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    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 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 2 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 3 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 4 Hartland postman retires

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    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 6 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 7 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 8 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 9 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 10 New civic medallions

  • 11 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 12 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 13 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 14 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 15 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 16 School crossing patrol begins

  • 17 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 18 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 19 Off on a great adventure

  • 20 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 21 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 22 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 23 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 24 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 25 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 26

    Exhibition of school work
  • 27 A roof-top view - where?

  • 28 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 29 Torrington's new amenity

  • 30 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 31 Peter poses for TV film

  • 32 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 33 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 34 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 35 113 years at Instow

  • 36 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 37

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 38 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 39 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 40 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 41 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 42 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 43 Dismantling of wireless mast

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

  • 45 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 46 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 47 Centenary of Gazette

  • 48 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 49 Twenty-one yachts

  • 50 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 51

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 52 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 53

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 54 The Geneva marionettes

  • 55 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 56 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 57

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 58 Traditions and skills still there

  • 59 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 60 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 61 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 62 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 63 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 64

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 65 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 66 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 67 Artisans' Club

  • 68 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 69 Six footed lamb

  • 70

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 71 Variety in summer weather

  • 72 Circus comes to town

  • 73 Puppet characters introduced

  • 74 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 75 Bideford computer stars

  • 76 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 77 Picking the pops

  • 78 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 79 New Lundy stamps

  • 80 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 81 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 82 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 83 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 84 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 85 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 86 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 87 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 88 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 89 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 90 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 91 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 92 Torrington in 1967

  • 93 Calligrapher extraordinary

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

  • 95 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 96 They are parted pro-tem

  • 97

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 98 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 99 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 100 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 101 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 102 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 103 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 104 The art of the thatcher

  • 105 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 106 So this is the mainland!

  • 107 Blanchards ad.>
  • 108 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 109 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 110 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 111 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 112 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 113 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 114

    New gateway
  • 115

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 116 Clovelly custom

  • 117 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 118 Simple Item 138
  • 119 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 120 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

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

  • 122

    First prize
  • 123 Penny for the guy

  • 124 School's link with cargo ship

  • 125 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 126 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 127 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 128 Some 240 exhibits

  • 129 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 130 Bideford loses training ship

  • 131 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 132 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 133 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 134 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 135 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 136

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 137 New shipyard on schedule

  • 138

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 139 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 140 New look in the hayfields

  • 141

    Married in 1908
  • 142 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 143 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

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

  • 145 Ships at Bideford

  • 146 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 147 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 148 Burnard family reunion

  • 149 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 150 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 151 Modern living at Bideford

  • 152 No ancient Grecian temple this

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

  • 154 Bideford regatta

  • 155 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 156

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 157 Can spring be far away?

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

  • 159 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 160 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 161 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

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

  • 163 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 164 Loads of black and white

  • 165 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 166 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 167 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 168 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 169 Last train from Torrington

  • 170 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 171 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 172

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 173 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 174 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 175 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 176 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 177 Some mushroom!

  • 178 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 179 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 180 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 181 In their new robes and hats

  • 182 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 183 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 184 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 185 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 186 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 187 Decontrol of meat

  • 188 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 189 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 190 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 191 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 192 Devil sent packing

  • 193 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 194 No ancient Grecian temple this

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

  • 196 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 197 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 198 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 199 Revenge in style

  • 200 When horses score over the tractor

  • 201 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 202 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 203 He beat the floods

  • 204 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 205 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 206 Hartland Dancers
  • 207 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 208 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 209 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 210 End of the line

  • 211

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 212 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 213 Weare Giffard potato

  • 214 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 215 From Bobby to Brian

  • 216 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 217 North Devon Driving School

  • 218 Riverside mystery

  • 219 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 220 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 221 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 222 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 223 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 224 Jumble sale fever

  • 225 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 226 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 227 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 228 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 229 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 230 For crying out loud!

  • 231 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 232 Picking the pops

  • 233 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 234 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 235 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 236 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

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

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

  • 239 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 240 Warmington's garage ad

  • 241

    Relatives all over the world
  • 242 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 243 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 244

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 245 New addition to Quay front

  • 246 Service with a smile

  • 247 It really was the 'last time'

  • 248 What's the time?

  • 249 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 250 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 251 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 252 Mobile missionary

  • 253 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 254 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 255 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 256 Recognise this resort?

  • 257 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 258 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 259

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 260 New choral society's growing response

  • 261 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 262 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 263 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 264 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 265 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 266 Bridging the stream

  • 267 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 268 Life begins at 80

  • 269 Hartland's invitation

  • 270 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 271 Northam footballers of the future

  • 272 Littleham family's five generations

  • 273 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 274 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 275 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 276 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 277 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 278

    Was a missionary
  • 279 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 280 New Post Office

  • 281 Designed and made in Bideford

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

  • 283 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 284 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 285 Caught in the act>
  • 286

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 287 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 288 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 289 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 290 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 291 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 292 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 293 Finished in 1876

  • 294 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 295 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 296 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 297 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 298

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 299 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 300 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 301 Cruising down the river

  • 302 No laughing matter

  • 303 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 304 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 305 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 306 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 307 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 308 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 309

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 310 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 311 Northam's almshouse

  • 312 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 313 No sale of Springfield House

  • 314 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 315 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 316 Filming at Hartland

  • 317 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 318 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 319 A bird of their own!

  • 320 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 321 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 322 A story to tell!

  • 323 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 324 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 325 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 326 Torrington children build igloo
  • 327 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 328 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 329 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 330 Capers on the cobbles

  • 331 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 332 Sight of a lifetime

  • 333 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 334 Sweets derationing

  • 335 Parkham plan realised

  • 336

    Bidefordians
  • 337

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 338 A man and his wheel

  • 339 Clovelly nightmare

  • 340 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 341

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 342 Happy Days!

  • 343

    Building works
  • 344

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 345 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 346 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 347 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 348 First ship in 8 years

  • 349 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 350 All for the love of a lady!

  • 351 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 352 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 353 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 354 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 355 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 356 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 357 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 358 Panto time at Westward Ho!

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

  • 360 Ten year old scrambler

  • 361 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 362 Over the bank together>
  • 363 Appledore's largest

  • 364 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 365 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 366 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 367 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 368 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 369 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 370 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 371 The cab at the corner>
  • 372 Private home for public pump

  • 373 Waldon Triplets
  • 374 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 375 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 376 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 377 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 378 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 379 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 380 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 381 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 382 All aboard the ark

  • 383 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 384 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 385 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 386 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 387 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 388 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 389 New art gallery opened

  • 390 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 391 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 392 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 393 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 394 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 395

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 396 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 397 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 398 Police station view of Bideford

  • 399 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 400 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 401 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 402 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 403 By pony and trap to market

  • 404 Out of puff!

  • 405 Emergency ferry services

  • 406 Pannier Market's future?

  • 407

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 408 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 409 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 410 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 411 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 412 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 413 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 414

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 415 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 416 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 417 Just over a year old

  • 418 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 419 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 420 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 421 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 422 New life for Hartland organ

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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