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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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  • 1 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 2 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 3 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

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

  • 5 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 6 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 7 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 8 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 9 For crying out loud!

  • 10 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 11 Appledore's largest

  • 12

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 13 Bideford loses training ship

  • 14 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 15 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 16

    Building works
  • 17 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 18 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 19 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 20 Life begins at 80

  • 21 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 22 Jumble sale fever

  • 23 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 24 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 25 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 26 Torrington's new amenity

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

  • 28 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 29 Artisans' Club

  • 30 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 31

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 32 In their new robes and hats

  • 33 Traditions and skills still there

  • 34 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 35 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 36 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 37 Burnard family reunion

  • 38 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 39 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 40 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 41 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 42 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 43 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 44 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 45 Parkham plan realised

  • 46 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 47 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 48 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 49 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 50 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 51 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 52 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 53 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 54 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 55 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 56 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 57

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 58 Caught in the act>
  • 59 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 60 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 61 The Geneva marionettes

  • 62 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 63 Last train from Torrington

  • 64 Torrington in 1967

  • 65 They are parted pro-tem

  • 66 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 67 All for the love of a lady!

  • 68 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 69 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 70 Police station view of Bideford

  • 71 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 72 School's link with cargo ship

  • 73 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 74

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 75 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 76 Twenty-one yachts

  • 77 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 78 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 79 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 80 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 81 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 82 The art of the thatcher

  • 83 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 84 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 85 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 86 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 87 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 88 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 89 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 90 A man and his wheel

  • 91

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 92 Picking the pops

  • 93 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 94 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 95 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 96 First ship in 8 years

  • 97 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 98 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 99

    Was a missionary
  • 100 By pony and trap to market

  • 101 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 102 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 103 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 104 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 105 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 106 New addition to Quay front

  • 107 Circus comes to town

  • 108 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 109 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 110 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 111 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 112 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 113

    New gateway
  • 114 Filming at Hartland

  • 115 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 116 New choral society's growing response

  • 117 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 118 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 119

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 120 A roof-top view - where?

  • 121 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 122 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 123 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 124 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 125 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 126 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 127 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 128 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 129 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 130 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 131 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 132 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 133

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 134 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 135 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 136 Out of puff!

  • 137 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 138 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 139 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 140 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 141 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 142 Hartland's invitation

  • 143 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 144 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 145 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 146 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 147 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 148 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 149

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 150 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 151 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 152 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 153 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

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

  • 155 Decontrol of meat

  • 156 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 157 The cab at the corner>
  • 158 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 159 No laughing matter

  • 160 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

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

  • 162 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 163 Ten year old scrambler

  • 164 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 165 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 166 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 167 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 168 Service with a smile

  • 169 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 170 Littleham family's five generations

  • 171 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 172

    Bidefordians
  • 173 Happy Days!

  • 174 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 175 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 176 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 177 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 178 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 179 Emergency ferry services

  • 180 Can spring be far away?

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

  • 182 Centenary of Gazette

  • 183 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 184 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 185 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 186 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 187 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 188 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 189 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 190 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 191 What's the time?

  • 192 Clovelly nightmare

  • 193 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 194 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 195 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 196 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 197 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 198 Off on a great adventure

  • 199 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 200 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 201 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 202 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 203

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 204 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 205 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 206 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 207 Penny for the guy

  • 208 He beat the floods

  • 209 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 210 New art gallery opened

  • 211 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 212 Puppet characters introduced

  • 213 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 214 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 215 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 216

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 217 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 218 Pannier Market's future?

  • 219 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 220 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 221 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 222 Weare Giffard potato

  • 223

    First prize
  • 224 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 225 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 226 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 227 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 228 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 229 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 230 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 231 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 232

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 233 Doing time - over 300 years of it - at Hartland

  • 234 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 235 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

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

  • 237

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 238 Picking the pops

  • 239 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 240 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 241 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 242 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 243 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 244

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 245 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 246

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 247 All aboard the ark

  • 248 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 249 Revenge in style

  • 250 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 251 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 252 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 253 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 254 Mobile missionary

  • 255 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 256 North Devon Driving School

  • 257 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 258 Cruising down the river

  • 259 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 260 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 261 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 262 A story to tell!

  • 263 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 264 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 265 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 266 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 267

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 268 Hartland Dancers
  • 269 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 270 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 271 Variety in summer weather

  • 272 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 273 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 274 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 275 113 years at Instow

  • 276 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

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

  • 278 Private home for public pump

  • 279 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 280 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 281 New look in the hayfields

  • 282 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 283 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 284 Blanchards ad.>
  • 285 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 286 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 287 School crossing patrol begins

  • 288 So this is the mainland!

  • 289 No sale of Springfield House

  • 290 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 291 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 292 Ships at Bideford

  • 293

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 294 Six footed lamb

  • 295

    Exhibition of school work
  • 296 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 297 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 298 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 299 Riverside mystery

  • 300 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 301 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 302 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 303 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 304 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 305 Peter poses for TV film

  • 306 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 307 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 308 Torrington children build igloo
  • 309 Some mushroom!

  • 310 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 312 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 313 Some 240 exhibits

  • 314 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 315 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 316 Clovelly custom

  • 317 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 318 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 319 New Post Office

  • 320 New life for Hartland organ

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    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 322 Sight of a lifetime

  • 323 Loads of black and white

  • 324 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 325 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 326 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 327 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 328 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 329

    Relatives all over the world
  • 330 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 331 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 332 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 333 New shipyard on schedule

  • 334 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 335 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 336 From Bobby to Brian

  • 337 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 338 Sweets derationing

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 340

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 341 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 342 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 343 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 344 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 345 Northam footballers of the future

  • 346 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 347 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 348 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 349 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 350 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 351

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 352 Waldon Triplets
  • 353 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 354 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 355 Northam's almshouse

  • 356 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 357 Hartland postman retires

  • 358 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 359 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 360 A bird of their own!

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

  • 362 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 363 Modern living at Bideford

  • 364 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 365

    Married in 1908
  • 366 Just over a year old

  • 367 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 368 Over the bank together>
  • 369 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 370 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

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

  • 372

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 373 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 374 Capers on the cobbles

  • 375 Finished in 1876

  • 376 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 377 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 378 Bideford computer stars

  • 379 New civic medallions

  • 380 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 381 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 382 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 383 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 384 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 385 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 386 Devil sent packing

  • 387 When horses score over the tractor

  • 388 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 389 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 390 Simple Item 138
  • 391 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 392

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 393 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 394 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 395

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 396 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 397 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 398 Bridging the stream

  • 399 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 400 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 401 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 402 Gloves fit for a king!

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

  • 404 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 405 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 406 New Lundy stamps

  • 407 Warmington's garage ad

  • 408 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 409 It really was the 'last time'

  • 410 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 411 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 412

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 413 End of the line

  • 414 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 415 Recognise this resort?

  • 416 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

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

  • 418 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 419 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 420 Television comes to Torridge District

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

  • 422 Bideford regatta

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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  • 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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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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