• 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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    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 2 Burnard family reunion

  • 3 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 4 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 5 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 6 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 7 New art gallery opened

  • 8 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 9 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

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    Jinxed School Trip
  • 11 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 12

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 13 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 14 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 15 All for the love of a lady!

  • 16 New choral society's growing response

  • 17 Devil sent packing

  • 18 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 19 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 20 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 21 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 22 Off on a great adventure

  • 23 New life for Hartland organ

  • 24 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 25 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 26 Cruising down the river

  • 27 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 28 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 29

    Married in 1908
  • 30 Second Monte Carlo Rally

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

  • 32 The Geneva marionettes

  • 33 Can spring be far away?

  • 34

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 35 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 36

    Building works
  • 37

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 38 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 39 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 40

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 41 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 42 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 43 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 44 Recognise this resort?

  • 45 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 46 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

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

  • 48 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 49 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 50 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 51 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 52 Peter poses for TV film

  • 53 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 54 Twenty-one yachts

  • 55 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 56 Parkham plan realised

  • 57 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 58 Ships at Bideford

  • 59 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 60 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 61 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 62 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 63 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 64 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 65 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 66 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 67 The cab at the corner>
  • 68 Littleham family's five generations

  • 69

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 70 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 71 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 72

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 73

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 74 A man and his wheel

  • 75 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 76 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 77 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 78 In their new robes and hats

  • 79 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 80 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 81 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 82 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 83 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 84 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 85 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 86 Out of puff!

  • 87 New addition to Quay front

  • 88 What's the time?

  • 89 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 90 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 91 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 92 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 93 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 94 Finished in 1876

  • 95 Appledore's largest

  • 96 Jumble sale fever

  • 97 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 98 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 99 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 100 Capers on the cobbles

  • 101 Emergency ferry services

  • 102 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 103 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 104

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 105 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 106 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 107 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 108

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 109 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 110 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 111 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 112 Picking the pops

  • 113 Some mushroom!

  • 114 Clovelly custom

  • 115 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 116 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 117 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 118 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 119 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 120 Northam's almshouse

  • 121 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 122 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 123 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 124 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 125 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 126 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 127 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 128

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 129 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 130 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 131 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 132 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 133 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 134 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 135 Bridging the stream

  • 136 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 137 Hartland Dancers
  • 138 Reed threshing 'putting the clock back' at Weare Giffard

  • 139 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 140 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 141 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 142 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 143 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 144

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 145 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 146 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 147 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 148 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 149 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 150 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 151 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 152 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 153 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 154 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 155 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 156 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 157 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 158 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 159 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 160 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 161 Sweets derationing

  • 162 He beat the floods

  • 163

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 164 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 165 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 166 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 167 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 168

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 169 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 170 For crying out loud!

  • 171 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 172 Sight of a lifetime

  • 173 Bideford computer stars

  • 174 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 175 Loads of black and white

  • 176 Six footed lamb

  • 177 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 178

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 179 Weare Giffard potato

  • 180 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 181 Warmington's garage ad

  • 182 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 183 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 184 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 185 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 186 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 187 Puppet characters introduced

  • 188 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 189 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 190

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 191 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 192 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 193 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 194 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 195

    New gateway
  • 196 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 197 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 198 School crossing patrol begins

  • 199 Clovelly nightmare

  • 200 They are parted pro-tem

  • 201 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 202 Last train from Torrington

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

  • 204 From Bobby to Brian

  • 205

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 206 No laughing matter

  • 207 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 208 A story to tell!

  • 209 Caught in the act>
  • 210 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 211 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 212 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 213 Hartland postman retires

  • 214 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 215 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 216 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 217 Happy Days!

  • 218 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 219 Police station view of Bideford

  • 220 Picking the pops

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

  • 222 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 223 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 224 Service with a smile

  • 225

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 226 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 227 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 228 Blanchards ad.>
  • 229 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 230 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 231 Bideford loses training ship

  • 232 First ship in 8 years

  • 233 Just over a year old

  • 234 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 235 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 236 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 237 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 238 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 239 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 240 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 241 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 242 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 243 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 244

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 245 Hartland's invitation

  • 246

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 247 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 248

    Relatives all over the world
  • 249 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 250 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 251 One of the luckier farmers in getting in the problem harvest

  • 252 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 253 No sale of Springfield House

  • 254 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

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

  • 256 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 257 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 258 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 259 Northam footballers of the future

  • 260 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 261 Bideford's first woman councillor

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

  • 263 New look in the hayfields

  • 264 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 265 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 266 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 267 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 268

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 269 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 270 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 271 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 272 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 273 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 274 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 275 Torrington in 1967

  • 276 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 277 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 278 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 279 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 280 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 281 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 282 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 283 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 284 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 285 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 286 Life begins at 80

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

  • 288 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 289 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 290 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 291 Private home for public pump

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

  • 293 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 294 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 295 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 296 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 297 New shipyard on schedule

  • 298 A bird of their own!

  • 299 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 300 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 301 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 302 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 303 Circus comes to town

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

  • 305 Some 240 exhibits

  • 306 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 307 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 308 New civic medallions

  • 309 So this is the mainland!

  • 310 Calligrapher extraordinary

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

  • 312 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 313 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

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    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 315 East-the-Water's call for new school

  • 316 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 317 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 318 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 319 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 320 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 321 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 322 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 323 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 324 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 325 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 326 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 327 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 328 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 329 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 330 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 331 Centenary of Gazette

  • 332 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 333 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 334 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 335 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 336 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 337 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 338 The art of the thatcher

  • 339

    Was a missionary
  • 340 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 341 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 342 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 343 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 344 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 345 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 346 Waldon Triplets
  • 347 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 348 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 349 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 350 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 351 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 352 It really was the 'last time'

  • 353 Modern living at Bideford

  • 354 Colour TV salesman at eight

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

  • 356 Variety in summer weather

  • 357 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 358 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 359 By pony and trap to market

  • 360 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 361

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 362 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 363 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 364 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 365 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 366 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 367 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 368 113 years at Instow

  • 369 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 370 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 371 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 372 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 373 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

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    First prize
  • 375 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 376 All aboard the ark

  • 377 Pannier Market's future?

  • 378 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 379 Penny for the guy

  • 380 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 381 Riverside mystery

  • 382 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 383 Simple Item 138
  • 384 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 385 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 386 Revenge in style

  • 387 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 388 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 389 Filming at Hartland

  • 390

    Bidefordians
  • 391 Bideford regatta

  • 392 A roof-top view - where?

  • 393 Mobile missionary

  • 394 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 395 When horses score over the tractor

  • 396 Torrington's new amenity

  • 397 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 398 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 399 Torrington children build igloo
  • 400 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 401

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 402 New Post Office

  • 403 New Lundy stamps

  • 404 School's link with cargo ship

  • 405 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 406 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 407 Over the bank together>
  • 408 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 409 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 410

    Exhibition of school work
  • 411 Decontrol of meat

  • 412 Traditions and skills still there

  • 413 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 414 Artisans' Club

  • 415 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 416 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 417 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 418 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 419 North Devon Driving School

  • 420 End of the line

  • 421 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 422 Ten year old scrambler

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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  • 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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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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