• 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 Caught in the act>
  • 2 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 3 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 4 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 5 Recognise this resort?

  • 6 Out of puff!

  • 7 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 8 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 9 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 10 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 11 Ships at Bideford

  • 12 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 13 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 14 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 15 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 16 School crossing patrol begins

  • 17 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 18 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 19 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 20 Twenty-one yachts

  • 21 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 22 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 23 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 24 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 25 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 26 Clovelly nightmare

  • 27 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 28 Happy Days!

  • 29 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 30 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 31 Northam footballers of the future

  • 32 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 33 New shipyard on schedule

  • 34 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 35 A story to tell!

  • 36 All for the love of a lady!

  • 37 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 38 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 39

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 40 Simple Item 138
  • 41

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 42 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 43

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 44 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 45 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 46 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 47 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 48

    Bidefordians
  • 49 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 50 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

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

  • 52 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 53 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 54 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 55 The Geneva marionettes

  • 56 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 57 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 58 Emergency ferry services

  • 59 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 60 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 61 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 62 What's the time?

  • 63 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 64 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 65 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 66 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 67 A bird of their own!

  • 68 Six footed lamb

  • 69 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 70

    First prize
  • 71 Riverside mystery

  • 72 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 73 Devil sent packing

  • 74 Peter poses for TV film

  • 75 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 76 Weare Giffard potato

  • 77 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 78 It really was the 'last time'

  • 79 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 80 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 81 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 82 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 83 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 84 Sweets derationing

  • 85

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 86 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 87 A roof-top view - where?

  • 88 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 89 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 90 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 91 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 92 Sight of a lifetime

  • 93 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 94 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 95 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 96 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 97 No laughing matter

  • 98 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 99

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 100 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 101 Lundy memorial to John Pennington Harman V.C.

  • 102 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 103 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

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

  • 105 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 106 Private home for public pump

  • 107 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 108 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 109 Life begins at 80

  • 110 New Post Office

  • 111 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 112 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 113 Artisans' Club

  • 114 By pony and trap to market

  • 115 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 116 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 117 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 118 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 119 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 120 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 121

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 122 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 123 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 124 Jumble sale fever

  • 125

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 126 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 127 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 128

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 129

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 130 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 131 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 132 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 133 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 134 Penny for the guy

  • 135 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 136

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 137 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 138 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 139 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 140 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 141 Sailing to victory at Appledore

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

  • 143 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 144 The cab at the corner>
  • 145 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 146 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 147 New addition to Quay front

  • 148 New look in the hayfields

  • 149 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 150 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 151 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 152 Gloves fit for a king!

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

  • 154 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 155 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 156 Ten year old scrambler

  • 157 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 158 Bridging the stream

  • 159 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 160 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 161 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

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

  • 163 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 164 Mobile missionary

  • 165

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 166 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 167 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 168

    Relatives all over the world
  • 169 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 170 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 171 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 172 Filming at Hartland

  • 173 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 174 Just over a year old

  • 175 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 176 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 177 School's link with cargo ship

  • 178 Torrington's new amenity

  • 179 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 180 Modern living at Bideford

  • 181

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 182 Torrington in 1967

  • 183 Finished in 1876

  • 184 The art of the thatcher

  • 185 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 186 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 187 Clovelly custom

  • 188 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 189 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 190 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 191 Traditions and skills still there

  • 192 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 193 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 194 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 195 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 196 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 197

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 198 They are parted pro-tem

  • 199 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 200 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 201 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 202 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 203 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 204

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 205 New choral society's growing response

  • 206 Puppet characters introduced

  • 207 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 208 Picking the pops

  • 209 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 210 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 211 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 212 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 213

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 214 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 215 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 216 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 217

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 218 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 219 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 220 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 221 Can spring be far away?

  • 222 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 223 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 224 Centenary of Gazette

  • 225 All aboard the ark

  • 226 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 227 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 228 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 229 Pannier Market's future?

  • 230 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 231 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 232 Some 240 exhibits

  • 233 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 234 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 235 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 236 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 237 End of the line

  • 238 Torrington children build igloo
  • 239 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 240 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 241 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 242 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 243 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 244 From Bobby to Brian

  • 245 New life for Hartland organ

  • 246 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 247 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 248 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 249 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 250 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 251 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 252 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 253 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 254 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 255 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 256 Circus comes to town

  • 257

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 258

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 259 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 260 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 261 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 262 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 263 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 264 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 265 Blanchards ad.>
  • 266

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 267 Hartland Dancers
  • 268 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 269 So this is the mainland!

  • 270 Variety in summer weather

  • 271 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 272 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 273 Littleham family's five generations

  • 274 Bideford computer stars

  • 275 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 276 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 277 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 278 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 279 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 280 Bideford regatta

  • 281 Warmington's garage ad

  • 282 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 283 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 284 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 285 Off on a great adventure

  • 286 When horses score over the tractor

  • 287 Decontrol of meat

  • 288 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 289 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 290 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 291 New civic medallions

  • 292 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 293 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 294 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 295 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 296 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 297 A man and his wheel

  • 298

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 299 New Lundy stamps

  • 300 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 301 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 302 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 303 North Devon Driving School

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

  • 305 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 306 Waldon Triplets
  • 307 In their new robes and hats

  • 308 113 years at Instow

  • 309 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 310 Police station view of Bideford

  • 311 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 312 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 313 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 314 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 315 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 316 Train returns to Westleigh straight

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

  • 318 For crying out loud!

  • 319 Burnard family reunion

  • 320 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 321

    Was a missionary
  • 322

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 323 First ship in 8 years

  • 324 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 325 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 326 New art gallery opened

  • 327 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 328 Picking the pops

  • 329 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 330 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 331 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 332 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 333 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 334 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 335 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 336 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 337 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 338 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 339 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 340 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 341 Northam's almshouse

  • 342

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 343 Loads of black and white

  • 344 Hartland postman retires

  • 345 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 346 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 347 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 348 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 349 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 350 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 351 Cruising down the river

  • 352 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 353 Appledore's largest

  • 354 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 355 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 356 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 357 Capers on the cobbles

  • 358 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 359 Over the bank together>
  • 360 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 361 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 362 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 363 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 364

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 365 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 366 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 367 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 368 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 369 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 370 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 371 One of the luckier farmers in getting in the problem harvest

  • 372 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 373 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 374 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 375 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 376 Some mushroom!

  • 377

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 378 No sale of Springfield House

  • 379 Torrington Church's new organ

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

  • 381 Panto time at Westward Ho!

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    New gateway
  • 383

    Exhibition of school work
  • 384 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 385 Service with a smile

  • 386 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 387

    Married in 1908
  • 388 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 389 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 390 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

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

  • 392 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 393 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 394 Last train from Torrington

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

  • 396 Little 'Big Ben'

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

  • 398 Hartland's invitation

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

  • 400 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 401 Bideford loses training ship

  • 402 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 403 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 404 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 405 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 406

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 407

    Building works
  • 408 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 409 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 410 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 411 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 412 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 413 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 414 He beat the floods

  • 415 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 416 Revenge in style

  • 417 Parkham plan realised

  • 418 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 419 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 420 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 421 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 422 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

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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  • 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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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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