• 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 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 2 Traditions and skills still there

  • 3 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 4 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 5 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 6 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 7

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 8 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 9

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 10 The cab at the corner>
  • 11 Bideford 'What's my line?' challenger

  • 12 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 13 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 14 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 15 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 16 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 17 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 18 Circus comes to town

  • 19

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 20 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 21 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 22 Devil sent packing

  • 23 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 24 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 25 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 26 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 27

    Building works
  • 28 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 29 Torrington's new amenity

  • 30 Picking the pops

  • 31 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 32 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 33 Finished in 1876

  • 34 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 35 Cruising down the river

  • 36 Hartland Dancers
  • 37 Littleham family's five generations

  • 38 Capers on the cobbles

  • 39 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 40 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 41 Artisans' Club

  • 42 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 43 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 44 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 45 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 46 It really was the 'last time'

  • 47 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 48 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 49 Police station view of Bideford

  • 50 So this is the mainland!

  • 51 Faints as she wins national competition

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

  • 53 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 54 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 55 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 56 Twenty-one yachts

  • 57 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 58 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 59 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 60 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 61 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 62 Bideford loses training ship

  • 63 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 64

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 65 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 66 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 67 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 68 First ship in 8 years

  • 69 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 70 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 71 Picking the pops

  • 72 A bird of their own!

  • 73 They are parted pro-tem

  • 74 Six footed lamb

  • 75 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 76 Emergency ferry services

  • 77 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 78 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 79 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 80 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 81 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 82 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 83

    Bidefordians
  • 84 A roof-top view - where?

  • 85 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 86 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 87 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 88 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 89 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 90 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 91 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 92

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 93 Caught in the act>
  • 94 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 95

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 96 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 97 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 98 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 99 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 100 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 101 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 102 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 103 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 104 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 105 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 106 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 107 Sight of a lifetime

  • 108 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 109

    Exhibition of school work
  • 110 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 111 Clovelly custom

  • 112 All aboard the ark

  • 113 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 114 Out of puff!

  • 115 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 116 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 117 Over the bank together>
  • 118 Northam footballers of the future

  • 119

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 120 Some mushroom!

  • 121 North Devon Driving School

  • 122 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 123 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 124 New Post Office

  • 125 When horses score over the tractor

  • 126 Blanchards ad.>
  • 127 From Bobby to Brian

  • 128 Appledore's largest

  • 129 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 130 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 131 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 132 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 133 Peter poses for TV film

  • 134 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 135 For crying out loud!

  • 136 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 137 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 138 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 139 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 140 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 141 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 142 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 143 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 144 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 145

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 146 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 147 Filming at Hartland

  • 148 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 149 Mobile missionary

  • 150 Hartland's invitation

  • 151 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 152 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 153 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 154 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 155 No laughing matter

  • 156 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 157

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 158 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 159 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 160 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 161 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 162 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 163 Modern living at Bideford

  • 164 The art of the thatcher

  • 165 Some 240 exhibits

  • 166

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 167 Bideford regatta

  • 168 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 169 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 170 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 171 New civic medallions

  • 172 Quads at Thornhillhead

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

  • 174 113 years at Instow

  • 175 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 176 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 177 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 178 New art gallery opened

  • 179 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 180 Puppet characters introduced

  • 181 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 182 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 183 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 184 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 185 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 186 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 187 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 188 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 189 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 190 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 191 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 192 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 193 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 194 School crossing patrol begins

  • 195 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 196 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 197 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 198 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 199 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 200 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 201 Jumble sale fever

  • 202 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 203 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 204 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 205 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 206 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 207 Recognise this resort?

  • 208 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 209 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 210 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 211 New look in the hayfields

  • 212 Warmington's garage ad

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

  • 214

    New gateway
  • 215 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 216 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 217 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 218 New life for Hartland organ

  • 219 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 220 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 221 Northam's almshouse

  • 222 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 223 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 224 End of the line

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

  • 226 Ships at Bideford

  • 227 Off on a great adventure

  • 228 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 229

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 230 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 231 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 232 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 233 By pony and trap to market

  • 234 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 235 Life begins at 80

  • 236 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 237 School's link with cargo ship

  • 238 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 239 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 240 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 241

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 242 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 243 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 244 What's the time?

  • 245 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 246 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 247 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 248 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 249 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 250 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 251

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 252 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 253 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 254 Penny for the guy

  • 255 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 256 Torrington children build igloo
  • 257 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 258

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 259 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 260 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 261 In their new robes and hats

  • 262 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 263 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 264

    First prize
  • 265 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 266 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 267 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 268 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 269 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 270 Private home for public pump

  • 271 Hartland postman retires

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

  • 273 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 274 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 275 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 276 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 277 All for the love of a lady!

  • 278 Sweets derationing

  • 279 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

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

  • 281 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 282 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 283 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 284 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 285 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 286 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 287

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 288 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 289 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 290

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 291 Fishermen of Greencliff

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

  • 293 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 294 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 295 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 296 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 297 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 298 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 299 Variety in summer weather

  • 300 He beat the floods

  • 301 Last train from Torrington

  • 302 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 303 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 304 Revenge in style

  • 305 Service with a smile

  • 306 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 307 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 308 Waldon Triplets
  • 309 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 310 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 311 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 312 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 313 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

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

  • 315 Bideford Bridge re-opens

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

  • 317 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 318 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 319 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 320 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 321 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 322 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 323 Ten year old scrambler

  • 324 Just over a year old

  • 325 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 326 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 327

    Relatives all over the world
  • 328 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 329 Burnard family reunion

  • 330 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 331

    Was a missionary
  • 332 The Geneva marionettes

  • 333 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 334

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 335 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 336 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 337 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 338 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 339 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 340 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 341 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 342

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 343 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 344 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 345 The creative urge on Saturday morning

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

  • 347 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 348 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 349

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 350 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 351 Decontrol of meat

  • 352 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 353

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 354 One of the luckier farmers in getting in the problem harvest

  • 355

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 356 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 357 A story to tell!

  • 358 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 359 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 360

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 361 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 362 Simple Item 138
  • 363 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 364 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 365 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 366 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 367 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 368 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 369 No sale of Springfield House

  • 370 Torrington in 1967

  • 371 Loads of black and white

  • 372 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 373 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 374 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 375 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 376

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 377

    Married in 1908
  • 378 Happy Days!

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

  • 380 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 381 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 382 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 383 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 384 New addition to Quay front

  • 385 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 386 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 387

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 388 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 389 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 390 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 391 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 392 Can spring be far away?

  • 393 Fundraising trip for RNLI

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

  • 395 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 396 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 397

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 398 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 399 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 400 Clovelly nightmare

  • 401 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 402 Pannier Market's future?

  • 403 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 404 Bideford computer stars

  • 405 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 406 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 407 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 408 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 409 A man and his wheel

  • 410 New Lundy stamps

  • 411 New shipyard on schedule

  • 412 Weare Giffard potato

  • 413 New choral society's growing response

  • 414 Riverside mystery

  • 415 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 416 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 417 Bridging the stream

  • 418 Parkham plan realised

  • 419 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 420 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 421 Centenary of Gazette

  • 422 Future of Torrington almshouses

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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