• 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 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 2 Ships at Bideford

  • 3 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 4 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 5 Revenge in style

  • 6 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 7

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 8 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 9 Waldon Triplets
  • 10 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 11 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 12 Warmington's garage ad

  • 13 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 14 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 15 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

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

  • 17 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 18 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 19 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 20 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 21 Filming at Hartland

  • 22 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 23 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 24 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 25 New look in the hayfields

  • 26 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 27 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 28 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 29

    Bidefordians
  • 30 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 31 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 32 Sight of a lifetime

  • 33 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 34 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 35 Appledore's largest

  • 36 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 37

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 38 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 39 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 40 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 41 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 42 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 43 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 44 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 45 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 46 Clovelly nightmare

  • 47 Riverside mystery

  • 48 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 49 Hartland Dancers
  • 50

    First prize
  • 51 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 52 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 53

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 54 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 55 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 56 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 57 Parkham plan realised

  • 58 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 59 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 60 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 61 Down at the 'Donkey House'

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

  • 63 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 64 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 65 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 66 Recognise this resort?

  • 67 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 68 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 69 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 70 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 71 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 72 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 73 Loads of black and white

  • 74 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 75 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 76 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 77 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 78 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 79 Some mushroom!

  • 80 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

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

  • 82 All aboard the ark

  • 83 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 84 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 85 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

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

  • 87 A roof-top view - where?

  • 88 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 89 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 90 Police station view of Bideford

  • 91 Traditions and skills still there

  • 92 First steel ship built at Bideford

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

  • 94 New art gallery opened

  • 95

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 96 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 97 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 98 Emergency ferry services

  • 99 All for the love of a lady!

  • 100 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 101 For crying out loud!

  • 102 School crossing patrol begins

  • 103 Peter poses for TV film

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

  • 105 Puppet characters introduced

  • 106 Capers on the cobbles

  • 107 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 108 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 109 No laughing matter

  • 110 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 111 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 112 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 113

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 114 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 115 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 116 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 117 Simple Item 138
  • 118 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 119 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 120 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 121

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 122 The Geneva marionettes

  • 123

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 124 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 125 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 126 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 127

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 128 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 129

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 130 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 131 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

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

  • 133 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 134 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 135 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 136 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 137 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 138 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 139 Twenty-one yachts

  • 140 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 141 Life begins at 80

  • 142 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 143 Bideford computer stars

  • 144

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 145

    Relatives all over the world
  • 146 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 147

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 148 Service with a smile

  • 149 Decontrol of meat

  • 150 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 151 North Devon Driving School

  • 152 The creative urge on Saturday morning

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

  • 154 A bird of their own!

  • 155 113 years at Instow

  • 156 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 157 Penny for the guy

  • 158 Clovelly custom

  • 159 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 160 Northam footballers of the future

  • 161 Allhalland Street - then and now

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

  • 163 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 164 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 165 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

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

  • 167 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 168 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 169 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 170 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 171 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 172 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 173 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 174 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 175 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 176 What's the time?

  • 177 A man and his wheel

  • 178 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 179 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 180 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 181 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 182 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 183 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 184 Devil sent packing

  • 185 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 186 New shipyard on schedule

  • 187 Some 240 exhibits

  • 188 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 189 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 190 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 191

    Was a missionary
  • 192 Ten year old scrambler

  • 193 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 194 Hartland's invitation

  • 195 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 196

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 197 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 198 End of the line

  • 199 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 200 Finished in 1876

  • 201 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 203 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 204 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 205 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 206 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 207 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 208 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 209 Torrington children build igloo
  • 210 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 211 The art of the thatcher

  • 212 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 213 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 214 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 215 They are parted pro-tem

  • 216 Modern living at Bideford

  • 217 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 218 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 219 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 220 New Post Office

  • 221 Jumble sale fever

  • 222 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 223 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 224 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 225 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 226 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 227 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 228 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 229 No sale of Springfield House

  • 230

    Married in 1908
  • 231 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 232 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 233 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 234 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 235 Hartland postman retires

  • 236 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 237 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 238 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 239 New choral society's growing response

  • 240 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 241 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 242 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 243 New addition to Quay front

  • 244 Bridging the stream

  • 245 New life for Hartland organ

  • 246 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 247

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 248 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 249 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 250 Bideford regatta

  • 251 New Lundy stamps

  • 252 Torrington in 1967

  • 253 Artisans' Club

  • 254 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

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

  • 256 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 257 Picking the pops

  • 258

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 259 Northam's almshouse

  • 260 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 261 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 262 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 263 By pony and trap to market

  • 264 It really was the 'last time'

  • 265 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 266 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 267 Out of puff!

  • 268 Variety in summer weather

  • 269 From Bobby to Brian

  • 270 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 271 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 272 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 273 Private home for public pump

  • 274 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 275 Last train from Torrington

  • 276 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 277 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 278 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 279 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 280 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

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

  • 282 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 283 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 284

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 285 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 286 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 287 Picking the pops

  • 288 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 289 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 290 Safe door weighing two tons

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

  • 292 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 293 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 294 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 295 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 296 School's link with cargo ship

  • 297 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 298 New civic medallions

  • 299

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 300 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 301 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 302 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 303 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 304 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 305 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 306 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 307 Torridge wins on time schedule

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    Exhibition of school work
  • 309 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 310 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 311 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 312 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 313 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 314 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 315 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 316 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 317 So this is the mainland!

  • 318 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 319 Just over a year old

  • 320 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 321 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 322 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 323 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 324 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 325 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 326 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 327 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 328 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 329 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 330 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 331 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 332 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 333 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 334 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 335 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 336 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 337 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 338 In their new robes and hats

  • 339 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 340 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 341 When horses score over the tractor

  • 342 First ship in 8 years

  • 343 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 344

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 345 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 346 Cruising down the river

  • 347 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 348 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 349 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 350 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 351 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 352 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 353 Burnard family reunion

  • 354 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 355 Circus comes to town

  • 356 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 357 Mobile missionary

  • 358 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 359 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

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

  • 361 Torrington's new amenity

  • 362 Bideford loses training ship

  • 363 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 364 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 365 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 366 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 367 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 368 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 369 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 370 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 371 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 372 Centenary of Gazette

  • 373 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 374

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 375

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 376

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 377 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 378 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 379 Can spring be far away?

  • 380 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 381

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 382 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 383 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 384 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 385 Weare Giffard potato

  • 386 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 387 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 388 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 389

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 390 Blanchards ad.>
  • 391 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 392 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 393 Off on a great adventure

  • 394

    New gateway
  • 395 Happy Days!

  • 396 Pannier Market's future?

  • 397 The cab at the corner>
  • 398 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 399 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 400 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 401 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 402 Over the bank together>
  • 403 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 404 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 405 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 406 Littleham family's five generations

  • 407 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 408 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 409 Sweets derationing

  • 410 Caught in the act>
  • 411 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 412 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 413 He beat the floods

  • 414 A story to tell!

  • 415 Six footed lamb

  • 416 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 417

    Building works
  • 418 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 419 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 420

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 421

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 422 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

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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Monkleigh News

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