• 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 First ship in 8 years

  • 2 Finished in 1876

  • 3 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 4 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 5 Picking the pops

  • 6 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 7 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 8 New shipyard on schedule

  • 9 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 10 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 11 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

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    Exhibition of school work
  • 13 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 14 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 15 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 16 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 17 Devil sent packing

  • 18 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 19 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 20

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 21

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 22 New Post Office

  • 23 Caught in the act>
  • 24 Service with a smile

  • 25 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 26 Capers on the cobbles

  • 27 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 28 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 29 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 30 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 31 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 32 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 33 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 34 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 35 Safe door weighing two tons

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

  • 37

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 38 Ten year old scrambler

  • 39 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 40 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 41

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 42 Simple Item 138
  • 43 One of the luckier farmers in getting in the problem harvest

  • 44 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 45

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 46 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 47 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 48 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 49 New look in the hayfields

  • 50 What's the time?

  • 51 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 52 Ships at Bideford

  • 53 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 54 Sweets derationing

  • 55 Circus comes to town

  • 56 Police station view of Bideford

  • 57 Cruising down the river

  • 58 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 59 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 60 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 61 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 62 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 63 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 64 In their new robes and hats

  • 65 Waldon Triplets
  • 66 New Lundy stamps

  • 67 For crying out loud!

  • 68 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 69 No laughing matter

  • 70 Filming at Hartland

  • 71 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 72 Clovelly custom

  • 73 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 74 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 75 Torrington's new amenity

  • 76

    First prize
  • 77 All aboard the ark

  • 78 Some 240 exhibits

  • 79 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 80 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 81 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 82 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 83 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 84 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 85 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 86 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 87 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 88 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 89 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 90 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 91 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 92 Diamond Jubilee of St Peter's Church, East-the-Water

  • 93 Appledore's largest

  • 94 Bideford regatta

  • 95 A bird of their own!

  • 96 The art of the thatcher

  • 97 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 98

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 99 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 100 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 101 By pony and trap to market

  • 102 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 103 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 104 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 105 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 106 Blanchards ad.>
  • 107 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 108 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 109 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 110 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 111 It really was the 'last time'

  • 112 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 113 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 114 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 115 Torrington in 1967

  • 116 Mobile missionary

  • 117 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 118 Private home for public pump

  • 119 Emergency ferry services

  • 120 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 121 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 122 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 123 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 124 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 125 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 126 Recognise this resort?

  • 127 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 128 Variety in summer weather

  • 129 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 130 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 131 Life begins at 80

  • 132 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 133 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 134 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 135 Sight of a lifetime

  • 136 Over the bank together>
  • 137 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 138 A story to tell!

  • 139 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 140 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 141 Hartland Dancers
  • 142 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 143 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 144 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 145 All for the love of a lady!

  • 146 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 147 Artisans' Club

  • 148 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 149 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 150 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 151 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 152 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 153 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 154 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

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

  • 156 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 157 Weare Giffard potato

  • 158 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 159 New life for Hartland organ

  • 160 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 161 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 162 Loads of black and white

  • 163 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 164 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 165 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 166 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 167 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 168

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 169 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 170 Happy Days!

  • 171 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 172 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 173 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 174 Penny for the guy

  • 175 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 176 Bideford loses training ship

  • 177 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 178 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 179 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 180 Northam's almshouse

  • 181 Decontrol of meat

  • 182 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 183 New civic medallions

  • 184 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 185 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 186 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 187 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 188 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 189 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 190 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 191 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 192 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 193

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 194 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

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

  • 196 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 197 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 198 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 199 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 200 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 201 Burnard family reunion

  • 202 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 203 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 204 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 205 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 206 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 207 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 208 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 209 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 210 Torrington children build igloo
  • 211 School crossing patrol begins

  • 212 School's link with cargo ship

  • 213 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 214 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 215

    Bidefordians
  • 216

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 217 Bideford 'What's my line?' challenger

  • 218 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 219 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 220 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

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

  • 222 Traditions and skills still there

  • 223 Out of puff!

  • 224

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 225

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 226 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 227 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 228 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 229

    Building works
  • 230 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 231 A man and his wheel

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

  • 233 Modern living at Bideford

  • 234 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 235 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 236 Hartland postman retires

  • 237 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 238 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 239 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 240 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 241 Picking the pops

  • 242 Some mushroom!

  • 243 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 244 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 245

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 246 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 247 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 248 No sale of Springfield House

  • 249

    Married in 1908
  • 250 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 251 Pannier Market's future?

  • 252 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 253 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 254 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 255 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 256 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 257 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 258 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 259 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 260 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 261 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 262 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 263 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 264 Northam footballers of the future

  • 265

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 266

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 267 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 268 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 269 Clovelly nightmare

  • 270 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 271 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 272 Childrens' model of Torrington

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    Relatives all over the world
  • 274 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 275 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 276 Off on a great adventure

  • 277 Peter poses for TV film

  • 278 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 279 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 280 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 281 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 282 North Devon Driving School

  • 283

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 284 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 285 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 286 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 287 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 288 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 289 Just over a year old

  • 290 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 291 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 292 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 293 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 294

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 295 Six footed lamb

  • 296 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 297 A roof-top view - where?

  • 298 When horses score over the tractor

  • 299

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 300 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 301 New art gallery opened

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

  • 303 Fleet of foot and fair of face

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

  • 305 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 306 The cab at the corner>
  • 307 New choral society's growing response

  • 308 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

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    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 310 Bideford - as Rowlandson saw it about 1810-15

  • 311 Littleham family's five generations

  • 312 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 313

    New gateway
  • 314 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 315

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 316 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 317 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 319 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 320 So this is the mainland!

  • 321 End of the line

  • 322 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 323 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 324 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 325 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 326 Bideford computer stars

  • 327 Centenary of Gazette

  • 328 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 329 From Bobby to Brian

  • 330 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 331 Warmington's garage ad

  • 332 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 333 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 334

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 335 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 336 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 337 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 338 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 339 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 340 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 341 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 342 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 343 Jumble sale fever

  • 344

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 345 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 346 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 347 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 348 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 349 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 350

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 351 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 352 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 353 They are parted pro-tem

  • 354 Ship-in-bottle world record

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

  • 356 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 357 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 358 Parkham plan realised

  • 359 Revenge in style

  • 360 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 361 Twenty-one yachts

  • 362 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 363 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 364 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 365 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 366 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 367 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 368 Puppet characters introduced

  • 369 New addition to Quay front

  • 370 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 371 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 372 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 373 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 374 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 375 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 376 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 377 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 378 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 379 Hartland's invitation

  • 380 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 381 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 382 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 383

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 384 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 385 Riverside mystery

  • 386 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 387 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 388 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 389 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

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

  • 391 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 392 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 393 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 394 He beat the floods

  • 395 Last train from Torrington

  • 396 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 397 113 years at Instow

  • 398 The Geneva marionettes

  • 399 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 400 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

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    Cadets are given certificates
  • 402 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 403 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 404 Bridging the stream

  • 405 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 406 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 407 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 408 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 409 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 410

    Was a missionary
  • 411 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 412 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 413 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 414 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 415 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

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

  • 417 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 418 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 419 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 420 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 421 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 422 Can spring be far away?

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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  • 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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  • 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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