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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 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 2 Some 240 exhibits

  • 3 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 4 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 5 Over the bank together>
  • 6

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 7 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 8 When horses score over the tractor

  • 9 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 10 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 11 New civic medallions

  • 12 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 13 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 14 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 15 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 16 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 17 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 18 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 19

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 20 So this is the mainland!

  • 21 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 22 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 23 Littleham family's five generations

  • 24 Filming at Hartland

  • 25 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 26

    Bidefordians
  • 27 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 28

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 29 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 30 Ten year old scrambler

  • 31 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 32 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 33 Caught in the act>
  • 34 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 35 Warmington's garage ad

  • 36 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 37 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 38 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 39 The cab at the corner>
  • 40 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 41

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 42 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 43 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 44 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 45

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 46 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 47 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 48 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 49 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 50 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 51 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 52 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 53 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 54 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 55 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 56 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 57 Appledore's largest

  • 58 In their new robes and hats

  • 59 The Geneva marionettes

  • 60 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

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

  • 62 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 63 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 64 By pony and trap to market

  • 65

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 66 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 67 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 68 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 69 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 70 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 71 Hartland postman retires

  • 72 Clovelly custom

  • 73 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 74 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 75 First ship in 8 years

  • 76 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 77 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 78 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 79 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 80 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 81 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 82

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 83 It really was the 'last time'

  • 84 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 85

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 86 New shipyard on schedule

  • 87 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 88 Life begins at 80

  • 89 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 90 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 91 Some mushroom!

  • 92 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 93 Waldon Triplets
  • 94 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 95 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 96 Last train from Torrington

  • 97 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 98 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 99 No laughing matter

  • 100 Torrington children build igloo
  • 101 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 102 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 103 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

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

  • 105 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 106 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 107 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 108 Weare Giffard potato

  • 109 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 110 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 111 Twenty-one yachts

  • 112 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 113 Finished in 1876

  • 114 Loads of black and white

  • 115 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 116 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 117 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 118 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 119 Sweets derationing

  • 120 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 121 Pannier Market's future?

  • 122 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 123 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 124 Police station view of Bideford

  • 125 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 126 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 127 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 128 Sight of a lifetime

  • 129 Jumble sale fever

  • 130 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 131 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 132 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 133 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 134 Picking the pops

  • 135 A story to tell!

  • 136 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 137 Recognise this resort?

  • 138 Traditions and skills still there

  • 139 Centenary of Gazette

  • 140 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 141 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 142 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 143 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 144 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 145 New look in the hayfields

  • 146

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 147 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 148 Meredith's ironmongers

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

  • 150 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 151 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 152 Bideford loses training ship

  • 153 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 154 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 155 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 156 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 157 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 158 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 159 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 160

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 161 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 162 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 163 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 164 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 165 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 166 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 167 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

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

  • 169 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 170 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 171 113 years at Instow

  • 172 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 173 Off on a great adventure

  • 174 No sale of Springfield House

  • 175

    Was a missionary
  • 176 North Devon Driving School

  • 177 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 178 They are parted pro-tem

  • 179 Six footed lamb

  • 180 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 181 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 182 Out of puff!

  • 183 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 184 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 185 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 186 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 187 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 188 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 189 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 190 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 191 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 192 Parkham plan realised

  • 193 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 194 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 195 Torrington in 1967

  • 196 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 197 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 198 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 199 He beat the floods

  • 200 Capers on the cobbles

  • 201 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 202

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 203 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 204

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 205 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 206 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 207 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 208 All aboard the ark

  • 209 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 210 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

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

  • 212 All for the love of a lady!

  • 213 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 214 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 215 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 216 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 217 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 218 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 219 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 220 Decontrol of meat

  • 221 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 222 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 223 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 224 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 225 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 226 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 227 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 228 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 229 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 230 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 231

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 232 Bideford - as Rowlandson saw it about 1810-15

  • 233 From Bobby to Brian

  • 234

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 235 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 236 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 237 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 238 School crossing patrol begins

  • 239 A roof-top view - where?

  • 240 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 241 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 242

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 243 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 244 Mobile missionary

  • 245 New choral society's growing response

  • 246 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 247 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 248 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 249 Peter poses for TV film

  • 250 Northam's almshouse

  • 251 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 252 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 253 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 254

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 255 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 256 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 257 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 258 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 259 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 260 Artisans' Club

  • 261 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 262 Burnard family reunion

  • 263

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 264 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 265

    Exhibition of school work
  • 266 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 267 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 268

    First prize
  • 269 Malibou boys are all-the-year-round surfers

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    Relatives all over the world
  • 271 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 272 A bird of their own!

  • 273 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 274 Modern living at Bideford

  • 275 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 276 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 277 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 278 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 279 New addition to Quay front

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    New gateway
  • 281 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 282 Devil sent packing

  • 283 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 284 School's link with cargo ship

  • 285 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 286 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 287 Penny for the guy

  • 288 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 289 End of the line

  • 290 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 291 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 292 The art of the thatcher

  • 293

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 294 Variety in summer weather

  • 295 Riverside mystery

  • 296 Picking the pops

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

  • 298 Puppet characters introduced

  • 299

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 300 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 301 Cruising down the river

  • 302 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 303 What's the time?

  • 304 Private home for public pump

  • 305 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 306 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 307 Just over a year old

  • 308 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 309 Ships at Bideford

  • 310 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 311 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

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

  • 313 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 314 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 315 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 316 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 317 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 318 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 319 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 320 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 321 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 322 Northam footballers of the future

  • 323 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 324 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 325 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 326 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 327 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 328 Bridging the stream

  • 329 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 330 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 331 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 332 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 333 Circus comes to town

  • 334 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 335 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 336 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 337 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 338 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 339 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 340 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 341 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 342 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

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    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 344 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 345 Liked holidays here - so starts business

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

  • 347 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 348 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 349 Revenge in style

  • 350 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 351 Can spring be far away?

  • 352 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 353 Emergency ferry services

  • 354 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 355 Clovelly nightmare

  • 356 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 357 New life for Hartland organ

  • 358 New art gallery opened

  • 359

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 360 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 361 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 362

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 363 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 364 Bideford regatta

  • 365 Hartland Dancers
  • 366 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 367 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 368 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 369 Bideford computer stars

  • 370 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 371 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 372 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 373 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 374

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 375 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 376 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 377 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 378 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 379

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 380 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

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

  • 382 New Lundy stamps

  • 383 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 384 Simple Item 138
  • 385 Service with a smile

  • 386 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 387

    Married in 1908
  • 388 Torrington's new amenity

  • 389 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 390 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 391 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 392 A man and his wheel

  • 393 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 394 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 395 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 396 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 397 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 398 For crying out loud!

  • 399 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 400 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 401 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 402 Happy Days!

  • 403 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 404 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 405

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 406

    Building works
  • 407 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 408 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 409 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 410 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 411 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 412 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 413 Hartland's invitation

  • 414 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 415 Blanchards ad.>
  • 416 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 417 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 418 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 419 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 420 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 421 New Post Office

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

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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  • 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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  • 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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