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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 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 2 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 3 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 4 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 5 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 6 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 7 Jumble sale fever

  • 8 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 9 A bird of their own!

  • 10 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 11 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 12 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 13 Loads of black and white

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

  • 15

    Exhibition of school work
  • 16

    Relatives all over the world
  • 17 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 18 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 19 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 20

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 21 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 22 New choral society's growing response

  • 23 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 24 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 25 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 26 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 27 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 28 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 29 Modern living at Bideford

  • 30 Centenary of Gazette

  • 31 The Geneva marionettes

  • 32 A man and his wheel

  • 33 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 34 Last train from Torrington

  • 35 He beat the floods

  • 36

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 37 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 38 Decontrol of meat

  • 39 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 40 Clovelly nightmare

  • 41 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 42 It really was the 'last time'

  • 43 All for the love of a lady!

  • 44 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 45 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 46 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 47 Penny for the guy

  • 48

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 49 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 50 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 51 Riverside mystery

  • 52 Life begins at 80

  • 53

    New gateway
  • 54 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 55 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 56 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 57 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 58 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 59 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 60 They are parted pro-tem

  • 61 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 62 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 63 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 64 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 65 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 66 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

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

  • 68 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 69 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 70 Burnard family reunion

  • 71 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 72 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 73 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 74 Caught in the act>
  • 75 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 76 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 77 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 78 Six footed lamb

  • 79 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 80 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 81 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 82 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 83 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 84 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 85 Weare Giffard potato

  • 86 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 87 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 88 New addition to Quay front

  • 89 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 90 Filming at Hartland

  • 91 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 92 Emergency ferry services

  • 93 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 94 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 95 Simple Item 138
  • 96 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 97

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 98 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 99 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 100 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 101 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 102

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 103 Grenville House for Bideford R.D.C.

  • 104 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 105 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 106

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 107 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 108 Picking the pops

  • 109 No sale of Springfield House

  • 110 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 111 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 112 Bideford regatta

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

  • 114 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 115 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 116 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 117 Torrington in 1967

  • 118 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 119 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 120 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 121 Revenge in style

  • 122 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 123 Twenty-one yachts

  • 124 Passing of a Torrington landmark

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

  • 126 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 127 School's link with cargo ship

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

  • 129 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 130 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 131 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 132 The cab at the corner>
  • 133 Police station view of Bideford

  • 134 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 135 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 136 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 137 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 138

    Bidefordians
  • 139 Off on a great adventure

  • 140 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 141 New Lundy stamps

  • 142 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 143 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 144 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 145 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 146 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 147 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 148 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 149

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 150 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 151 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 152 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 153 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 154 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 155

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 156 Littleham family's five generations

  • 157 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 158 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 159 In their new robes and hats

  • 160 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 161 Hartland Dancers
  • 162 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 163 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 164 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 165 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 166 Out of puff!

  • 167 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 168 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 169 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 170 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 171 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 172 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 173 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 174 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 175 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 176 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 177 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 178 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 179 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 180

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 181 When horses score over the tractor

  • 182 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 183 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 184 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 185 New art gallery opened

  • 186 The creative urge on Saturday morning

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

  • 188 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 189 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 190 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 191 Capers on the cobbles

  • 192 Clovelly custom

  • 193 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 194 New Post Office

  • 195 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 196 Puppet characters introduced

  • 197 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 198 A roof-top view - where?

  • 199 Hartland's invitation

  • 200 Cruising down the river

  • 201 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 202 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 203 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 204 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 205 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 206 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 207 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 208 Picking the pops

  • 209 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 210 Waldon Triplets
  • 211 From Bobby to Brian

  • 212 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 213 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 214 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 215 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 216

    First prize
  • 217 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 218 Mobile missionary

  • 219 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 220 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 221 Reed threshing 'putting the clock back' at Weare Giffard

  • 222 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 223

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 224 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 225 Just over a year old

  • 226 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 227 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 228 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 229 Artisans' Club

  • 230 Over the bank together>
  • 231 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 232 East-the-Water's call for new school

  • 233 Bideford computer stars

  • 234 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 235 Blanchards ad.>
  • 236 The art of the thatcher

  • 237 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 238 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 239 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 240 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 241 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 242 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 243 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 244 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 245 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 246 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 247 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 248 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 249 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 250 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 251 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 252 North Devon Driving School

  • 253 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 254 Appledore's largest

  • 255 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 256 Sight of a lifetime

  • 257 New civic medallions

  • 258 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 259 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 260 For crying out loud!

  • 261 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 262 Can spring be far away?

  • 263 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 264 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 265 New look in the hayfields

  • 266 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 267 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 268 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 269 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 270

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 271 Ten year old scrambler

  • 272 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 273 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 274 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 275 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 276 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 277 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 278 Happy Days!

  • 279 Pannier Market's future?

  • 280 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 281 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 282 Recognise this resort?

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

  • 284 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 285 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 286 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 287 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 288 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 289 Traditions and skills still there

  • 290 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 291 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 292 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 293 So this is the mainland!

  • 294 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 295 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 296

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 297 All aboard the ark

  • 298 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 299 Circus comes to town

  • 300 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 301 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 302 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 303 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 304 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 305 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 306 Variety in summer weather

  • 307 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 308 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 309 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 310 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 311 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 312 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 313 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 314 Northam footballers of the future

  • 315 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 316

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 317 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 318 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 319 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 320 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 321 Peter poses for TV film

  • 322 Ships at Bideford

  • 323 No laughing matter

  • 324 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 325 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 326 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 327 Some 240 exhibits

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

  • 329 113 years at Instow

  • 330 Service with a smile

  • 331 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 332 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 333

    Married in 1908
  • 334 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 335

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 336 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 337 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 338 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 339 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

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

  • 341

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 342 End of the line

  • 343

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 344 Hartland postman retires

  • 345 Torrington children build igloo
  • 346 School crossing patrol begins

  • 347 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 348 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 349 What's the time?

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

  • 351 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 352 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 353 Finished in 1876

  • 354

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 355 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 356 Private home for public pump

  • 357 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 358 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 359 Some mushroom!

  • 360 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 361 Devil sent packing

  • 362

    Building works
  • 363

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 364 Northam's almshouse

  • 365 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 366 First ship in 8 years

  • 367 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 368 Warmington's garage ad

  • 369 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 370 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 371 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 372 New shipyard on schedule

  • 373

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 374 Sweets derationing

  • 375 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 376 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 377 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 378 Torrington's new amenity

  • 379 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 380 Bridging the stream

  • 381 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 382 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 383 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 384

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 385

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 386 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 387 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 388

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 389 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 390 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 391 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 392

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 393 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 394

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 395 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 396 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 397 New life for Hartland organ

  • 398 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 399 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 400 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 401

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 402 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 403 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 404 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 405 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 406 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 407 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 408 Bideford loses training ship

  • 409 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 410

    Was a missionary
  • 411 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 412 By pony and trap to market

  • 413 Parkham plan realised

  • 414 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 415 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 416 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 417 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 418 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 419 A story to tell!

  • 420 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 421 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 422 Colour TV salesman at eight

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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Shipping


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