• 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 Northam footballers of the future

  • 2 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 3 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 4 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 5 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 6 Fish nearly pulled him in

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

  • 8 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 9 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 10 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 11 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 12 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 13 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 14 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 15 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 16 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 17 By pony and trap to market

  • 18 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 19 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 20 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 21 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 22 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 23 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 24 New addition to Quay front

  • 25 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 26 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 27 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 28

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 29 All aboard the ark

  • 30 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 31 What's the time?

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

  • 33

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 34 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 35 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 36 Out of puff!

  • 37

    First prize
  • 38 Filming at Hartland

  • 39 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 40 A story to tell!

  • 41 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 42 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 43 Artisans' Club

  • 44 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 45 Waldon Triplets
  • 46 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 47 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 48 Finished in 1876

  • 49 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

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

  • 51 Jumble sale fever

  • 52 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 53 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 54 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 55

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 56 Steep street of old Bideford

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

  • 58 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 59 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 60 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 61 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 62 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 63 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 64 The cab at the corner>
  • 65 Light reading for the lighthouse

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

  • 67 Private home for public pump

  • 68

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 69 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 70 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 71 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 72 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 73 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 74 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 75 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 76 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 77 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 78 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 79 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 80

    Was a missionary
  • 81 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 82 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 83 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 84 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 85 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 86 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 87 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 88 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 89

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 90

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 91 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 92 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 93 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

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

  • 95 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 96 Capers on the cobbles

  • 97 Torrington in 1967

  • 98 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 99 They are parted pro-tem

  • 100 Emergency ferry services

  • 101 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 102 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 103 Riverside mystery

  • 104

    Relatives all over the world
  • 105 Warmington's garage ad

  • 106 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 107 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 108 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 109 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 110 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 111 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 112 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 113 Some 240 exhibits

  • 114 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 115

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 116 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 117 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 118 Pannier Market's future?

  • 119 Picking the pops

  • 120 New choral society's growing response

  • 121 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 122 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 123 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 124 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 125 New civic medallions

  • 126 New life for Hartland organ

  • 127 Life begins at 80

  • 128 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 129 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 130 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 131 Six footed lamb

  • 132 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 133 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 134 New look in the hayfields

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

  • 136 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 137 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 138 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 139 Peter poses for TV film

  • 140 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 141 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 142 Cruising down the river

  • 143 Sweets derationing

  • 144 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 145 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 146 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 147 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 148 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 149 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 150 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 151

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 152

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 153 Loads of black and white

  • 154 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 155 Blanchards ad.>
  • 156 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 157 Last train from Torrington

  • 158 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 159

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 160 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 161

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 162 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 163 New shipyard on schedule

  • 164 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 165 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 166 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 167 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 168 Burnard family reunion

  • 169

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 170 Hartland's invitation

  • 171 New art gallery opened

  • 172 Over the bank together>
  • 173 Clovelly nightmare

  • 174 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 175 Weare Giffard potato

  • 176

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 177 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 178 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 179 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 180 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 181 Police station view of Bideford

  • 182 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 183 Penny for the guy

  • 184 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 185 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 186 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 187 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 188 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 189 Appledore's largest

  • 190 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 191 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 192 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 193 Torrington's new amenity

  • 194 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 195 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 196 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 197 End of the line

  • 198 New Lundy stamps

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

  • 200 In their new robes and hats

  • 201 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 202 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 203

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 204 Reed threshing 'putting the clock back' at Weare Giffard

  • 205 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 206 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 207

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 208 For crying out loud!

  • 209 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 210 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 211 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 212 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 213 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 214 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 215 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 216 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 217 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 218 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 219 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 220 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 221 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 222 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 223

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 224 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 225 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 226 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 227 Mobile missionary

  • 228 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 229 No sale of Springfield House

  • 230 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 231 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 232 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 233 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 234 When horses score over the tractor

  • 235 From Bobby to Brian

  • 236 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 237 Clovelly custom

  • 238 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 239 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 240 All for the love of a lady!

  • 241 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 242 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 243 New Post Office

  • 244

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 245

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 246 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 247 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 248 Appledore's new lifeboat

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

  • 250 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 251 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 252 Can spring be far away?

  • 253 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 254 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 255 Entente cordiale in Bideford

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

  • 257 Traditions and skills still there

  • 258 113 years at Instow

  • 259 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 260 A man and his wheel

  • 261 Ships at Bideford

  • 262

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 263 Wishing well is pixielated

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

  • 265 It really was the 'last time'

  • 266 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 267 Hartland Dancers
  • 268 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 269 Recognise this resort?

  • 270 Bideford loses training ship

  • 271 No laughing matter

  • 272 North Devon Driving School

  • 273 Picking the pops

  • 274 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 275 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 276 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 277 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 278 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 279 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 280 Centenary of Gazette

  • 281 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

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    Building works
  • 283 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 284 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 285 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 286 Some mushroom!

  • 287 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 288 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 289 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 290 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 291 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 292 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 293 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 294 A roof-top view - where?

  • 295 He beat the floods

  • 296 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 297 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 298

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 299 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 300 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 301 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 302 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 303 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 304 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 305 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 306 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 307 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 308 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 309 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 310

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 311 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 312 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 313 Revenge in style

  • 314 Caught in the act>
  • 315 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 316 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 317 So this is the mainland!

  • 318 School's link with cargo ship

  • 319 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 320 Hartland postman retires

  • 321 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 322 Decontrol of meat

  • 323 Puppet characters introduced

  • 324 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 325 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 326 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 327 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

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

  • 329

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 330 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 331

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 332 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 333 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 334 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 335 Happy Days!

  • 336 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 337 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 338 The Geneva marionettes

  • 339

    Married in 1908
  • 340 Circus comes to town

  • 341 Devil sent packing

  • 342

    Exhibition of school work
  • 343 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 344 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 345 The art of the thatcher

  • 346 Bideford regatta

  • 347 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 348 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 349 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 350 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 351 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

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

  • 353 Twenty-one yachts

  • 354 Modern living at Bideford

  • 355 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 356 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

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    New gateway
  • 358 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 359 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 360 Ten year old scrambler

  • 361 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 362 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 363 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 364 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 365 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 366 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 367 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 368 Northam's almshouse

  • 369 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 370 A bird of their own!

  • 371 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 372 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 373 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 374 Parkham plan realised

  • 375 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 376 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 377 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 378 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 379 Torrington children build igloo
  • 380 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 381 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 382 Off on a great adventure

  • 383 Bideford computer stars

  • 384 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 385

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 386 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 387 Littleham family's five generations

  • 388 School crossing patrol begins

  • 389 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 390 Simple Item 138
  • 391 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 392 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 393 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 394 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 395 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 396 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 397 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 398 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 399

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
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    Bidefordians
  • 401 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 402 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 403 First ship in 8 years

  • 404 Bridging the stream

  • 405 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 406 Sight of a lifetime

  • 407 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 408 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 409 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 410 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 411 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 412 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 413 Service with a smile

  • 414 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 415 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 416 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 417 Variety in summer weather

  • 418 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 419 Just over a year old

  • 420 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 421 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 422 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

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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  • 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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  • 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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