• 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 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 2 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 3 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 4 Private home for public pump

  • 5 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 6 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 7 Finished in 1876

  • 8 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 9 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 10 Decontrol of meat

  • 11

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 12 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 13 Malibou boys are all-the-year-round surfers

  • 14 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 15 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 16 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 17 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 18 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 19 Picking the pops

  • 20 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 21 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 22 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 23 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 24 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 25 Last train from Torrington

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

  • 27 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 28 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 29 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 30 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 31 113 years at Instow

  • 32 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 33 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 34 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 35

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 36 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 37 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 38 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 39

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 40 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 41 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 42 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 43 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 44 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 45 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 46 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 47 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 48 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 49 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 50 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 51 Six footed lamb

  • 52 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 53 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 54 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 55 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 56 End of the line

  • 57 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 58 Riverside mystery

  • 59 Ships at Bideford

  • 60 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 61 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 62 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 63 Happy Days!

  • 64 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 65 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 66

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 67 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 68 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 69 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 70 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 71 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 72 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 73 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 74 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 75 Some 240 exhibits

  • 76

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 77 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 78

    Exhibition of school work
  • 79 Open-air art exhibition by 'under 40' group

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

  • 81 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 82 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 83 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 84 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 85 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 86 Bridging the stream

  • 87

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 88 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 89 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 90 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 91 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 92 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 93 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

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

  • 95 Picking the pops

  • 96 Torrington in 1967

  • 97 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 98 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 99 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 100

    New gateway
  • 101 Service with a smile

  • 102 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 103 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 104 They are parted pro-tem

  • 105 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 106 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 107 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 108 Peter poses for TV film

  • 109 A roof-top view - where?

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

  • 111 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 112 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 113 New civic medallions

  • 114 A story to tell!

  • 115

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 116 Grenville House for Bideford R.D.C.

  • 117 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 118

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 119 Bideford loses training ship

  • 120 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 121 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 122 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 123 First ship in 8 years

  • 124 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 125 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 126 Sight of a lifetime

  • 127 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 128 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 129 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 130 Traditions and skills still there

  • 131

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 132 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 133 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 134 Parkham plan realised

  • 135 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 136

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 137 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 138 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 139 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 140 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 141 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 142 The cab at the corner>
  • 143 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 144 Modern living at Bideford

  • 145 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 146 No sale of Springfield House

  • 147 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 148 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 149 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 150 Recognise this resort?

  • 151 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 152 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 153 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 154

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 155 New art gallery opened

  • 156 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 157 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 158 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 159 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 160

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 161 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 162 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 163

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 164

    First prize
  • 165 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 166 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 167 No laughing matter

  • 168 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 169 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 170 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 171 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 172 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 173 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 174 Loads of black and white

  • 175 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 176 School crossing patrol begins

  • 177 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 178 Twenty-one yachts

  • 179 Penny for the guy

  • 180 New addition to Quay front

  • 181 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 182 East-the-Water sets town an example

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

  • 184 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 185 For crying out loud!

  • 186 Can spring be far away?

  • 187 Caught in the act>
  • 188 Hartland postman retires

  • 189 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 190

    Relatives all over the world
  • 191 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 192 New Lundy stamps

  • 193 Emergency ferry services

  • 194 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 195 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 196 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 197 So this is the mainland!

  • 198 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 199 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 200 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 201 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 202 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 203 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 204 Bideford regatta

  • 205 The Geneva marionettes

  • 206 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 207 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 208

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 209 Some mushroom!

  • 210 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 211 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 212 Simple Item 138
  • 213 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 214 They set out for Bideford and became lost

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

  • 216 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 217 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 218 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 219 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

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

  • 221 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 222 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 223

    Bidefordians
  • 224 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 225 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 226 A man and his wheel

  • 227 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 228

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 229 Blanchards ad.>
  • 230 All aboard the ark

  • 231

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 232 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 233 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 234 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 235 New shipyard on schedule

  • 236 Warmington's garage ad

  • 237 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 238 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 239 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 240 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 241 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 242 Waldon Triplets
  • 243 Out of puff!

  • 244 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 245 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 246

    Was a missionary
  • 247 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 248 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 249

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 250 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 251 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 252 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 253 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 254 He beat the floods

  • 255 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 256 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 257 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 258 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 259 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 260 Hartland's invitation

  • 261 All for the love of a lady!

  • 262 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 263 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 264 Puppet characters introduced

  • 265 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 266 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 267 Clovelly nightmare

  • 268 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 269 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 270

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 271 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 272 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 273 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 274 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 275 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 276 New choral society's growing response

  • 277 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 278 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 279 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 280 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 281 When horses score over the tractor

  • 282 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 283 Revenge in style

  • 284 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 285 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 286 New look in the hayfields

  • 287 Pannier Market's future?

  • 288 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 289 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 290 School's link with cargo ship

  • 291 Artisans' Club

  • 292 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 293 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 294 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 295 Capers on the cobbles

  • 296 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 297 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 298 Police station view of Bideford

  • 299 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 300 Hartland Dancers
  • 301

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 302 Cruising down the river

  • 303 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 304

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 305 Gloves fit for a king!

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

  • 307 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 308 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 309 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 310 Over the bank together>
  • 311

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 312 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 313 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 314 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 315 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 316

    Married in 1908
  • 317 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 318 Appledore's largest

  • 319 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 320 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 321 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 322 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 323 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 324 Ten year old scrambler

  • 325 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 326 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 327 Torrington's new amenity

  • 328 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 329 Clovelly custom

  • 330 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 331 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 332 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 333 Variety in summer weather

  • 334 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 335 It really was the 'last time'

  • 336 Circus comes to town

  • 337 Sweets derationing

  • 338 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 339 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 340 Northam's almshouse

  • 341 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 342 Northam footballers of the future

  • 343 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 344 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 345 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 346 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 347

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 348 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 349 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 350 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 351 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 352 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 353 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 354 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 355 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 356 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 357

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 358 Just over a year old

  • 359 By pony and trap to market

  • 360 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 361 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 362 Mobile missionary

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

  • 364 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 365 A bird of their own!

  • 366 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 367 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 368 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 369 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 370 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 371 Bideford computer stars

  • 372 New Post Office

  • 373 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 374 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 375 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 376 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 377 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 378 Off on a great adventure

  • 379

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 380 Jumble sale fever

  • 381 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 382 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 383 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 384

    Building works
  • 385 Weare Giffard potato

  • 386 Torrington children build igloo
  • 387 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 388 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 389

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 390 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 391 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 392 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 393 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 394 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 395 In their new robes and hats

  • 396 Littleham family's five generations

  • 397 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 398 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 399 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 400 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 401 North Devon Driving School

  • 402 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 403 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 404 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 405 What's the time?

  • 406 Burnard family reunion

  • 407 Life begins at 80

  • 408 From Bobby to Brian

  • 409 Filming at Hartland

  • 410 New life for Hartland organ

  • 411 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 412 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 413 Centenary of Gazette

  • 414 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 415 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 416 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 417 The art of the thatcher

  • 418 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 419 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 420 Devil sent packing

  • 421 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 422 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

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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