• 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 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 2 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 3 River scenes that enchant the visitors

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

  • 5 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 6 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 7

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 8 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 9 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 10 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 11 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 12 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 13 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 14 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 15 Centenary of Gazette

  • 16 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 17 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 18 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 19 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 20 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 21 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 22

    Married in 1908
  • 23 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 24 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 25 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

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

  • 27 All aboard the ark

  • 28 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 29 Warmington's garage ad

  • 30 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 31 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 32 Emergency ferry services

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

  • 34 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 35

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 36 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 37 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 38 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 39 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 40 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 41 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 42 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 43 Loads of black and white

  • 44 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 45 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 46 Mobile missionary

  • 47 Artisans' Club

  • 48 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 49 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 50 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 51 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 52 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 53 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 54 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 55

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 56 Finished in 1876

  • 57 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 58 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 59 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 60 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 61 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 62 Circus comes to town

  • 63 A bird of their own!

  • 64 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 65 Torrington children build igloo
  • 66 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

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

  • 68

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 69 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 70 Over the bank together>
  • 71 Some mushroom!

  • 72 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 73 He beat the floods

  • 74 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 75 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

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

  • 77 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 78 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 79 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 80 Just over a year old

  • 81 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 82 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 83 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 84 Torrington in 1967

  • 85 The art of the thatcher

  • 86 Traditions and skills still there

  • 87 Clovelly nightmare

  • 88

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 89 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 90 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 91

    Bidefordians
  • 92 Peter poses for TV film

  • 93

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 94 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 95 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 96 Can spring be far away?

  • 97 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 98 Bideford loses training ship

  • 99

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 100 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 101 A roof-top view - where?

  • 102 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 103 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 104 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 105 It really was the 'last time'

  • 106

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 107 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 108 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 109 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 110 Modern living at Bideford

  • 111 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 112 Simple Item 138
  • 113 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 114 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 115 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 116 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 117 A man and his wheel

  • 118 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 119 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 120 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 121 Littleham family's five generations

  • 122 A story to tell!

  • 123 Sweets derationing

  • 124 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 125 Twenty-one yachts

  • 126 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 127

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 128 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 129 The Geneva marionettes

  • 130 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 131 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 132 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 133 The cab at the corner>
  • 134 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 135 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 136 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

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

  • 138

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 139 Clovelly custom

  • 140

    Was a missionary
  • 141 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

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

  • 143 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 144 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 145 From Bobby to Brian

  • 146 Picking the pops

  • 147 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 148 All for the love of a lady!

  • 149 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 150 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 151 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 152 Television comes to Torridge District

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

  • 154 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 155

    Building works
  • 156 Appledore's largest

  • 157 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 158 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 159 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 160 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 161 113 years at Instow

  • 162 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 163 Hartland postman retires

  • 164 Waldon Triplets
  • 165 New look in the hayfields

  • 166 New art gallery opened

  • 167 Northam's almshouse

  • 168 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 169 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 170 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 171 Grenville House for Bideford R.D.C.

  • 172 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 173 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 174 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 175

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 176 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 177 When horses score over the tractor

  • 178 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 179

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 180 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 181 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 182

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 183 Penny for the guy

  • 184 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 185 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 186 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 187 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 188

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 189 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 190 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 191 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 192 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 193 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 194 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 195 Ten year old scrambler

  • 196 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 197 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 198 Burnard family reunion

  • 199 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 200

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 201 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 202 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 203

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 204 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 205 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 206 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 207 In their new robes and hats

  • 208 New Post Office

  • 209 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 210 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 211 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 212 Hartland's invitation

  • 213 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 214 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 215 No sale of Springfield House

  • 216 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 217 New shipyard on schedule

  • 218 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 219 Some 240 exhibits

  • 220 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 221 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 222 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 223 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 224 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 225 Revenge in style

  • 226 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 227 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 228 Pannier Market's future?

  • 229 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 230 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 231 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 232 Recognise this resort?

  • 233 Torrington's new amenity

  • 234 They are parted pro-tem

  • 235 Off on a great adventure

  • 236 Cruising down the river

  • 237 For crying out loud!

  • 238 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 239 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 240 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 241 Bideford computer stars

  • 242 Picking the pops

  • 243 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 244 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 245 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 246 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 247

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 248 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 249 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 250 Devil sent packing

  • 251

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 252 Symbol of Lundy independence

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

  • 254 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 255 Hartland Dancers
  • 256 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 257 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 258 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 259 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 260 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 261 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 262 Jumble sale fever

  • 263 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 264 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 265 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 266 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 267 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 268 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 269 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 270 Bridging the stream

  • 271 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 272 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 273 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 274 School's link with cargo ship

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    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 276 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 277 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 278 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 279 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 280 North Devon Driving School

  • 281 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 282 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 283 End of the line

  • 284 Blanchards ad.>
  • 285 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 286 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 287 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 288 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 289 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

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

  • 291 New civic medallions

  • 292 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 293 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 294 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 295 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 296 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 297 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 298 New Lundy stamps

  • 299 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 300 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 301 Out of puff!

  • 302 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 303 Service with a smile

  • 304 Six footed lamb

  • 305 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 306 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 307 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 308 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 309 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 310 First steel ship built at Bideford

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    Relatives all over the world
  • 312 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 313 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 314 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 315 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 316 Life begins at 80

  • 317 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 318 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 319 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 320 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 321 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

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    New gateway
  • 323 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 324 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

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

  • 326 Northam footballers of the future

  • 327 So this is the mainland!

  • 328 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 329 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 330

    First prize
  • 331 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 332 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 333 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 334 Weare Giffard potato

  • 335 Sight of a lifetime

  • 336 Decontrol of meat

  • 337

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 338 Happy Days!

  • 339 First ship in 8 years

  • 340 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 341 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 342

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 343 Puppet characters introduced

  • 344 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 345 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 346 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 347 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 348 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 349

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 350 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 351 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 352 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 353 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 354 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 355 Bideford regatta

  • 356 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 357 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 358 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 359 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 360 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 361 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 362 Police station view of Bideford

  • 363 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 364 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 365 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 366 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 367 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 368 No laughing matter

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

  • 370

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 371 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 372 Last train from Torrington

  • 373 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 374 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 375 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 376 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 377 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 378 By pony and trap to market

  • 379 Capers on the cobbles

  • 380 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 381 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 382 School crossing patrol begins

  • 383 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 384 Caught in the act>
  • 385

    Exhibition of school work
  • 386 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 387 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 388 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 389 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 390 Reed threshing 'putting the clock back' at Weare Giffard

  • 391 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 392 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 393 New life for Hartland organ

  • 394 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 395 Filming at Hartland

  • 396 Private home for public pump

  • 397 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 398 New choral society's growing response

  • 399 What's the time?

  • 400 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 401 Ships at Bideford

  • 402 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 403

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 404 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 405 New addition to Quay front

  • 406 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 407 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 408 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 409 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 410

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 411 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 412 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 413 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 414 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 415 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 416 Riverside mystery

  • 417 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 418 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 419 Parkham plan realised

  • 420 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 421 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 422 Variety in summer weather

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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  • 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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  • 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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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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