• 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 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 2 Emergency ferry services

  • 3 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 4 Clovelly nightmare

  • 5 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 6 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 7 New Post Office

  • 8 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 9 Variety in summer weather

  • 10 He beat the floods

  • 11 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 12 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 13 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 14 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 15 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 16 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 17 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 18 Filming at Hartland

  • 19 Sweets derationing

  • 20 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 21 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 22 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 23

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 24 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 25 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 26

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 27 End of the line

  • 28

    New gateway
  • 29 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 30 Some mushroom!

  • 31 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 32 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 33 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 34 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 35 Clovelly custom

  • 36 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 37 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 38 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 39 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 40 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 41 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 42 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

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

  • 44 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

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

  • 46 Hartland Dancers
  • 47 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 48 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 49

    First prize
  • 50 All aboard the ark

  • 51 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 52 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 53 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 54 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 55 Police station view of Bideford

  • 56 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 57 A bird of their own!

  • 58

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 59 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 60 Blanchards ad.>
  • 61 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 62 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 63 Waldon Triplets
  • 64 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 65

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 66 New shipyard on schedule

  • 67 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 68 A roof-top view - where?

  • 69 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 70 Out of puff!

  • 71

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 72

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 73 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 74 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 75 What's the time?

  • 76 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 77 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 78 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 79 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 80 The cab at the corner>
  • 81 When horses score over the tractor

  • 82 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 83 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 84 Cruising down the river

  • 85 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 86 First steel ship built at Bideford

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

  • 88 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 89 Appledore's largest

  • 90 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 91 Simple Item 138
  • 92

    Bidefordians
  • 93 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 94 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 95 Loads of black and white

  • 96

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 97 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 98 So this is the mainland!

  • 99 Torrington's new amenity

  • 100 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 101 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 102 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 103 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 104 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 105 Private home for public pump

  • 106 Bideford regatta

  • 107 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 108 Weare Giffard potato

  • 109 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 110 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 111 School crossing patrol begins

  • 112 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 113 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 114 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 115 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 116 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 117

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 118 The art of the thatcher

  • 119 113 years at Instow

  • 120 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 121 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 122 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 123 Picking the pops

  • 124 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 125 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 126 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 127 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 128 Ships at Bideford

  • 129 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

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

  • 131 Littleham family's five generations

  • 132 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 133 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 134 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 135 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 136 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 137 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 138

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 139 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 140 Circus comes to town

  • 141 Shoes certainly not made for walking

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

  • 143 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 144 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 145 Service with a smile

  • 146 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 147 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 148

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 149 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 150 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 151 Riverside mystery

  • 152 New Lundy stamps

  • 153 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 154 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 155 Puppet characters introduced

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

  • 157 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 158 A man and his wheel

  • 159 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 160 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 161 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 162 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 163 Decontrol of meat

  • 164 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

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

  • 166 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 167 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 168 In their new robes and hats

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

  • 170 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 171

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 172 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 173 By pony and trap to market

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

  • 175 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

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

  • 177 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 178 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 179 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 180 Finished in 1876

  • 181 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 182 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 183 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 184 Ten year old scrambler

  • 185 Revenge in style

  • 186 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 187

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 188 Can spring be far away?

  • 189 No sale of Springfield House

  • 190 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 191 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 192 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 193

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 194 New look in the hayfields

  • 195 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 196 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 197 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 198 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 199 New choral society's growing response

  • 200 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 201 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 202 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 203 Sight of a lifetime

  • 204 Last train from Torrington

  • 205 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 206 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 207 Bideford computer stars

  • 208 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 209 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 210 Torrington children build igloo
  • 211 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 212 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 213 Bridging the stream

  • 214 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 215 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 216 Over the bank together>
  • 217 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 218 Off on a great adventure

  • 219 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 220 They are parted pro-tem

  • 221

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 222 Warmington's garage ad

  • 223 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 224 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 225 The Geneva marionettes

  • 226 Peter poses for TV film

  • 227 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 228 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 229 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 230 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 231 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 232 Happy Days!

  • 233 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 234

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 235 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 236

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 237 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 238 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 239 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 240 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 241 Northam footballers of the future

  • 242 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 243 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 244 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 245 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 246 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 247 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 248 Jumble sale fever

  • 249 Life begins at 80

  • 250 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 251 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 252 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 253 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 254 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 255 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 256 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 257 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 258 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 259 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 260 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 261 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 262 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 263 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 264 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 265 All for the love of a lady!

  • 266

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 267 Capers on the cobbles

  • 268 Centenary of Gazette

  • 269 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 270 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 271 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 272 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 273 A story to tell!

  • 274 Parkham plan realised

  • 275 First ship in 8 years

  • 276 Pannier Market's future?

  • 277 Artisans' Club

  • 278 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 279 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 280 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 281

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 282

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
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    Relatives all over the world
  • 284 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 285 Penny for the guy

  • 286 It really was the 'last time'

  • 287 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 288 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 289 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 290 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 291 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 292 Modern living at Bideford

  • 293 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 294 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 295 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 296 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 297

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 298 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 299 Burnard family reunion

  • 300

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 301 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 302

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 303

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 304 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 305 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 306 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 307 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 308 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 309 New life for Hartland organ

  • 310 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 311 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 312 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 313 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 314 Hartland postman retires

  • 315 School's link with cargo ship

  • 316 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 317 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 318 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 319 Picking the pops

  • 320 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 321 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 322 New civic medallions

  • 323 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 324

    Was a missionary
  • 325 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 326 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 327 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 328 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 329 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 330 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 331 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 332 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 333 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 334 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 335 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 336 For crying out loud!

  • 337 Gloves fit for a king!

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

  • 339 Caught in the act>
  • 340 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 341 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 342 Twenty-one yachts

  • 343 Traditions and skills still there

  • 344 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 345 Bideford loses training ship

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

  • 347 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 348 Hartland's invitation

  • 349

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 350 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 351 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 352 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 353 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 354 From Bobby to Brian

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

  • 356 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 357 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 358

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 359 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 360 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 361 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 362 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 363 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 364 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 365 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 366 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 367 Torrington in 1967

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

  • 369 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 370

    Married in 1908
  • 371 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 372

    Exhibition of school work
  • 373 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 374 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 375 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 376

    Building works
  • 377 Northam's almshouse

  • 378 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 379 No laughing matter

  • 380 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 381 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 382 North Devon Driving School

  • 383 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 384 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 385 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 386 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 387 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 388 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 389 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 390 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 391 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 392 Recognise this resort?

  • 393 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 394 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 395 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 396 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 397 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 398 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 399 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 400 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 401 New addition to Quay front

  • 402 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 403 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 404 Just over a year old

  • 405 New art gallery opened

  • 406 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 407 Six footed lamb

  • 408 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 409 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 410 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 411 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 412 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 413 Some 240 exhibits

  • 414 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 415 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 416 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 417 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 418 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 419 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 420 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 421 Mobile missionary

  • 422 Devil sent packing

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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Accidents Incidents and Fire


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Weddings


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