• 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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    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 2 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 3 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 4 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 5 From Bobby to Brian

  • 6 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 7 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 8 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 9 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 10 New look in the hayfields

  • 11 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 12 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 13 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 14 Hartland Dancers
  • 15 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 16 First ship in 8 years

  • 17 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 18 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 19 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 20 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 21 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 22

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 23 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 24 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 25 Artisans' Club

  • 26 Caught in the act>
  • 27 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 28 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 29 Clovelly custom

  • 30

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 31 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 32 Happy Days!

  • 33 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 34 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 35 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 36 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 37 Capers on the cobbles

  • 38 Sweets derationing

  • 39 Northam's almshouse

  • 40 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 41 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 42 Police station view of Bideford

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

  • 44 Circus comes to town

  • 45 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 46 In their new robes and hats

  • 47 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 48 Last train from Torrington

  • 49

    Exhibition of school work
  • 50 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 51 By pony and trap to market

  • 52 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 53

    Relatives all over the world
  • 54 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 55 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 56 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 57

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 58 Off on a great adventure

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

  • 60

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 61 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 62 Bideford regatta

  • 63 The cab at the corner>
  • 64 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 65 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

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

  • 67 Some mushroom!

  • 68 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 69 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 70 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

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

  • 72 Weare Giffard potato

  • 73 Sight of a lifetime

  • 74

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 75 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 76 End of the line

  • 77 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 78 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 79 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 80 Traditions and skills still there

  • 81 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 82 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 83 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 84 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 85 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 86 Bideford loses training ship

  • 87 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 88 A man and his wheel

  • 89 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 90 For crying out loud!

  • 91 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 92 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 93 It really was the 'last time'

  • 94 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 95 Clovelly nightmare

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

  • 97 Six footed lamb

  • 98 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 99 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 100 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 101 Centenary of Gazette

  • 102 A bird of their own!

  • 103 Northam footballers of the future

  • 104 New addition to Quay front

  • 105 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 106 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

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

  • 108

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 109 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 110 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 111 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 112 Born 1883 - still going strong

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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 114 New art gallery opened

  • 115 Torrington children build igloo
  • 116 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 117 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 118 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 119 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 120 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 121 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 122 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 123 Filming at Hartland

  • 124

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 125 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 126 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 127 Modern living at Bideford

  • 128 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 129 The Geneva marionettes

  • 130 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 131 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 132 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 133 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 134 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 135 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 136 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 137 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 138

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 139 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 140 Waldon Triplets
  • 141 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 142

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 143 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 144 Devil sent packing

  • 145 New life for Hartland organ

  • 146 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 147

    Bidefordians
  • 148 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 149 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 150 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 151

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 152 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 153 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 154 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 155 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 156 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 157 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 158 Can spring be far away?

  • 159

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 160 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 161 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 162 Cruising down the river

  • 163 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 164 Puppet characters introduced

  • 165 Warmington's garage ad

  • 166 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 167 Recognise this resort?

  • 168 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 169 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 170 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 171 When horses score over the tractor

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

  • 173 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 174 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 175 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 176 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 177 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 178 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 179 Torrington in 1967

  • 180 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 181 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 182 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 183 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 184 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 185

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 186 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 187 Jumble sale fever

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

  • 189 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 190 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 191 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 192 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 193 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 194 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 195 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 196

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 197 Burnard family reunion

  • 198 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 199 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 200

    Married in 1908
  • 201

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 202 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 203 School's link with cargo ship

  • 204 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 205 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 206 Peter poses for TV film

  • 207 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 208 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 209 Private home for public pump

  • 210 Out of puff!

  • 211 113 years at Instow

  • 212 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 213 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 214 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 215 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 216 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 217 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 218 New Lundy stamps

  • 219 No sale of Springfield House

  • 220 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 221 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 222 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 223 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 224 New civic medallions

  • 225 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 226 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 227 New shipyard on schedule

  • 228

    Was a missionary
  • 229 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 230 North Devon Driving School

  • 231 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 232 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 233 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 234 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 235 New choral society's growing response

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

  • 237 Emergency ferry services

  • 238 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 239 He beat the floods

  • 240 Decontrol of meat

  • 241 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 242 No laughing matter

  • 243 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 244 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 245 School crossing patrol begins

  • 246 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 247 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 248 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 249 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 250 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 251 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 252 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 253 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 254 Finished in 1876

  • 255 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 256 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 257 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 258 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 259 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 260

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 261 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 262 Littleham family's five generations

  • 263 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 264 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 265 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 266 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 267 Picking the pops

  • 268 A roof-top view - where?

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

  • 270 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 271 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 272 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 273 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 274 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 275 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 276 Appledore's largest

  • 277 Parkham plan realised

  • 278 Revenge in style

  • 279 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 280 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 281 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 282 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 283 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 284 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 285 Hartland's invitation

  • 286 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 287 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 288 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 289 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 290 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 291 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 292 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 293 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 294 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

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

  • 296 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 297 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 298 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 299 So this is the mainland!

  • 300 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 301 Torrington's new amenity

  • 302

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 303 Hartland postman retires

  • 304 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 305 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 306 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 307 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 308 A story to tell!

  • 309 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 310 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 311 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 312 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 313 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 314 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

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    Building works
  • 316

    First prize
  • 317 Ten year old scrambler

  • 318 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 319 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 320 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 321 Service with a smile

  • 322

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 323 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 324 Picking the pops

  • 325 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 326 Ships at Bideford

  • 327 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 328 Appledore's new lifeboat

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

  • 330 Twenty-one yachts

  • 331 Centuries old but today busier than ever

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

  • 333 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 334 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 335 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 336 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 337 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 338 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 339 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 340 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 341 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 342 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 343 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 344 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 345 New Post Office

  • 346 Just over a year old

  • 347 All aboard the ark

  • 348 Variety in summer weather

  • 349 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 350 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 351 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 352 They are parted pro-tem

  • 353 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 354 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 355 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 356 The art of the thatcher

  • 357 Pannier Market's future?

  • 358 Life begins at 80

  • 359 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 360 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 361 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 362

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 363 Mobile missionary

  • 364

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 365 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 366 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 367 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 368 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 369 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 370 Penny for the guy

  • 371 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 372 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 373 Blanchards ad.>
  • 374 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 375 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 376 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 377 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 378 Over the bank together>
  • 379 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 380 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 381 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 382 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 383 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 384 All for the love of a lady!

  • 385 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 386 Some 240 exhibits

  • 387

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 388

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 389 Simple Item 138
  • 390 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 391 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 392 Loads of black and white

  • 393 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 394 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 395 What's the time?

  • 396 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 397

    New gateway
  • 398 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 399 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 400 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 401 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 402 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 403 Bridging the stream

  • 404 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 405 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 406 Bideford computer stars

  • 407 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 408 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

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

  • 410 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 411 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 412 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 413 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 414 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 415 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 416 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 417 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 418 Riverside mystery

  • 419

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 420 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 421 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 422

    Successful motor cycling team
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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