• 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 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 2 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 3 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 4 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 5 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 6 New Post Office

  • 7 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 8 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 9 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 10 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 11

    Married in 1908
  • 12

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 13 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 14 Warmington's garage ad

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

  • 16 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 17 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 18 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 19 School crossing patrol begins

  • 20

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 21 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 22 Puppet characters introduced

  • 23 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 24 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 25 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 26 A roof-top view - where?

  • 27 Bideford computer stars

  • 28 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 29 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 30 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 31 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 32 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 33 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 34 A bird of their own!

  • 35 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 36 Some 240 exhibits

  • 37 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 38 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 39 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 40 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 41 Northam's almshouse

  • 42 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 43 Wishing well is pixielated

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

  • 45 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 46 Twenty-one yachts

  • 47 Sight of a lifetime

  • 48 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 49 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 50 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 51 New art gallery opened

  • 52 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 53 Circus comes to town

  • 54 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 55 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 56

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 57

    Relatives all over the world
  • 58 Parkham plan realised

  • 59

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 60 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 61 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 62 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 63 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 64 Hartland's invitation

  • 65 Recognise this resort?

  • 66 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 67 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 68 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 69 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 70 Six footed lamb

  • 71 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 72 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 73 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 74 Weare Giffard potato

  • 75 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 76 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 77 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 78 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 79 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 80 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 81 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 82 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 83 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 84

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 85

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 86 All for the love of a lady!

  • 87 Loads of black and white

  • 88 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 89 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 90 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 91 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 92 Some mushroom!

  • 93 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 94 113 years at Instow

  • 95 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 96 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 97 The Geneva marionettes

  • 98

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 99 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 100 Picking the pops

  • 101 They are parted pro-tem

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

  • 103 Bideford loses training ship

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

  • 105

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 106 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 107 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 108 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 109 Service with a smile

  • 110 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 111 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 112 Mural in the whimsical fashion

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

  • 114 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 115 Hartland postman retires

  • 116 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 117 First ship in 8 years

  • 118 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 119 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 120 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 121 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 122 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 123 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 124 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 125 Northam footballers of the future

  • 126 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 127 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 128 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 129 Life begins at 80

  • 130 Off on a great adventure

  • 131 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 132 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 133 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 134 He beat the floods

  • 135 Cruising down the river

  • 136 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 137 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 138 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 139 Revenge in style

  • 140 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 141 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 142 In their new robes and hats

  • 143 Torrington's new amenity

  • 144 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 145 Appledore's largest

  • 146 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 147 Pannier Market's future?

  • 148 By pony and trap to market

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

  • 150 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 151 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 152 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 153 Torrington children build igloo
  • 154

    Bidefordians
  • 155 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 156 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 157 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 158 Can spring be far away?

  • 159

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 160 From Bobby to Brian

  • 161

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 162 Artisans' Club

  • 163

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 164 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 165 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 166 All aboard the ark

  • 167 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 168 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 169 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 170 New choral society's growing response

  • 171 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 172 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 173 Peter poses for TV film

  • 174 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 175 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 176 Finished in 1876

  • 177 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 178 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 179 Modern living at Bideford

  • 180 Police station view of Bideford

  • 181 A man and his wheel

  • 182 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 183 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 184 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 185 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 186 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 187 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 188 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 189 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 190

    Building works
  • 191 Reed threshing 'putting the clock back' at Weare Giffard

  • 192 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 193 Last train from Torrington

  • 194 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 195 Blanchards ad.>
  • 196 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 197 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 198 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 199 New look in the hayfields

  • 200 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 201 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 202

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 203 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 204 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 205 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 206 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 207 When horses score over the tractor

  • 208 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 209 New addition to Quay front

  • 210 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 211 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 212 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 213 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 214 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 215 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 216 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 217 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 218 Just over a year old

  • 219 Fundraising trip for RNLI

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

  • 221 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 222 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 223 New civic medallions

  • 224 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 225 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 226

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 227

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 228 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 229 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 230 The cab at the corner>
  • 231 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 232 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 233

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 234 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 235 So this is the mainland!

  • 236 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 237 What's the time?

  • 238 Private home for public pump

  • 239 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 240 Centenary of Gazette

  • 241 A story to tell!

  • 242 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 243 It really was the 'last time'

  • 244 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 245 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 246 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 247 Ten year old scrambler

  • 248 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 249 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 250 Riverside mystery

  • 251 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 252 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 253 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 254 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 255 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 256 New shipyard on schedule

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

  • 258 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 259 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 260 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 261 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 262 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 263 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 264 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

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

  • 266 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 267 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 268 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 269 Grenville House for Bideford R.D.C.

  • 270 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 271 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 272 Jumble sale fever

  • 273 Daisy's pride and joy

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

  • 275 Clovelly custom

  • 276 No sale of Springfield House

  • 277 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 278 Bridging the stream

  • 279 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 280 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 281 New Lundy air-mail stamps

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    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 283 School's link with cargo ship

  • 284 End of the line

  • 285 Littleham family's five generations

  • 286

    Exhibition of school work
  • 287 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 288 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 289 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 290 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 291 Hartland Dancers
  • 292 Happy Days!

  • 293 New Lundy stamps

  • 294

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 295 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 296 Decontrol of meat

  • 297 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 298

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 299 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 300 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 301 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 302 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 303 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 304 North Devon Driving School

  • 305 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 306 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 307 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 308 Mobile missionary

  • 309 No laughing matter

  • 310 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 311 Over the bank together>
  • 312 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 313 Ships at Bideford

  • 314

    Was a missionary
  • 315 Traditions and skills still there

  • 316 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 317 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 318 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 319 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 320 New life for Hartland organ

  • 321 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 322 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 323 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 324 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 325 Caught in the act>
  • 326 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 327 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

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

  • 329 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 330 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 331 Capers on the cobbles

  • 332 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 333 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 334 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 335 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 336 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 337 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 338 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 339 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 340 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 341 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 342 Picking the pops

  • 343 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 344 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 345 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 346 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 347 Devil sent packing

  • 348 For crying out loud!

  • 349 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 350 A lost Bideford 'island'

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    First prize
  • 352 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 353 The art of the thatcher

  • 354 Burnard family reunion

  • 355 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 356 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 357 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 358 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 359 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 360 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 361 Sweets derationing

  • 362 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 363 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 364

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 365 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 366 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 367 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 368

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 369 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 370 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 371 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 372 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 373 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 374 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 375 Waldon Triplets
  • 376 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 377 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

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

  • 379

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 380 Torrington in 1967

  • 381 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 382 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 383 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 384 Filming at Hartland

  • 385

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 386 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 387 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 388 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 389

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 390

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 391 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 392 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 393 Out of puff!

  • 394 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 395 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 396 Bideford regatta

  • 397 Variety in summer weather

  • 398 Simple Item 138
  • 399 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 400 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 401 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 402 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 403 Clovelly nightmare

  • 404

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 405 Emergency ferry services

  • 406

    New gateway
  • 407 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 408 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 409 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 410 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 411 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 412 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 413 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 414 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 415 Penny for the guy

  • 416 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 417 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 418 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 419 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 420 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 421 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 422 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

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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Alverdiscott Flower Show Annual Meeting

Alverdiscott Flower Show Annual Meeting - 5th May 1967

Alverdiscott flower show
 

At Alverdiscott Flower Show annual meeting officers elected were: Mr S Pickard, Mr A Thorne, Mrs P Wheeler, Miss Boyd, Mrs Buckley, Mrs Pavitt, Mrs Webber, Mrs Parker, Mrs Thorne, Mr Luxton and Mr Webber.

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