• 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 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 2 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 3 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 4 Northam footballers of the future

  • 5 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

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

  • 7 New Lundy stamps

  • 8 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 9 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 10 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 11 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 12 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 13 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 14 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 15 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 16 Service with a smile

  • 17 Simple Item 138
  • 18 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 19 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 20 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 21 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 22

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 23 Clovelly custom

  • 24

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 25 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 26 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 27 Out of puff!

  • 28 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 29 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 30 Peter poses for TV film

  • 31

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 32 Picking the pops

  • 33 Cruising down the river

  • 34

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 35 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 36 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 37 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 38 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 39

    Bidefordians
  • 40 Recognise this resort?

  • 41 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 42 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 43 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 44

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 45 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 46 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 47 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 48 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 49

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 50 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 51 Bideford regatta

  • 52 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 53

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 54

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 55 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 56 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 57 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 58 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 59 A story to tell!

  • 60 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 61

    Exhibition of school work
  • 62 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 63 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 64 A bird of their own!

  • 65 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 66 For crying out loud!

  • 67 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 68 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 69 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
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    Married in 1908
  • 71 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 72 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 73 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 74 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 75 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 76 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 77 All aboard the ark

  • 78 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 79 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 80 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 81 New look in the hayfields

  • 82 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 83 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 84 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 85 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 86 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 87 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 88 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 89 Over the bank together>
  • 90 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 91 All for the love of a lady!

  • 92 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 93 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 94 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 95

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 96 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 97

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 98

    Relatives all over the world
  • 99 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 100

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 101 Devil sent packing

  • 102 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 103 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 104 End of the line

  • 105 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 106 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 107 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 108 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 109 Afternoon tea in the park

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

  • 111 A man and his wheel

  • 112 Torrington Church's new organ

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

  • 114 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 115 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 116 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 117 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 118 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 119 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 120 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 121 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 122 New shipyard on schedule

  • 123 Emergency ferry services

  • 124 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 125 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 126 Sweets derationing

  • 127 Last train from Torrington

  • 128 Appledore's largest

  • 129 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 130 Twenty-one yachts

  • 131 Pannier Market's future?

  • 132 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 133 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 134 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 135 They are parted pro-tem

  • 136 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 137 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 138 Blanchards ad.>
  • 139 Off on a great adventure

  • 140 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 141 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

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

  • 143 Finished in 1876

  • 144 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 145 Loads of black and white

  • 146 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 147 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 148 First ship in 8 years

  • 149 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 150 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 151 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 152 A roof-top view - where?

  • 153 Police station view of Bideford

  • 154 North Devon Driving School

  • 155 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 156 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 157 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 158 Modern living at Bideford

  • 159 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 160 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 161 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 162 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 163

    Building works
  • 164 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 165 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 166 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 167 Ten year old scrambler

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

  • 169 Capers on the cobbles

  • 170

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 171 The art of the thatcher

  • 172 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 173 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 174 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 175 Revenge in style

  • 176 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 177 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 178 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 179 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 180 Some mushroom!

  • 181 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 182 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 183 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 184 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 185 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 186 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 187 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 188 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 189 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 190 Artisans' Club

  • 191 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 192 Parkham plan realised

  • 193 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 194 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 195 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 196 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 197 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 198 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 199 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 200 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 201 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 202 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 203 Weare Giffard potato

  • 204 Riverside mystery

  • 205 Some 240 exhibits

  • 206

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 207 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 208

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 209 Private home for public pump

  • 210 Warmington's garage ad

  • 211 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 212 School's link with cargo ship

  • 213 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 214 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 215 Penny for the guy

  • 216 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 217 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 218 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 219 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

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

  • 221 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 222 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 223 Torrington's new amenity

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 225 Just over a year old

  • 226

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 227 In their new robes and hats

  • 228 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 229 New civic medallions

  • 230 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 231 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 232 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 233 Happy Days!

  • 234 No laughing matter

  • 235 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 236 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 237 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 238 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 239 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 240 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 241 Littleham family's five generations

  • 242 113 years at Instow

  • 243 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 244 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 245 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 246 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 247 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 248 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 249

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 250 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 251 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 252

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 253 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 254 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 255 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 256 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 257 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 258 Mobile missionary

  • 259 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 260 Train returns to Westleigh straight

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

  • 262 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 263 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 264 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 265 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 266 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 267 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 268 The cab at the corner>
  • 269 Ships at Bideford

  • 270 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 271 Picking the pops

  • 272 He beat the floods

  • 273 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

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

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    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 276 Grenville House for Bideford R.D.C.

  • 277 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 278 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 279 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 280 Traditions and skills still there

  • 281 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 282 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 283 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 284 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 285 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 286 Six footed lamb

  • 287 Clovelly nightmare

  • 288 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 289 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 290 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 291 New life for Hartland organ

  • 292 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 293 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 294 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 295 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 296 Torrington children build igloo
  • 297 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 298

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 299 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 300 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 301 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 302 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 303 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 304 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 305 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 306 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 307 What's the time?

  • 308 Puppet characters introduced

  • 309 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 310 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 311 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 312 Hartland postman retires

  • 313 Burnard family reunion

  • 314 School crossing patrol begins

  • 315 So this is the mainland!

  • 316 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 317 It really was the 'last time'

  • 318 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 319 Filming at Hartland

  • 320

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 321

    First prize
  • 322 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 323 From Bobby to Brian

  • 324 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 325 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 326 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 327 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 328 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 329 Waldon Triplets
  • 330 Lundy memorial to John Pennington Harman V.C.

  • 331 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 332 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 333 New addition to Quay front

  • 334 Northam's almshouse

  • 335 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 336 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 337 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 338 Hartland's invitation

  • 339 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 340 New choral society's growing response

  • 341 Bideford loses training ship

  • 342 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 343

    Was a missionary
  • 344 New Post Office

  • 345 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 346 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 347 Torrington in 1967

  • 348 Jumble sale fever

  • 349 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 350 The Geneva marionettes

  • 351 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 352 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 353 Sight of a lifetime

  • 354 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 355 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 356 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 357 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 358 Caught in the act>
  • 359 Bideford - as Rowlandson saw it about 1810-15

  • 360 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 361 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 362 Variety in summer weather

  • 363 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 364 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 365 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 366 Bridging the stream

  • 367

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 368 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 369

    New gateway
  • 370 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 371 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 372 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 373 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 374 By pony and trap to market

  • 375 Life begins at 80

  • 376 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 377 Centenary of Gazette

  • 378 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 379

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 380 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 381 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 382 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 383 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 384 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 385 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 386 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 387 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 388 Decontrol of meat

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

  • 390 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 391 New art gallery opened

  • 392 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 393 Bideford computer stars

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

  • 395 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 396 Circus comes to town

  • 397 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 398 When horses score over the tractor

  • 399 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 400 Can spring be far away?

  • 401 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 402 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 403 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 404 Hartland Dancers
  • 405

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 406 No sale of Springfield House

  • 407 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 408 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 409 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 410 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 411 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 412 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 413 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 414

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 415 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 416 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 417 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 418 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 419 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 420 Unique holiday adventure!

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

  • 422 They never miss a game at Torrington

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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  • 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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  • 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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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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