• 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 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 2 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 3 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 4 Emergency ferry services

  • 5 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 6 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 7 Pannier Market's future?

  • 8 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 9 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 10 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 11 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 12 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 13 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 14 Mobile missionary

  • 15 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 16 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 17 For crying out loud!

  • 18 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 19 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 20 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 21

    Bidefordians
  • 22 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 23 Quads at Thornhillhead

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

  • 25 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 26 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 27 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 28 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 29 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 30 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 31 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 32 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 33 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 34 Twenty-one yachts

  • 35

    First prize
  • 36 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 37 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 38 The art of the thatcher

  • 39 Private home for public pump

  • 40 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 41 Simple Item 138
  • 42 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 43 Modern living at Bideford

  • 44

    Relatives all over the world
  • 45 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 46 A bird of their own!

  • 47 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 48 New art gallery opened

  • 49 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 50 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 51 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 52

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 53 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 54 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 55 Centenary of Gazette

  • 56 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 57 It really was the 'last time'

  • 58 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 59 Clovelly nightmare

  • 60 New Lundy stamps

  • 61 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 62 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 63 Weare Giffard potato

  • 64 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 65 Traditions and skills still there

  • 66 Just over a year old

  • 67 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 68 End of the line

  • 69 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 70 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 71 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 72 Police station view of Bideford

  • 73

    Exhibition of school work
  • 74 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 75 So this is the mainland!

  • 76 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 77 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 78 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 79 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 80 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 81

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 82 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 83

    Building works
  • 84 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 85 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 86 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 87 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 88 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 89 He beat the floods

  • 90

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 91 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 92 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 93 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 94 Grenville House for Bideford R.D.C.

  • 95 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 96 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 97 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 98 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 99 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 100 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 101 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 102 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 103 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 104 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 105 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 106 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 107 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 108 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 109 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 110 Torrington's new amenity

  • 111 Devil sent packing

  • 112

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 113 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 114 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 115 The cab at the corner>
  • 116 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 117 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 118 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 119 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 120 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 121 Waldon Triplets
  • 122 New shipyard on schedule

  • 123 Capers on the cobbles

  • 124 In their new robes and hats

  • 125 Finished in 1876

  • 126 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 127 Bridging the stream

  • 128 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 129 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 130 Happy Days!

  • 131 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 132 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 133 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 134 All for the love of a lady!

  • 135 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 136 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 137 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 138 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 139

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 140 Fundraising trip for RNLI

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

  • 142 By pony and trap to market

  • 143 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 144 Can spring be far away?

  • 145 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 146 Variety in summer weather

  • 147 North Devon Driving School

  • 148 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 149 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 150 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 151

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 152 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 153 Picking the pops

  • 154 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 155 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 156 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 157 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 158 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 159 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 160 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 161 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 162

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 163

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 164 Jumble sale fever

  • 165 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 166 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 167 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 168 Revenge in style

  • 169 Circus comes to town

  • 170 Northam's almshouse

  • 171 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 172 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 173

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 174 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 175 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 176 Some mushroom!

  • 177

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 178 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 179 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 180 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 181 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 182 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 183 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 184 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 185 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 186

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 187

    Was a missionary
  • 188 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 189

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 190 New Post Office

  • 191 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 192 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 193

    New gateway
  • 194 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 195 A story to tell!

  • 196 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 197 New civic medallions

  • 198 Off on a great adventure

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

  • 200 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 201 Decontrol of meat

  • 202 Recognise this resort?

  • 203 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 204 Sweets derationing

  • 205 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 206 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 207 Picking the pops

  • 208 Torrington children build igloo
  • 209 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 210 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 211 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 212 New life for Hartland organ

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

  • 214 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 215 Over the bank together>
  • 216 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 217 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 218 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 219 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 220 Filming at Hartland

  • 221 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 222 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 223 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 224 First ship in 8 years

  • 225 A man and his wheel

  • 226 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 227 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 228 School crossing patrol begins

  • 229 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 230 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

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

  • 232 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 233 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 234 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 235 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 236 They are parted pro-tem

  • 237 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 238 Riverside mystery

  • 239 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 240 Six footed lamb

  • 241 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 242 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 243 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 244 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 245 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 246 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 247 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 248 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 249 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 250 Loads of black and white

  • 251 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 252 Bideford regatta

  • 253 What's the time?

  • 254 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 255 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

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

  • 257

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 258 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 259

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 260 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 261 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 262 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 263 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 264 Warmington's garage ad

  • 265 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 266 Some 240 exhibits

  • 267 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 268 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

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

  • 270 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 271 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 272 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 273 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 274 Penny for the guy

  • 275 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 276 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 277 New addition to Quay front

  • 278

    Married in 1908
  • 279 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 280 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

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

  • 282 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 283 Bideford computer stars

  • 284 New look in the hayfields

  • 285 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 286 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 287 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 288 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 289 Torrington in 1967

  • 290 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 291

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 292 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 293 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 294 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 295 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 296

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 297 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 298

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 299 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 300 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 301

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 302 No laughing matter

  • 303 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 304 Artisans' Club

  • 305 Ships at Bideford

  • 306 All aboard the ark

  • 307 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 308 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 309 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 310 Northam footballers of the future

  • 311 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 312 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 313 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 314 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 315 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 316

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 317 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 318 When horses score over the tractor

  • 319 Last train from Torrington

  • 320 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 321 Bideford loses training ship

  • 322 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 323 Blanchards ad.>
  • 324

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 325 Peter poses for TV film

  • 326 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 327 A roof-top view - where?

  • 328 Hartland's invitation

  • 329 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 330 Clovelly custom

  • 331 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 332 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 333 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 334 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 335 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 336 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 337 No sale of Springfield House

  • 338 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

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

  • 340 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 341 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 342

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 343 Bideford 'What's my line?' challenger

  • 344 Cruising down the river

  • 345 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 346 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 347 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 348 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 349

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 350 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 351 Out of puff!

  • 352 Hartland postman retires

  • 353 School's link with cargo ship

  • 354 Life begins at 80

  • 355 Sight of a lifetime

  • 356 New choral society's growing response

  • 357 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 358 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 359

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

  • 361 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 362 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 363 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 364 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 365 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 366 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 367 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 368 Appledore's largest

  • 369 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 370 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 371 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 372 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 373 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 374 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 375 Parkham plan realised

  • 376 The Geneva marionettes

  • 377 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 378 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 379

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 380 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 381 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 382 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 383 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 384

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 385 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 386 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 387 Caught in the act>
  • 388 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 389 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 390 113 years at Instow

  • 391 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

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

  • 393 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 394 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 395 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 396 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 397 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 398 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 399 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 400 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 401 Littleham family's five generations

  • 402 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 403 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 404 Ten year old scrambler

  • 405 Burnard family reunion

  • 406 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 407 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 408 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 409 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 410 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 411 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 412 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 413 Service with a smile

  • 414 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 415 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 416 From Bobby to Brian

  • 417 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 418 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 419 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 420 Puppet characters introduced

  • 421 Hartland Dancers
  • 422 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

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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