• 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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    Cadets are given certificates
  • 2 When horses score over the tractor

  • 3 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 4 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 5 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 6 Filming at Hartland

  • 7 The art of the thatcher

  • 8 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 9 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 10 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 11

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 12 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 13 Bideford loses training ship

  • 14 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 15 End of the line

  • 16 Artisans' Club

  • 17 North Devon Driving School

  • 18 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 19 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 20

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 21 Warmington's garage ad

  • 22 Burnard family reunion

  • 23 New art gallery opened

  • 24 Happy Days!

  • 25 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 26 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 27

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 28

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 29 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

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

  • 31 Riverside mystery

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

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

  • 34 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 35 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 36 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 37 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 38

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 39 No laughing matter

  • 40 Mobile missionary

  • 41 Pannier Market's future?

  • 42 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 43 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 44

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 45

    First prize
  • 46 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 47 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 48 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 49 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 50 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 51 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 52 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 53 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 54 Bideford computer stars

  • 55 Six footed lamb

  • 56 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 57 Centenary of Gazette

  • 58 He beat the floods

  • 59 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 60 Open-air art exhibition by 'under 40' group

  • 61 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 62 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 63 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 64

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 65 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 66 Life begins at 80

  • 67 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 68 113 years at Instow

  • 69 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 70 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 71 From Bobby to Brian

  • 72

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 73 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 74 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 75 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 76 No sale of Springfield House

  • 77 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 78 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 79 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 80 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 81 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 82 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 83 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 84 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 85 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 86 Puppet characters introduced

  • 87 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 88 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 89 Recognise this resort?

  • 90 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 91 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 92 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 93 Parkham plan realised

  • 94 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 95 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 96 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 97 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 98 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 99 They are parted pro-tem

  • 100 Decontrol of meat

  • 101 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 102 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 103 Hartland Dancers
  • 104 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 105 By pony and trap to market

  • 106 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 107 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 108 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 109 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 111 Northam's almshouse

  • 112 Bideford regatta

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

  • 114 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 115 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 116 School crossing patrol begins

  • 117 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 118 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 119 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 120 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 121 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 122 Loads of black and white

  • 123 Finished in 1876

  • 124 New civic medallions

  • 125 For crying out loud!

  • 126 Circus comes to town

  • 127

    Bidefordians
  • 128

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 129 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 130 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 131 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 132 Fish nearly pulled him in

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

  • 134 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 135 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 136 Some 240 exhibits

  • 137

    Married in 1908
  • 138 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 139 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 140 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 141 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 142

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 143 New look in the hayfields

  • 144

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 145 The cab at the corner>
  • 146 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

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

  • 148 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 149 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 150 Last train from Torrington

  • 151 Northam footballers of the future

  • 152 Clovelly nightmare

  • 153 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 154 New life for Hartland organ

  • 155 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 156 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 157 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 158

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 159 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 160 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 161 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 162 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 163 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

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

  • 165 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 166 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 167 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 168 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 169 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 170 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 171 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 172 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 173 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 174 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 175

    Was a missionary
  • 176 Bridging the stream

  • 177 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 178 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 179 Emergency ferry services

  • 180

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 181 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 182 A man and his wheel

  • 183 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 184 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 185 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 186 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 187 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 188 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 189 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 190 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 191 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 192 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 193 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 194 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 195

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 196 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 197 Littleham family's five generations

  • 198 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 199

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 200 Appledore's largest

  • 201 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 202 The Geneva marionettes

  • 203 All for the love of a lady!

  • 204 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 205 First ship in 8 years

  • 206 Just over a year old

  • 207 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 208 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 209 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 210 Off on a great adventure

  • 211 Hartland postman retires

  • 212 A story to tell!

  • 213 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 214 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 215 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 216 New Lundy stamps

  • 217 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 218 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 219 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 220 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 221 New shipyard on schedule

  • 222 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 223 Jumble sale fever

  • 224 Devil sent packing

  • 225 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 226 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 227 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 228 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 229 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 230 Traditions and skills still there

  • 231

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 232

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 233 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 234 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 235 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 236 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 237

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 238

    Relatives all over the world
  • 239 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 240

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 241 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 242 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 243 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 244

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 245 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 246 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 247 Torrington in 1967

  • 248 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 249 Picking the pops

  • 250 Waldon Triplets
  • 251 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 252 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 253 Can spring be far away?

  • 254

    New gateway
  • 255 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 256 Cruising down the river

  • 257 What's the time?

  • 258

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 259 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 260 School's link with cargo ship

  • 261 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 262 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 263 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 264 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 265 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 266 New addition to Quay front

  • 267 Penny for the guy

  • 268 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 269 Some mushroom!

  • 270 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 271 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 272 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 273 Sweets derationing

  • 274 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 275 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 276 A roof-top view - where?

  • 277 So this is the mainland!

  • 278 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 279 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 280 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 281 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 282 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 283 Torrington children build igloo
  • 284 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 285 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 286 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 287 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 288 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 289 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 290 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 291 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 292 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 293 Ten year old scrambler

  • 294 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 295 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 296 Caught in the act>
  • 297 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 298 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 299 Private home for public pump

  • 300 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 301 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 302 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 303 It really was the 'last time'

  • 304 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 305

    Exhibition of school work
  • 306 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 307 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 308 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 309 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 310 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 311 Torrington's new amenity

  • 312 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 313 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 314 Ships at Bideford

  • 315 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 316 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 317 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 318 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 319 Police station view of Bideford

  • 320 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 321 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 322 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

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

  • 324 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 325 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 326 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

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

  • 328 Modern living at Bideford

  • 329 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 330 Hartland's invitation

  • 331 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 332 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 333 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 334 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 335 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 336 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 337 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 338 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 339 New Post Office

  • 340 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 341 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 342 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 343 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 344 Picking the pops

  • 345 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 346 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 347 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 348 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 349 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 350 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 351 Service with a smile

  • 352 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 353 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 354 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 355 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 356 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 357 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 358 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 359 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 360 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 361 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 362 Out of puff!

  • 363 Capers on the cobbles

  • 364

    Building works
  • 365 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 366 In their new robes and hats

  • 367 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 368 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 369 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 370 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 371 Weare Giffard potato

  • 372 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 373 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 374 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 375 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 376 Simple Item 138
  • 377 Reed threshing 'putting the clock back' at Weare Giffard

  • 378 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 379 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 380 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 381 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 382 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

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

  • 384 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 385 All aboard the ark

  • 386 New choral society's growing response

  • 387 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 388 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 389 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 390 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 391 Bideford 'What's my line?' challenger

  • 392 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 393 Sight of a lifetime

  • 394 A bird of their own!

  • 395 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 396 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 397 Blanchards ad.>
  • 398

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 399 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 400 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 401 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 402 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 403 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 404 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 405 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 406 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 407 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 408 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 409 Revenge in style

  • 410 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 411

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 412 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 413 Over the bank together>
  • 414 Clovelly custom

  • 415 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 416 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 417 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 418 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 419 Twenty-one yachts

  • 420 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 421 Peter poses for TV film

  • 422 Variety in summer weather

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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  • 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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  • 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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TV Film Ignored Local Efforts

TV Film Ignored Local Efforts - 18th December 1970

18.12.1970 Burrows BBC1
 

It was regrettable that the BBC had contacted neither Northam Urban Council nor the Burrows Committee before featuring the Burrows in a programme on BBC2 that gave a poor impression, Mr John Smith (chairman of the Highways and Amenities Committee) told the Council.

Northam Burrows News

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