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

  • 2 New look in the hayfields

  • 3 Waldon Triplets
  • 4 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 5 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 6 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 7

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 8 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 9 He beat the floods

  • 10 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 11 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 12 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 13 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 14 Capers on the cobbles

  • 15 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 16 Six footed lamb

  • 17 The cab at the corner>
  • 18 Bideford 'What's my line?' challenger

  • 19

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 20 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 21 All for the love of a lady!

  • 22 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 23 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 24 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 25 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 26 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 27 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 28 No sale of Springfield House

  • 29 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 30 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 31 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 32

    Building works
  • 33 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 34 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 35 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 36 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 37 Open-air art exhibition by 'under 40' group

  • 38 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 39 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 40 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

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

  • 42 Private home for public pump

  • 43 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 44 Northam's almshouse

  • 45 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 46 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 47 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 48 End of the line

  • 49 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 50 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 51 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 52 Bideford loses training ship

  • 53 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 54 Twenty-one yachts

  • 55 New Post Office

  • 56 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 57 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 58 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 59 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 60 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 61 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 62 Some 240 exhibits

  • 63 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 64 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 65 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 66 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 67 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 68 Picking the pops

  • 69

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 70 Sight of a lifetime

  • 71 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 72 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 73 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 74 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 75 Torrington children build igloo
  • 76 Parkham plan realised

  • 77 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 78 Over the bank together>
  • 79

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 80 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 81 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 82 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 83 Modern living at Bideford

  • 84 It really was the 'last time'

  • 85 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 86 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 87 Puppet characters introduced

  • 88 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 89 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 90 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 91 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 92 Bridging the stream

  • 93 113 years at Instow

  • 94 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 95 Torrington's new amenity

  • 96 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 97 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 98 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 99 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 100 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 101 Finished in 1876

  • 102 Circus comes to town

  • 103 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 104 Appledore's largest

  • 105 Some mushroom!

  • 106 Recognise this resort?

  • 107 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 108 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 109 Simple Item 138
  • 110 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 111 Bideford regatta

  • 112 Clovelly nightmare

  • 113 Penny for the guy

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

  • 115 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 116 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 117 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 118 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 119 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 120 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 121 When horses score over the tractor

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

  • 123 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 124 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 125 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 126 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 127 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 128 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 129 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 130 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 131

    Exhibition of school work
  • 132 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 133 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 134 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 135 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 136 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 137 A bird of their own!

  • 138 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 139 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 140 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 141 Decontrol of meat

  • 142 Police station view of Bideford

  • 143 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 144 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 145 By pony and trap to market

  • 146 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 147

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 148 What's the time?

  • 149 A man and his wheel

  • 150 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 151 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 152 Traditions and skills still there

  • 153 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 154 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 155 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 156 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 157 Torrington in 1967

  • 158 No laughing matter

  • 159

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 160 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 161

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 162 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 163 Hartland postman retires

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

  • 165 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 166 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 167 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 168 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 169 Cruising down the river

  • 170 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 171 Bideford computer stars

  • 172 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 173

    Bidefordians
  • 174 Mobile missionary

  • 175 Out of puff!

  • 176 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 177 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 178 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 179 New choral society's growing response

  • 180 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 181 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 182 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 183 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 184 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 185

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 186 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 187 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 188 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 189 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 190

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 191 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 192 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 193 New shipyard on schedule

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

  • 195 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 196 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 197 New addition to Quay front

  • 198 Riverside mystery

  • 199 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 200 Variety in summer weather

  • 201

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 202

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 203 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 204

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 205 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 206 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 207 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 208

    New gateway
  • 209 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 210 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 211 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 212 From Bobby to Brian

  • 213 New life for Hartland organ

  • 214 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 215 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 216 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 217 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

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

  • 219 Life begins at 80

  • 220 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 221 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 222 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 223 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 224 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 225 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 226 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 227 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 228 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 229 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 230 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 231 Sweets derationing

  • 232 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 233 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 234 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 235 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 236 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 237 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 238 For crying out loud!

  • 239 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 240 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 241 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 242 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 243 Devil sent packing

  • 244 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 245 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 246 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 247

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 248 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 249 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 250

    Relatives all over the world
  • 251 School crossing patrol begins

  • 252 Ten year old scrambler

  • 253 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 254 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 255 Peter poses for TV film

  • 256 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 257 Off on a great adventure

  • 258 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 259 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 260 Jumble sale fever

  • 261 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 262 Ships at Bideford

  • 263 Centenary of Gazette

  • 264

    First prize
  • 265

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 266 Loads of black and white

  • 267 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 268 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 269 Burnard family reunion

  • 270 They are parted pro-tem

  • 271 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 272 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 273 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 274

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 275 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 276 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 277

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 278 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 279 New art gallery opened

  • 280 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 281 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 282 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

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

  • 284

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 285 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 286 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 287 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 288 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 289 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 290 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 291 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 292 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 293 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 294 Weare Giffard potato

  • 295 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 296 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 297 All aboard the ark

  • 298 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 299 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 300 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

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

  • 302 First ship in 8 years

  • 303 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 304 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 305

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 306 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 307 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 308 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 309

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 310 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 311 New Lundy stamps

  • 312 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 313 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 314 Hartland's invitation

  • 315 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 316 Filming at Hartland

  • 317 New civic medallions

  • 318 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 319 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 320 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 321 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 322 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 323 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 324 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 325 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 326 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 327 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 328 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 329 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 330 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 331 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 332

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 333 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 334 So this is the mainland!

  • 335 Caught in the act>
  • 336 Northam footballers of the future

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

  • 338 Pannier Market's future?

  • 339 Hartland Dancers
  • 340 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 341 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 342 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 343 Emergency ferry services

  • 344 North Devon Driving School

  • 345 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 346

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 347 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 348 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 349 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 350 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 351 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 352 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 353 Happy Days!

  • 354 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 355 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 356 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 357 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 358 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 359 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 360 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 361 The Geneva marionettes

  • 362 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 363

    Married in 1908
  • 364 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 365 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 366 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 367 Revenge in style

  • 368 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 369 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 370 Picking the pops

  • 371 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 372 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 373 Artisans' Club

  • 374 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 375 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 376 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 377 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 378 Warmington's garage ad

  • 379

    Was a missionary
  • 380

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 381 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 382 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

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

  • 384 A roof-top view - where?

  • 385 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 386 Just over a year old

  • 387 Service with a smile

  • 388 Blanchards ad.>
  • 389 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 390 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 391 The art of the thatcher

  • 392 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 393 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 394

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 395 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 396 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 397 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 398 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 399 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 400 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 401 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 402 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 403 Clovelly custom

  • 404 Can spring be far away?

  • 405 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 406 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 407

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 408 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 409 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 410 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 411

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 412 Littleham family's five generations

  • 413 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 414 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 415 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 416 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 417 School's link with cargo ship

  • 418 In their new robes and hats

  • 419 A story to tell!

  • 420 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 421 Last train from Torrington

  • 422 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

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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Businesses


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Associations and Clubs


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Army Airforce and Navy


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