All aboard the ark

  • 289 Circus comes to town

  • 290 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 291 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 293 Hartland postman retires

  • 294 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 295 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 296 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 297 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 298 Traditions and skills still there

  • 299 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 300 A bird of their own!

  • 301 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 302

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 303 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 304 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 305 Capers on the cobbles

  • 306 Blanchards ad.>
  • 307 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 308 Twenty-one yachts

  • 309 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 310 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 311 Six footed lamb

  • 312 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

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

  • 314 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 315 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 316 Recognise this resort?

  • 317 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 318 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 319 Open-air art exhibition by 'under 40' group

  • 320 School crossing patrol begins

  • 321

    Building works
  • 322 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 323 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 324 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 325 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 326

    Bidefordians
  • 327 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 328 He beat the floods

  • 329 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 330 Clovelly custom

  • 331 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 332 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 333 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 334 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 335 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 336 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 337

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 338 Some 240 exhibits

  • 339 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 340 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 341 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 342 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 343 Centenary of Gazette

  • 344

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 345 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 346 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 347 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 348 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 349 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

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

  • 351 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 352 Clovelly nightmare

  • 353 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 354 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 355 Jumble sale fever

  • 356 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 357 Bideford loses training ship

  • 358 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 359 Mobile missionary

  • 360 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 361 Bideford regatta

  • 362 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 363 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 364 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 365 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 366 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 367 The Geneva marionettes

  • 368

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 369 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 370 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 371 New Lundy stamps

  • 372 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 373 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 374 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 375 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

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

  • 377 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 378 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 379 It really was the 'last time'

  • 380 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 381 Littleham family's five generations

  • 382 They are parted pro-tem

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

  • 384 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 385 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 386 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 387 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 388 Simple Item 138
  • 389 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 390 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 391 The cab at the corner>
  • 392 Riverside mystery

  • 393 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 394 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 395 End of the line

  • 396 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 397 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 398 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 399 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 400 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 401 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 402 By pony and trap to market

  • 403 Modern living at Bideford

  • 404 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 405 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

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    Relatives all over the world
  • 407 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 408 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 409 What's the time?

  • 410 Puppet characters introduced

  • 411 Northam's almshouse

  • 412 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 413 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 414 Life begins at 80

  • 415 Devil sent packing

  • 416 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 417 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 418 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 419 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 420 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 421 Service with a smile

  • 422 Artisans' Club

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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Clovelly's 100 years as lifeboat station 24th July 1970

Clovelly's 100 years as lifeboat station 24th July 1970

Clovellys 100 years as lifeboat stationThe centenary of Clovelly lifeboat station will be marked by celebrations next week culminating in the presentation of a vellum from the committee of management of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.

The lifeboat housed in Clovelly boathouse was withdrawn on March 31st 1968, but the cruising lifeboat 70-001 has since been based there, and Clovelly continues as a lifeboat station providing shore-base facilities.

Commemoration begins on Sunday morning with a service at the Parish Church.  At the Parish Hall on Tuesday Rear Admiral Sir Edmund Irving will present the vellum in the presence of official guests, associated with the lifeboat service and other interested people.

A centenary booklet will be on sale throughout the week.

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