• 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 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 2 Simple Item 138
  • 3 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 4 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 5 Artisans' Club

  • 6 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 7 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 8 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 9 New art gallery opened

  • 10

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 11 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 12 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 13 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 14 Twenty-one yachts

  • 15 Riverside mystery

  • 16 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 17 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 18 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 19 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 20 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 21 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 22

    Bidefordians
  • 23

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 24

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 25 Northam's almshouse

  • 26 Blanchards ad.>
  • 27 Revenge in style

  • 28 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 29 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 30

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 31 Life begins at 80

  • 32 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 33

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 34 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 35 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 36 Emergency ferry services

  • 37 No sale of Springfield House

  • 38 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 39 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

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

  • 41 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 42 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 43 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 44

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 45 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 46 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 47 Bideford loses training ship

  • 48 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 49 School's link with cargo ship

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

  • 51 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 52 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 53

    Relatives all over the world
  • 54 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 55 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 56 Just over a year old

  • 57 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 58

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 59 Torrington's new amenity

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

  • 61 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 62 The Geneva marionettes

  • 63 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 64 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 65 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 66

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 67 New Post Office

  • 68 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 69 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 70 A story to tell!

  • 71 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 72 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 73 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 74 Devil sent packing

  • 75 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 76 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 77 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 78

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 79 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 80 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 81 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 82 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 83

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 84

    Was a missionary
  • 85 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 86

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 87 Loads of black and white

  • 88

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 89 It really was the 'last time'

  • 90 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 91 Hartland's invitation

  • 92 Sweets derationing

  • 93 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 94 All for the love of a lady!

  • 95

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 96 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 97 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 98 Recognise this resort?

  • 99 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 100 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 101 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 102 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 103 New look in the hayfields

  • 104 All aboard the ark

  • 105 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 106 Cruising down the river

  • 107 Happy Days!

  • 108 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 109 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 110 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 111 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 112 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 113 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 114 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 115 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 116 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 117 Filming at Hartland

  • 118 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 119 Traditions and skills still there

  • 120 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 121 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 122 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 123 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 124 When horses score over the tractor

  • 125 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 126 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 127 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 128

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 129 Decontrol of meat

  • 130 Northam footballers of the future

  • 131 School crossing patrol begins

  • 132 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 133 Caught in the act>
  • 134 New life for Hartland organ

  • 135 Centenary of Gazette

  • 136

    Building works
  • 137 He beat the floods

  • 138 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 139 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 140 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 141 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 142 By pony and trap to market

  • 143 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 144 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 145 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 146 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 147 Television comes to Torridge District

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

  • 149 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 150

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 151 Clovelly nightmare

  • 152 Ten year old scrambler

  • 153 Penny for the guy

  • 154 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 155 Modern living at Bideford

  • 156

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 157 First ship in 8 years

  • 158 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 159 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 160 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 161 End of the line

  • 162 New Lundy stamps

  • 163 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 164

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 165 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 166 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 167 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 168

    Exhibition of school work
  • 169 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 170 They are parted pro-tem

  • 171 Jumble sale fever

  • 172 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 173 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 174 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 175 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 176 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 177 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 178 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 179 Parkham plan realised

  • 180 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 181 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 182 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 183 New civic medallions

  • 184 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 185 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 186 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 187 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 188 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 189 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 190 Clovelly custom

  • 191 The cab at the corner>
  • 192 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 193 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

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

  • 195 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 196 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 197 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 198 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 199 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 200 For crying out loud!

  • 201 Off on a great adventure

  • 202 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 203 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 204

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 205 Over the bank together>
  • 206

    Married in 1908
  • 207 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 208 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 209 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 210 Bideford - as Rowlandson saw it about 1810-15

  • 211 Out of puff!

  • 212 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

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

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

  • 215 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 216 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 217 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 218 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 219 Bideford regatta

  • 220 Peter poses for TV film

  • 221 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 222

    New gateway
  • 223 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 224 Torrington in 1967

  • 225 Puppet characters introduced

  • 226 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 227 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 228 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 229 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 230 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 231 No laughing matter

  • 232 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 233 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 234 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 235 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 236 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 237 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 238 Torrington children build igloo
  • 239 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 240 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 241 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 242 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 243 North Devon Driving School

  • 244 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 245 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 246

    First prize
  • 247 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 248 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 249 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 250 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 251 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 252 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 253 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 254 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 255 Steep street of old Bideford

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

  • 257 Bridging the stream

  • 258 Littleham family's five generations

  • 259 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 260 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 261 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 262 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 263 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 264 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 265 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 266 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 267 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 268 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 269 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 270 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 271 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 272 Appledore's largest

  • 273 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 274 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 275 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 276 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 277 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 278 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 279 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 280 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 281 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 282 Ships at Bideford

  • 283 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 284 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 285 Some 240 exhibits

  • 286 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 287 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 288 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 289 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 290 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 291

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 292 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 293 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 294 Circus comes to town

  • 295 Mobile missionary

  • 296 Picking the pops

  • 297 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 298 Service with a smile

  • 299 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 300 Hartland Dancers
  • 301 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 302 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 303 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 304 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 305 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 306 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 307 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 308 Capers on the cobbles

  • 309 Sight of a lifetime

  • 310 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 311 Warmington's garage ad

  • 312 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 313 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 314 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 315 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 316 Private home for public pump

  • 317 Pannier Market's future?

  • 318 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

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

  • 320 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 321 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 322 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 323 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 324 So this is the mainland!

  • 325 Weare Giffard potato

  • 326 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 327 A roof-top view - where?

  • 328 New shipyard on schedule

  • 329 New addition to Quay front

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

  • 331 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 332 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 333 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 334 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 335 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 336 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 337 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 338 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 339 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 340 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 341 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 342 Burnard family reunion

  • 343 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 344 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 345 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 346

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 347 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 348 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 349 Picking the pops

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

  • 351 Fishermen of Greencliff

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

  • 353 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 354 Police station view of Bideford

  • 355 Can spring be far away?

  • 356 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 357

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 358 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 359 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 360

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 361 Six footed lamb

  • 362 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 363 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 364 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 365 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 366 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 367 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 368 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 369 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 370 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 371 From Bobby to Brian

  • 372 Variety in summer weather

  • 373 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 374 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 375 Finished in 1876

  • 376 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 377 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 378 Some mushroom!

  • 379 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 380 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 381 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 382 Waldon Triplets
  • 383 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 384

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 385 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 386 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 387 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 388 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 389 A man and his wheel

  • 390 New choral society's growing response

  • 391 A bird of their own!

  • 392 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 393

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 394 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 395 What's the time?

  • 396 Bideford computer stars

  • 397 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 398 Hartland postman retires

  • 399 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 400 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 401 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 402 Last train from Torrington

  • 403 The art of the thatcher

  • 404 113 years at Instow

  • 405 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 406 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 407 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 408 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 409 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 410

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 411 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 412 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 413 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 414 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 415 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 416 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 417 In their new robes and hats

  • 418 Torrington Church's new organ

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

  • 420 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 421 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 422 River scenes that enchant the visitors

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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