• 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 Clovelly custom

  • 2 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 3 Life begins at 80

  • 4 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 5 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 6 It really was the 'last time'

  • 7 Finished in 1876

  • 8 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 9 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 10 Northam footballers of the future

  • 11 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 12 Peter poses for TV film

  • 13 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 14 New Post Office

  • 15 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 16 North Devon Driving School

  • 17 So this is the mainland!

  • 18 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 19 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 20 All aboard the ark

  • 21 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 22 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 23 Can spring be far away?

  • 24 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 25 Puppet characters introduced

  • 26 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 27 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 28

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 29

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 30 Blanchards ad.>
  • 31 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 32 Capers on the cobbles

  • 33

    Married in 1908
  • 34 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

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

  • 36 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 37 Happy Days!

  • 38

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 39 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 40 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 41 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 42 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 43 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 44 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 45 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 46 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 47 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 48 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 49 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 50

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 51 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 52 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 53 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 54 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 55 Torrington in 1967

  • 56 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 57

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 58 School crossing patrol begins

  • 59 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 60 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 61 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 62 Bideford computer stars

  • 63 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 64 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 65 Clovelly nightmare

  • 66 New fire and ambulance stations

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

  • 68 Devil sent packing

  • 69 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 70 Jumble sale fever

  • 71 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 72 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 73 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 74 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 75 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 76 Appledore's largest

  • 77 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 78 Ships at Bideford

  • 79 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 80 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 81 Private home for public pump

  • 82 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 83 End of the line

  • 84 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 85 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 86 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 87 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 88 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 89 A man and his wheel

  • 90 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 91 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 92 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 93

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 94 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 95 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 96 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 97

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 98 Penny for the guy

  • 99 Just over a year old

  • 100 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 101 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 102 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 103 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 104 Sweets derationing

  • 105 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 106 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 107 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 108 All for the love of a lady!

  • 109 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 110 Centenary of Gazette

  • 111 Over the bank together>
  • 112 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 113 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 114 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 115 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 116 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 117 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 118 New shipyard on schedule

  • 119 Weare Giffard potato

  • 120 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 121 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 122 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 123 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 124 Simple Item 138
  • 125 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 126

    Was a missionary
  • 127 Filming at Hartland

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

  • 129 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 130 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 131 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 132 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 133 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 134 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 135 New civic medallions

  • 136 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 137 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 138 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 139 Burnard family reunion

  • 140 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 141 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 142 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 143 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 144 Off on a great adventure

  • 145 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 146 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 147 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 148 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 149 By pony and trap to market

  • 150 Hartland Dancers
  • 151 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 152 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 153 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 154 Hartland's invitation

  • 155 Modern living at Bideford

  • 156

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 157 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

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

  • 159 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 160 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 161 Bridging the stream

  • 162 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 163 New Lundy stamps

  • 164 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 165 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 166 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 167 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 168 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 169 Northam's almshouse

  • 170

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 171 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 172 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 173 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 174

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 175 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 176 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 177 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 178 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 179 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 180 From Bobby to Brian

  • 181 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 182 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 183

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 184 New gateway to King George's Fields

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

  • 186 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 187 Torrington's new amenity

  • 188 Warmington's garage ad

  • 189

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 190 Lundy memorial to John Pennington Harman V.C.

  • 191 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 192 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 193 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 194 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 195 What's the time?

  • 196 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 197 Bideford country dancers on TV

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

  • 199 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 200

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 201

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 202 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 203 Some mushroom!

  • 204 Revenge in style

  • 205 Littleham family's five generations

  • 206 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 207 A bird of their own!

  • 208 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 209 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 210

    Building works
  • 211 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 212 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 213 Six footed lamb

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

  • 215 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 216 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 217 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 218 Hartland postman retires

  • 219 Out of puff!

  • 220 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 221

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 222 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 223 Artisans' Club

  • 224 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 225 They are parted pro-tem

  • 226 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 227 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 228 Sight of a lifetime

  • 229 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 230 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 231 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 232 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 233 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 234 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 235 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 236 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 237

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 238 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 239 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 240 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 241 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 242 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 243 Service with a smile

  • 244 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 245 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

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    Relatives all over the world
  • 247 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 248 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 249 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 250 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 251 Emergency ferry services

  • 252 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 253 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 254 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 255 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 256 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 257 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 258 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 259

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 260 New look in the hayfields

  • 261 113 years at Instow

  • 262 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 263 Bideford regatta

  • 264 No laughing matter

  • 265 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 266 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 267 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 268 No sale of Springfield House

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

  • 270 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 271 A roof-top view - where?

  • 272 Caught in the act>
  • 273 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

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

  • 275 Recognise this resort?

  • 276 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 277

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 278 Ten year old scrambler

  • 279 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 280 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 281 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 282 New addition to Quay front

  • 283 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 284 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 285 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 286 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 287 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 288 Mobile missionary

  • 289 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 290 When horses score over the tractor

  • 291 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 292 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 293 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 294 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 295 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 296 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 297 School's link with cargo ship

  • 298 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 299 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 300 New art gallery opened

  • 301 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 302 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 303 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 304 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 305 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 306 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 307 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 308 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 309 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 310 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

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

  • 312 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 313 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 314

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 315

    New gateway
  • 316 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 317 Variety in summer weather

  • 318 New choral society's growing response

  • 319 Pannier Market's future?

  • 320 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 321 Traditions and skills still there

  • 322

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 323 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 324 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

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

  • 326 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 327 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 328 Parkham plan realised

  • 329 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 330

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 331 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 332 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 333 New life for Hartland organ

  • 334 Picking the pops

  • 335 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 336 The Geneva marionettes

  • 337 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 338

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 339 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 340 A story to tell!

  • 341 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 342 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 343 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 344 Decontrol of meat

  • 345 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 346

    Bidefordians
  • 347 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 348 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 349 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 350 Torrington children build igloo
  • 351 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 352 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 353 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 354 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 355 Circus comes to town

  • 356 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 357 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 358 Police station view of Bideford

  • 359 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 360 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 361 Picking the pops

  • 362 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 363 Riverside mystery

  • 364 Loads of black and white

  • 365

    First prize
  • 366

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 367 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 368 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 369

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 370 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 371 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 372 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 373 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 374 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 375 Cruising down the river

  • 376 Some 240 exhibits

  • 377 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 378 He beat the floods

  • 379 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 380 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 381 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 382 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 383 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 384 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 385 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 386 In their new robes and hats

  • 387 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 388 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 389 First ship in 8 years

  • 390 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 391 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 392 The cab at the corner>
  • 393 Malibou boys are all-the-year-round surfers

  • 394 The art of the thatcher

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

  • 396 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 397 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 398 For crying out loud!

  • 399 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 400 Twenty-one yachts

  • 401

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 402 Last train from Torrington

  • 403 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 404

    Exhibition of school work
  • 405 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 406 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 407 Waldon Triplets
  • 408 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 409 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 410 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 411 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 412 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 413 Bideford loses training ship

  • 414 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 415 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 416 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 417 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 418 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 419 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 420 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 421 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 422 Eight to strike and a race to win

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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Woolsery News

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