• 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 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 2 Picking the pops

  • 3 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 4 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 5 North Devon Driving School

  • 6 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 7 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 8 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 9 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 10 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 11 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 12 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 13 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 14 New shipyard on schedule

  • 15 A roof-top view - where?

  • 16

    First prize
  • 17 Mobile missionary

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

  • 19 They are parted pro-tem

  • 20 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 21 New Lundy stamps

  • 22 Circus comes to town

  • 23 New choral society's growing response

  • 24 Bideford computer stars

  • 25 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 26 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 27

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 28 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 29 Over the bank together>
  • 30

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 31 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 32 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 33 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 34 All aboard the ark

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

  • 36 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 37 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 38 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 39 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 40 No laughing matter

  • 41 Warmington's garage ad

  • 42 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 43 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 44 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 45 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 46 Police station view of Bideford

  • 47 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 48 Artisans' Club

  • 49 Blanchards ad.>
  • 50 Bideford 'What's my line?' challenger

  • 51 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 52 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 53 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 54 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 55 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 56 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 57 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 58

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 59 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 60 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 61 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 62 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 63 Just over a year old

  • 64 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 65 Cruising down the river

  • 66 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 67 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 68 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 69

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 70 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 71 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 72 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 73 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 74 Littleham family's five generations

  • 75 Hartland postman retires

  • 76 First ship in 8 years

  • 77 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 78 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 79 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 80 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 81 Revenge in style

  • 82 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 83

    Was a missionary
  • 84 Variety in summer weather

  • 85 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 86 New art gallery opened

  • 87 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 88 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 89 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 90 Off on a great adventure

  • 91 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 92 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 93 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 94 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 95 Parkham plan realised

  • 96 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 97 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 98 Penny for the guy

  • 99 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 100 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 101 Life begins at 80

  • 102

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 103 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 104 Six footed lamb

  • 105 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 106 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 107 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 108 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 109 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 110 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 111 A man and his wheel

  • 112 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 113 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 114 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 115

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 116 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 117 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 118 Waldon Triplets
  • 119 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 120 From Bobby to Brian

  • 121 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 122 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 123

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 124 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 125 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 126 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 127 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 128 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 129 Pannier Market's future?

  • 130 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 131 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 132 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 133 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 134 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 135 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 136 Peter poses for TV film

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

  • 138 Torrington children build igloo
  • 139 Appledore's largest

  • 140 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 141 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 142 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 143 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 144 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 145 Filming at Hartland

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

  • 147 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 148 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 149 Emergency ferry services

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

  • 151 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 152

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 153 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

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

  • 155 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 156 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 157 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 158 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 159 Some 240 exhibits

  • 160 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 161 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 162 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 163 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 164 What's the time?

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

  • 166 Bridging the stream

  • 167 A story to tell!

  • 168 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 169 Northam footballers of the future

  • 170 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 171 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 172 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 173 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 174 Hartland's invitation

  • 175 Devil sent packing

  • 176

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 177 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 178 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 179 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 180 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 181 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 182

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 183 Clovelly custom

  • 184 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 185 Traditions and skills still there

  • 186 The art of the thatcher

  • 187 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 188 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 189 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 190 New civic medallions

  • 191 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 192 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 193 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 194 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 195 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 196

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 197 Bideford loses training ship

  • 198 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 199 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 200 Out of puff!

  • 201 Caught in the act>
  • 202 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

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

  • 204 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 205 Ship-in-bottle world record

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

  • 207 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 208 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 209 Sight of a lifetime

  • 210 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 211 Can spring be far away?

  • 212 Puppet characters introduced

  • 213 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 214 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 215 Private home for public pump

  • 216

    New gateway
  • 217 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 218 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 219 Modern living at Bideford

  • 220 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 221 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 222 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 223 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 224 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 225 It really was the 'last time'

  • 226 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 227 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 228 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 229 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 230 Torrington's new amenity

  • 231 New addition to Quay front

  • 232

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 233 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 234 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 235 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 236 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 237 Finished in 1876

  • 238 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 239 By pony and trap to market

  • 240 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 241

    Married in 1908
  • 242 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 243 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 244 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 245 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 246 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 247 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 248 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 249 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 250 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 251 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 252 The Geneva marionettes

  • 253 A bird of their own!

  • 254 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 255 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 256 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 257 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 258

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 259 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 260 Happy Days!

  • 261

    Bidefordians
  • 262 School crossing patrol begins

  • 263 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 264 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 265

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 266 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 267 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 268 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 269 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 270 All for the love of a lady!

  • 271

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 272 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 273 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 274 Twenty-one yachts

  • 275 Ships at Bideford

  • 276

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 277 Weare Giffard potato

  • 278 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 279 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 280 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 281 Loads of black and white

  • 282

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 283 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 284 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 285 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 286 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 287 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 288 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 289 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 290 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 291 Decontrol of meat

  • 292 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 293

    Relatives all over the world
  • 294 Hartland Dancers
  • 295 Northam's almshouse

  • 296 Torrington in 1967

  • 297 Bideford regatta

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

  • 299 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 300 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 301 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 302 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 303 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 304 They never miss a game at Torrington

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

  • 306 New life for Hartland organ

  • 307

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 308 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 309 For crying out loud!

  • 310 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 311 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 312 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 313 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 314 New look in the hayfields

  • 315 Centenary of Gazette

  • 316 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 317 So this is the mainland!

  • 318 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 319

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 320 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 321 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 322 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 323 Service with a smile

  • 324 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 325 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 326

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 327 School's link with cargo ship

  • 328 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 329 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 330 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 331 He beat the floods

  • 332 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 333 The cab at the corner>
  • 334 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 335

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 336 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 337 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 338 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 339

    Exhibition of school work
  • 340 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 341 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 342 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 343 Simple Item 138
  • 344 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 345 Riverside mystery

  • 346 Jumble sale fever

  • 347 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 348 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 349 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 350 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 351 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 352 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 353 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 354 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 355

    Building works
  • 356 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 357

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 358

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 359 Ten year old scrambler

  • 360 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 361 113 years at Instow

  • 362 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 363 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 364 When horses score over the tractor

  • 365 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 366 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 367 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 368 New Post Office

  • 369 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 370 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 371 Picking the pops

  • 372 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 373 Sweets derationing

  • 374 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 375 Some mushroom!

  • 376 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 377 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 378 In their new robes and hats

  • 379 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 380 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 381 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

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

  • 383 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 384 End of the line

  • 385 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 386 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 387 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 388 Last train from Torrington

  • 389 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 390 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 391 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 392 Burnard family reunion

  • 393 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 394 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 395 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 396 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 397 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 398 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 399 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 400 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 401 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 402 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 403 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 404 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 405 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 406 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 407 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 408 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 409 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 410 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 411 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 412 Clovelly nightmare

  • 413 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 414

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 415 No sale of Springfield House

  • 416 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 417 Capers on the cobbles

  • 418 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 419 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 420

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 421 Recognise this resort?

  • 422 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

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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  • 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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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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Coastal Defence

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