• 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 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 2 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 3 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 4

    Exhibition of school work
  • 5

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 6 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 7 Last train from Torrington

  • 8 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 9 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 10 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 11 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 12 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 13 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 14 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 15 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 16

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 17 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 18 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 19 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 20 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 21 Service with a smile

  • 22 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 23 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 24 Cruising down the river

  • 25 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 26 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

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

  • 28 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 29 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 30 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 31 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 32 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 33 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 34

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 35 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 36 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 37 Off on a great adventure

  • 38 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

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

  • 40

    First prize
  • 41 A roof-top view - where?

  • 42 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 43 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 44 Six footed lamb

  • 45 All aboard the ark

  • 46 Happy Days!

  • 47 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 48 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 49

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 50 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 51 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 52 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 53 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 54 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 55 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 56 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 57 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 58 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 59 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 60

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 61 New Post Office

  • 62 Weare Giffard potato

  • 63 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 64 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 65 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 66 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 67 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 68 No laughing matter

  • 69 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 70 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 71 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 72 Just over a year old

  • 73 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 74 A bird of their own!

  • 75 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 76 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 77

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 78 Hartland Dancers
  • 79 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 80 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 81 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 82 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 83 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 84 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 85 Clovelly nightmare

  • 86 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 87 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 88 Filming at Hartland

  • 89 Artisans' Club

  • 90 Parkham plan realised

  • 91 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 92 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 93 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 94 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 95 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 96 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 97 Fishermen of Greencliff

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

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

  • 100

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 101 In their new robes and hats

  • 102 So this is the mainland!

  • 103 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 104 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 105 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 106 Ships at Bideford

  • 107 New shipyard on schedule

  • 108 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 109 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 110 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 111 Symbol of Lundy independence

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

  • 113 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 114 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 115 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 116 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 117 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 118 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 119 New Lundy stamps

  • 120 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 121 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 122

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 123 Picking the pops

  • 124 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 125 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 126 Riverside mystery

  • 127 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 128

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 129 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 130 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 131 Can spring be far away?

  • 132 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 133 School crossing patrol begins

  • 134

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 135 Emergency ferry services

  • 136 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 137 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 138 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 139 Bideford computer stars

  • 140 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 141 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 142 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 143 Hartland postman retires

  • 144 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 145 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 146 Northam footballers of the future

  • 147 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 148 A story to tell!

  • 149 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 150

    Relatives all over the world
  • 151 Loads of black and white

  • 152 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 153 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 154 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 155 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 156 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 157 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 158 Quads at Thornhillhead

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

  • 160 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 161 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 162 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 163 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 164 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 165 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 166 Malibou boys are all-the-year-round surfers

  • 167 Sight of a lifetime

  • 168

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 169 Private home for public pump

  • 170 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 171 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 172 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 173 School's link with cargo ship

  • 174 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 175 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 176 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 177 No sale of Springfield House

  • 178 New art gallery opened

  • 179 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 180 Some 240 exhibits

  • 181 Centenary of Gazette

  • 182 New addition to Quay front

  • 183 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 184 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 185 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 186 Burnard family reunion

  • 187

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 188 Out of puff!

  • 189 Waldon Triplets
  • 190 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 191 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 192 The art of the thatcher

  • 193 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 194 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 195 He beat the floods

  • 196 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 197 Over the bank together>
  • 198 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 199 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 200 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 201

    Building works
  • 202

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 203 Peter poses for TV film

  • 204 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 205 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 206 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 207 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 208 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

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

  • 210 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 211 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 212 Simple Item 138
  • 213 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 214 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 215 Police station view of Bideford

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

  • 217 Hartland's invitation

  • 218 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 219 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 220 Torrington's new amenity

  • 221 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 222 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 223 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 224 When horses score over the tractor

  • 225 Torrington children build igloo
  • 226 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 227 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 228 New look in the hayfields

  • 229 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 230 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 231 Decontrol of meat

  • 232 Circus comes to town

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

  • 234 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 235 Bideford regatta

  • 236 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 237 Mobile missionary

  • 238 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 239 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 240

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 241 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 242 Traditions and skills still there

  • 243 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 244 It really was the 'last time'

  • 245 Ten year old scrambler

  • 246 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 247 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 248 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 249

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 250 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 251 Revenge in style

  • 252 End of the line

  • 253 Variety in summer weather

  • 254 Unique holiday adventure!

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

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

  • 257 Caught in the act>
  • 258 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 259 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 260 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 261 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 262 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 263 113 years at Instow

  • 264 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 265 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 266 Capers on the cobbles

  • 267 They are parted pro-tem

  • 268 Life begins at 80

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    New gateway
  • 270 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 271 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 272 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 273 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 274 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 275 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 276 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 277 Pannier Market's future?

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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 279 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 280 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 281 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 282 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 283 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 284

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 285 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 286 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 287 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 288 New civic medallions

  • 289 New choral society's growing response

  • 290 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 291 Clovelly custom

  • 292 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 293 First ship in 8 years

  • 294 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 295 Torrington in 1967

  • 296 Jumble sale fever

  • 297 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 298 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 299 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 300 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 301 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 302 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 303 Picking the pops

  • 304

    Married in 1908
  • 305 A man and his wheel

  • 306 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 307 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 308 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 309 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 310 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 311

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 312 Devil sent packing

  • 313 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 314 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 315 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 316 New life for Hartland organ

  • 317 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 318 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 319 Warmington's garage ad

  • 320 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 321 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 322

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 323 Northam's almshouse

  • 324 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 325 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 326 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 327 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 328 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 329 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 330 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 331 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 332 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 333 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 334 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 335 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 336 From Bobby to Brian

  • 337 Penny for the guy

  • 338 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 339 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 340 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 341 Littleham family's five generations

  • 342 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 343 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 344 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 345 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 346 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 347

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 348 Puppet characters introduced

  • 349 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 350 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 351 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 352 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 353 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 354 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 355 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 356 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 357 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 358

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 359 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 360 Spray dodging - the new pastime

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

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    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 363 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 364 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 365 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 366 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 367 For crying out loud!

  • 368 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 369 Recognise this resort?

  • 370 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 371 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 372 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 373 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 374 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 375 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 376 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 377 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 378 Blanchards ad.>
  • 379 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 380 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 381 Modern living at Bideford

  • 382 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 383 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

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

  • 385 Twenty-one yachts

  • 386 Sweets derationing

  • 387 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 388 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 389 The Geneva marionettes

  • 390 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 391

    Bidefordians
  • 392 The cab at the corner>
  • 393 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 394 Bideford loses training ship

  • 395

    Was a missionary
  • 396 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 397 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 398 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 399 By pony and trap to market

  • 400 Bridging the stream

  • 401 North Devon Driving School

  • 402 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 403 Appledore's largest

  • 404 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 405 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 406 All for the love of a lady!

  • 407

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 408 What's the time?

  • 409 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 410 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 411 Some mushroom!

  • 412 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 413

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 414 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 415 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 416 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 417

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 418 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 419 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 420 Finished in 1876

  • 421 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 422 Television comes to Torridge District

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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