• 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 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 2 They are parted pro-tem

  • 3 Just over a year old

  • 4 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 5 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 6 The cab at the corner>
  • 7 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 8 Police station view of Bideford

  • 9 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 10 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 11 New look in the hayfields

  • 12 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 13 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 14 Weare Giffard potato

  • 15 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 16 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 17 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 18 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 19

    Building works
  • 20 Cruising down the river

  • 21 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 22 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 23 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 24 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 25

    Exhibition of school work
  • 26 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 27 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 28 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 29 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 30 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 31 Loads of black and white

  • 32 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 33 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 34 Torrington children build igloo
  • 35 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 36 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 37 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 38 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 39 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 40 Off on a great adventure

  • 41 In their new robes and hats

  • 42

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 43 Circus comes to town

  • 44 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 45 Out of puff!

  • 46 Ten year old scrambler

  • 47 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 48 Sweets derationing

  • 49

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 50 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 51 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 52 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 53 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 54 Riverside mystery

  • 55 A story to tell!

  • 56 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 57 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 58 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 59 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 60 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 61 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 62 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 63 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 64 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 65 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

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

  • 67 Can spring be far away?

  • 68 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 69 East-the-Water's call for new school

  • 70 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 71 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 72 The art of the thatcher

  • 73 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 74 Blanchards ad.>
  • 75 So this is the mainland!

  • 76 He beat the floods

  • 77 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 78 First ship in 8 years

  • 79 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 80 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 81 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 82 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 83 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 84 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 85 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 86 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 87 Bideford regatta

  • 88 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 89 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 90 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 91 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 92 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 93

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 94 Appledore's largest

  • 95 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 96 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 97

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 98 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 99 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 100 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 101 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 102 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 103 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 104 By pony and trap to market

  • 105 New choral society's growing response

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

  • 107 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 108 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 109 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 110 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 111 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 112 Mobile missionary

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

  • 114 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 115

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 116 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 117

    Bidefordians
  • 118 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 119 All for the love of a lady!

  • 120 Torrington in 1967

  • 121 Pannier Market's future?

  • 122 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 123 Warmington's garage ad

  • 124 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 125 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 126 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 127 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 128 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 129 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 130

    Was a missionary
  • 131 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 132 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 133 Emergency ferry services

  • 134 The Geneva marionettes

  • 135 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 136 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 137 New art gallery opened

  • 138

    Married in 1908
  • 139 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 140 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 141 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 142 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 143 Bideford computer stars

  • 144 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 145 Bridging the stream

  • 146 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 147

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 148 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 149 Diamond Jubilee of St Peter's Church, East-the-Water

  • 150 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 151 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 152

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 153 New civic medallions

  • 154 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 155 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 156 Bideford loses training ship

  • 157

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 158 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 159 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 160 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 161 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 162 Northam's almshouse

  • 163 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 164 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 165 School crossing patrol begins

  • 166 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 167 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 168 Littleham family's five generations

  • 169 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 170 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 171 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 172

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 173

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 174 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 175 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

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

  • 177 North Devon Driving School

  • 178 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 179

    New gateway
  • 180 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 181

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 182 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 183 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 184 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 185

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 186 Variety in summer weather

  • 187 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 188

    First prize
  • 189 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 190 Centenary of Gazette

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

  • 192 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 193 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 194 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 195 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 196 No sale of Springfield House

  • 197 Little 'Big Ben'

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

  • 199 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 200 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 201 Over the bank together>
  • 202 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 203 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 204 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 205 Penny for the guy

  • 206 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 207 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 208 Parkham plan realised

  • 209 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 210 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 211 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 212 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 213 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 214 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 215 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 216 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 217 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 218 Peter poses for TV film

  • 219 Some 240 exhibits

  • 220

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 221 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 222 When horses score over the tractor

  • 223 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 224 All aboard the ark

  • 225 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 226 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 227 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 228 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 229 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 230 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 231 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 232 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 233 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 234 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 235 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 236 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 237

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 238 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 239 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 240 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 241 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 242 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 243 New addition to Quay front

  • 244 New shipyard on schedule

  • 245 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 246 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 247 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 248 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 249 Picking the pops

  • 250 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 251 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 252

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 253 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 254 Devil sent packing

  • 255 Clovelly custom

  • 256 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 257 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 258 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 259 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 260 Decontrol of meat

  • 261 Hartland postman retires

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

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

  • 264 Fundraising trip for RNLI

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

  • 266 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 267 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 268 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 269 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 270 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 271 For crying out loud!

  • 272 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 273 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

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    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 275 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 276 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 277 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 278 A roof-top view - where?

  • 279 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 280 New gateway to King George's Fields

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    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 282 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 283 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 284 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 285 Caught in the act>
  • 286 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 287

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 288 From Bobby to Brian

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

  • 290 New life for Hartland organ

  • 291 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 292 Modern living at Bideford

  • 293 Recognise this resort?

  • 294 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 295 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 296 Hartland's invitation

  • 297 Ships at Bideford

  • 298

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 299 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 300 New Post Office

  • 301 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 302 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 303 Life begins at 80

  • 304 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 305 Traditions and skills still there

  • 306 Private home for public pump

  • 307 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 308 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 309 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 310 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

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    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 312 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 313 Artisans' Club

  • 314 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

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

  • 316 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 317 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 318 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 319 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 320 Simple Item 138
  • 321 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 322 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 323 Hartland Dancers
  • 324

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 325 113 years at Instow

  • 326 It really was the 'last time'

  • 327 Service with a smile

  • 328 Puppet characters introduced

  • 329 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 330 A bird of their own!

  • 331 No laughing matter

  • 332

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 333 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 334 End of the line

  • 335 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 336 Happy Days!

  • 337 Torrington's new amenity

  • 338 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 339 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 340 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 341 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 342 What's the time?

  • 343 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 344 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 345 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 346 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 347 Burnard family reunion

  • 348 Some mushroom!

  • 349 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 350 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 351 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 352 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 353 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 354 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 355 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 356 Picking the pops

  • 357 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 358 Finished in 1876

  • 359 Clovelly nightmare

  • 360 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 361 Sight of a lifetime

  • 362 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 363 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 364 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 365 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 366 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 367 Jumble sale fever

  • 368 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 369 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 370 Last train from Torrington

  • 371 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 372 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 373

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 374 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 375 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 376 Twenty-one yachts

  • 377 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 378 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 379 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 380 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 381 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 382 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 383 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 384 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 385 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 386 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 387 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 388 Six footed lamb

  • 389 Filming at Hartland

  • 390

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 391 A man and his wheel

  • 392 School's link with cargo ship

  • 393 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 394 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 395 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 396 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 397 Capers on the cobbles

  • 398 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 399 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 400 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 401 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 402 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 403 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 404 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 405 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 406 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 407 New Lundy stamps

  • 408 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 409 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 410

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 411 Northam footballers of the future

  • 412 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 413 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 414 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 415 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 416 Waldon Triplets
  • 417 Lundy memorial to John Pennington Harman V.C.

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    Relatives all over the world
  • 419 Revenge in style

  • 420 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 421 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 422 Childrens' model of 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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