• 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 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

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    Relatives all over the world
  • 3 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 4 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 5 By pony and trap to market

  • 6 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 7 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 8 Service with a smile

  • 9 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 10 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 11 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 12 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 13 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 14 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 15 Sweets derationing

  • 16 New life for Hartland organ

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

  • 18 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 19 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 20 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 21 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 22 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 23 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 24 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 25 Some 240 exhibits

  • 26 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 27 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 28

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 29 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 30 New addition to Quay front

  • 31 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 32 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 33 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 34 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 35 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 36 Northam footballers of the future

  • 37 Jumble sale fever

  • 38 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 39 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 40 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 41 All aboard the ark

  • 42 From Bobby to Brian

  • 43 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 44 It really was the 'last time'

  • 45 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 46 Finished in 1876

  • 47

    Exhibition of school work
  • 48 Some mushroom!

  • 49 Photo mural in Bideford bank

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

  • 51 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 52 Picking the pops

  • 53 First ship in 8 years

  • 54 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 55 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 56 Can spring be far away?

  • 57 Decontrol of meat

  • 58 Out of puff!

  • 59 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 60 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 61 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 62 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 63 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 64 Picking the pops

  • 65 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

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

  • 67 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 68 Caught in the act>
  • 69 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 70

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 71 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 72 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 73 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 74 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 75 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 76 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 77 Hartland's invitation

  • 78

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 79 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 80 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 81 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 82 Hartland postman retires

  • 83 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 84 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 85 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 86 New art gallery opened

  • 87 New look in the hayfields

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

  • 89 School's link with cargo ship

  • 90 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 91 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 92 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

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

  • 94 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 95 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 96

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

  • 98 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 99 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 100 Centenary of Gazette

  • 101 They are parted pro-tem

  • 102

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 103 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 104 Pannier Market's future?

  • 105 Revenge in style

  • 106 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 107 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 108 Variety in summer weather

  • 109 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 110 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 111 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 112 End of the line

  • 113 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 114 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 115 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 116 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 117 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 118 A story to tell!

  • 119 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 120 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 121 The art of the thatcher

  • 122

    Married in 1908
  • 123 Loads of black and white

  • 124 Parkham plan realised

  • 125 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 126 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 127 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 128 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 129 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 130

    Was a missionary
  • 131 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 132 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 133 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 134 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 135 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 136 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 137 Bideford loses training ship

  • 138 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 139 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 140 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 141 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 142 Bideford computer stars

  • 143 Ships at Bideford

  • 144

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 145 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 146 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 147 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 148 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 149 Traditions and skills still there

  • 150 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 151 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 152 Ten year old scrambler

  • 153

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 154 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 155 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 156

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 157 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 158 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 159 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 160 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 161 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 162 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 163 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 164 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 165 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 166 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 167 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 168 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 169 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 170 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 171 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 172 Police station view of Bideford

  • 173 Modern living at Bideford

  • 174

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 175 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 176 What's the time?

  • 177 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 178 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 179 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 180 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 181 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 182 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 183 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 184 A roof-top view - where?

  • 185 Last train from Torrington

  • 186 New Post Office

  • 187 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 188 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 189 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 190 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 191 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 192 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 193 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 194

    Building works
  • 195 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 196 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 197 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 198 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 199 The cab at the corner>
  • 200 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 201 A lost Bideford 'island'

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

  • 203 Recognise this resort?

  • 204 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 205 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 206 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 207 All for the love of a lady!

  • 208 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 209 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 210 Blanchards ad.>
  • 211 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 212 Bideford regatta

  • 213 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 214

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 215 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 216 School crossing patrol begins

  • 217 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 218 Puppet characters introduced

  • 219 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 220 A bird of their own!

  • 221 Filming at Hartland

  • 222 Private home for public pump

  • 223 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 224 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 225 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 226 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 227 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 228

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 229 Warmington's garage ad

  • 230 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 231 Riverside mystery

  • 232 Six footed lamb

  • 233 New shipyard on schedule

  • 234 Torrington in 1967

  • 235 No laughing matter

  • 236 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 237

    Bidefordians
  • 238 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 239 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 240 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 241 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 242 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 243 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 244

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 245 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 246 Appledore's new lifeboat

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

  • 248 Cruising down the river

  • 249 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 250 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 251 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 252 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 253 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 254 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 255 Peter poses for TV film

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

  • 257 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 258 Off on a great adventure

  • 259 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

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

  • 261 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 262 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 263 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 264 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 265 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 266 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 267 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 268 Bridging the stream

  • 269 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 270 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 271 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 272 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 273 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 274 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 275 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 276 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 277 Clovelly nightmare

  • 278 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 280

    First prize
  • 281 When horses score over the tractor

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

  • 283 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 284 North Devon Driving School

  • 285 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 286 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 287 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
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    New gateway
  • 289 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 290 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 291 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 292 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 293 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 294 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 295 Sight of a lifetime

  • 296 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

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

  • 298 New civic medallions

  • 299 New choral society's growing response

  • 300 So this is the mainland!

  • 301 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 302 He beat the floods

  • 303 Waldon Triplets
  • 304 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 305 Clovelly custom

  • 306 Simple Item 138
  • 307 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 308 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 309 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

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

  • 311 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 312

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 313 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 314 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 315 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 316 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 317 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 318 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 319 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 320 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 321 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 322

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 323 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 324 Artisans' Club

  • 325 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 326 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 327 Over the bank together>
  • 328 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 329 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 330 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 331 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 332 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 333 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 334 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 335 Happy Days!

  • 336 Devil sent packing

  • 337 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 338 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 339

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 340 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 341 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 342 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 343 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 344 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 345 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 346 No sale of Springfield House

  • 347 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 348 The Geneva marionettes

  • 349 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 350 113 years at Instow

  • 351 Twenty-one yachts

  • 352 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 353 Life begins at 80

  • 354 Weare Giffard potato

  • 355 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

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

  • 357 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 358 Torrington's new amenity

  • 359 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 361 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 362 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 363 In their new robes and hats

  • 364 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 365 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 366 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 367

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 368 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 369 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 370 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 371 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 372

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 373 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 374 Penny for the guy

  • 375 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 376 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 377 Hartland Dancers
  • 378 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 379 Torrington children build igloo
  • 380

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 381 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 382 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 383 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 384 Appledore's largest

  • 385 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 386 Northam's almshouse

  • 387 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 388 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 389 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 390 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 391 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 392 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 393 Littleham family's five generations

  • 394 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 395

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 396 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 397 For crying out loud!

  • 398

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 399 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 400 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 401 Capers on the cobbles

  • 402 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 403 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 404 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 405 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 406 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 407 Mobile missionary

  • 408 Just over a year old

  • 409 New Lundy stamps

  • 410 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 411 Circus comes to town

  • 412 Emergency ferry services

  • 413 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 414 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 415 A man and his wheel

  • 416 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 417 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 418 Holiday scene near Sandymere

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    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 420 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 421

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 422

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
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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