• 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 North Devon Driving School

  • 2 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 3 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 4 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 5 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 6

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 7 Hartland postman retires

  • 8 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 9 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 10

    Was a missionary
  • 11 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 12 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 13 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 14 Bideford computer stars

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

  • 16 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 17 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 18 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 19 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 20 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 21 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 22 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 23 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 24 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 25 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 26 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 27 A story to tell!

  • 28 Modern living at Bideford

  • 29 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 30 Peter poses for TV film

  • 31 End of the line

  • 32 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 33 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 34 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 35

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 36 Hartland Dancers
  • 37 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 38 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 39 Littleham family's five generations

  • 40 All for the love of a lady!

  • 41 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 42 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 43 113 years at Instow

  • 44 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 45

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 46 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 47 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 48 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 49 Pannier Market's future?

  • 50 Bideford loses training ship

  • 51 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 52 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 53 Out of puff!

  • 54 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 55 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 56 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 57 Simple Item 138
  • 58

    New gateway
  • 59 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 60 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 61 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 62 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 63 School crossing patrol begins

  • 64 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 65 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 66 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 67 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 68 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 69 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 70 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 71 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 72 Blanchards ad.>
  • 73 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 74 Artisans' Club

  • 75 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 76 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 77 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 78 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 79 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 80 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 81 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 82 Penny for the guy

  • 83 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 84 They are parted pro-tem

  • 85 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 86

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 87 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 88 Doing time - over 300 years of it - at Hartland

  • 89 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 90 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 91 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 92 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 93 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 94 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 95 Northam's almshouse

  • 96

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 97 Clovelly custom

  • 98 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 99 From Bobby to Brian

  • 100 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 101 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 102 Hartland's invitation

  • 103 New life for Hartland organ

  • 104

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 105

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 106 Bideford 'What's my line?' challenger

  • 107 Appledore's largest

  • 108 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 109 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 110 A man and his wheel

  • 111 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 112 Six footed lamb

  • 113 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 114 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 115 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 116 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 117 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 118 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 119 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 120 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 121 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 122 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 123 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 124 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 125 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

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

  • 127 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 128 Life begins at 80

  • 129 School's link with cargo ship

  • 130

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 131 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 132 Waldon Triplets
  • 133 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 134 The art of the thatcher

  • 135 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 136

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 137

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 138 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 139 All aboard the ark

  • 140 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 141 What's the time?

  • 142 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 143 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 144 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 145 So this is the mainland!

  • 146 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 147 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 148 Devil sent packing

  • 149 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 150 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 151 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 152 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 153 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 154 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 155 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 156 Bideford - as Rowlandson saw it about 1810-15

  • 157 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 158 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 159 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 160 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 161 An early 'special' to Bideford

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

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

  • 164 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

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

  • 166

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 167 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 168 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 169 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 170 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 171 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 172 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 173 Caught in the act>
  • 174 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 175 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 176 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 177 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 178

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 179 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 180 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 181 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 182 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 183 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 184 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 185 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 186 A bird of their own!

  • 187 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 188 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 189

    First prize
  • 190 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 191 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 192 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 193 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 194 In their new robes and hats

  • 195 New Post Office

  • 196 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 197 The cab at the corner>
  • 198 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 199

    Exhibition of school work
  • 200 New addition to Quay front

  • 201

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 202 New look in the hayfields

  • 203 Cruising down the river

  • 204 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 205 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 206 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 207 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 208

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 209 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 210 He beat the floods

  • 211 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 212 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 213 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 214 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 215 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 216 Puppet characters introduced

  • 217 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 218 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 219 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 220 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 221 Warmington's garage ad

  • 222 Northam footballers of the future

  • 223 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 224 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 225 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 226 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 227 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 228 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 229 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 230 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 231 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 232 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 233 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 234 Twenty-one yachts

  • 235 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 236 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 237 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 238 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 239 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 240 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 241 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 242 Some 240 exhibits

  • 243 New choral society's growing response

  • 244

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 245 Lundy memorial to John Pennington Harman V.C.

  • 246 Ten year old scrambler

  • 247 Finished in 1876

  • 248 Off on a great adventure

  • 249 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 250 Private home for public pump

  • 251

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 252 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 253 No laughing matter

  • 254 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 255 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 256 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 257 Some mushroom!

  • 258 Can spring be far away?

  • 259 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 260 'Les Girls' of Hartland

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

  • 262 Sweets derationing

  • 263

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 264 For crying out loud!

  • 265 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 266 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 267 New Lundy stamps

  • 268 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 269 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 270 Clovelly nightmare

  • 271 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 272

    Building works
  • 273 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 274

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 275 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 276 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 277 Burnard family reunion

  • 278 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 279 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 280 Recognise this resort?

  • 281 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 282 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 283 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 284

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 285 New art gallery opened

  • 286

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 287 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 288 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 289 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 290 Bridging the stream

  • 291 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 292

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 293 Weare Giffard potato

  • 294 Just over a year old

  • 295 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 296 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 297 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 298 Service with a smile

  • 299 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 300 Ships at Bideford

  • 301 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 302 Sight of a lifetime

  • 303 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 304 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 305 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 306 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 307 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 308 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 309 Capers on the cobbles

  • 310 New civic medallions

  • 311 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 312 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 313 Happy Days!

  • 314 Mobile missionary

  • 315 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 316 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 317 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 318 A roof-top view - where?

  • 319 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 320 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 321 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 322 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 323 Decontrol of meat

  • 324 Picking the pops

  • 325 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 326 Entente cordiale in Bideford

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

  • 328 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 329 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 330 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 331 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 332

    Bidefordians
  • 333 Riverside mystery

  • 334 Loads of black and white

  • 335 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 336 By pony and trap to market

  • 337 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 338 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 339 Parkham plan realised

  • 340 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 341 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 342 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 343 Jumble sale fever

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

  • 345 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 346 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 347 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 348 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 349 Filming at Hartland

  • 350

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 351 Circus comes to town

  • 352 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 353 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 354 Traditions and skills still there

  • 355 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 356 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 357 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 358 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 359 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 360 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 361 Wishing well is pixielated

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

  • 363 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 364 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 365 When horses score over the tractor

  • 366 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 367 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 368 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 369 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 370 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 371 Torrington children build igloo
  • 372 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 373 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 374 It really was the 'last time'

  • 375 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 376 The Geneva marionettes

  • 377 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 378 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 379 Emergency ferry services

  • 380 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 381 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 382

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 383 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 384 Centenary of Gazette

  • 385 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 386 Over the bank together>
  • 387 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 388 Torrington in 1967

  • 389 Last train from Torrington

  • 390 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 391 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 392 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 393 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 394 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 395 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 396 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 397 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 398 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 399 New shipyard on schedule

  • 400 Police station view of Bideford

  • 401 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 402 Variety in summer weather

  • 403 Revenge in style

  • 404

    Relatives all over the world
  • 405 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 406 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 407

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 408 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 409 Bideford regatta

  • 410 Torrington's new amenity

  • 411 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 412 First ship in 8 years

  • 413

    Married in 1908
  • 414 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 415 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 416 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 417 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 418

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 419 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 420 Picking the pops

  • 421 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 422 No sale of Springfield House

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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