• 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 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 2 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 3 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 4 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 5 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 6 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 7 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 8 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 9 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 10 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 11 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 12 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 13 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 14

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 15 Reed threshing 'putting the clock back' at Weare Giffard

  • 16 New civic medallions

  • 17 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 18 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 19 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 20 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 21 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 22

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 23 Simple Item 138
  • 24 All aboard the ark

  • 25 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 26 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 27 Hartland Dancers
  • 28 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 29 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 30 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 31 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 32 Centenary of Gazette

  • 33 Life begins at 80

  • 34 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 35 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 36 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 37 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 38 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 39

    First prize
  • 40 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 41 Traditions and skills still there

  • 42 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 43 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 44 Ships at Bideford

  • 45 Emergency ferry services

  • 46 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 47 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 48 School's link with cargo ship

  • 49 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 50 Saving money, wear and tear

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

  • 52 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 53

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 54 Bideford computer stars

  • 55 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 56 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 57 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 58 No laughing matter

  • 59 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 60 New addition to Quay front

  • 61

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 62 North Devon Driving School

  • 63 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 64 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 65 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 66 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 67 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 68

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

  • 70 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 71 It really was the 'last time'

  • 72 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 73 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 74 Torrington in 1967

  • 75 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 76 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 77 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 78

    Bidefordians
  • 79 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 80 Recognise this resort?

  • 81 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 82

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 83 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 84 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 85 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 86 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 87 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 88 The art of the thatcher

  • 89 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 90 Off on a great adventure

  • 91 Warmington's garage ad

  • 92 Just over a year old

  • 93 Circus comes to town

  • 94 Waldon Triplets
  • 95 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

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

  • 97 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 98 By pony and trap to market

  • 99 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 100 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 101 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 102 Mobile missionary

  • 103 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 104 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 105

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 106 Some mushroom!

  • 107 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 108

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 109 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 110 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 111 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 112 Service with a smile

  • 113 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 114 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 115 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 116 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 117 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 118 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 119 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 120 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 121 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 122 Spray dodging - the new pastime

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

  • 124 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 125 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 126 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 127 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 128 So this is the mainland!

  • 129 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 130 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 131 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 132 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 133

    Relatives all over the world
  • 134

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 135

    Exhibition of school work
  • 136 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 137 New look in the hayfields

  • 138 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 139

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 140 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 141 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 142 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 143 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 144 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 145 Artisans' Club

  • 146 Weare Giffard potato

  • 147 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 148 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 149 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 150 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 151

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 152 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 153 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 154 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 155 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 156 When horses score over the tractor

  • 157 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 158 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 159

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 160 No sale of Springfield House

  • 161 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 162 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 163 Loads of black and white

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

  • 165 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 166 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 167

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 168 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 169 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 170 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 171 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 172 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 173 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 174 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 175 Finished in 1876

  • 176 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 177 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 178 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 179 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 180 Jumble sale fever

  • 181

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 182 Can spring be far away?

  • 183 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 184 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 185 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 186 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 187

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 188 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 189

    New gateway
  • 190 Some 240 exhibits

  • 191 Ten year old scrambler

  • 192 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 193 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 194

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 195

    Was a missionary
  • 196 New choral society's growing response

  • 197 Pannier Market's future?

  • 198 For crying out loud!

  • 199

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 200 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 201 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 202

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 203 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 204 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 205 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 206 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 207 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 208 Bideford regatta

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

  • 210 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 211 Penny for the guy

  • 212 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 213 Picking the pops

  • 214 Bideford loses training ship

  • 215 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 216 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 217

    Building works
  • 218 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 219 Born 1883 - still going strong

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

  • 221 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 222 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 223

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 224 He beat the floods

  • 225 Devil sent packing

  • 226 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

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

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    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 229 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 230 A story to tell!

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

  • 232 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 233

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 234 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 235 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 236 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 237 Private home for public pump

  • 238 Twenty-one yachts

  • 239 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 240 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 241 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 242

    Married in 1908
  • 243 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 244 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 245 A man and his wheel

  • 246

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 247 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 248 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 249 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 250 A roof-top view - where?

  • 251 Clovelly custom

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

  • 253 End of the line

  • 254 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 255 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 256

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 257 New life for Hartland organ

  • 258 Torrington children build igloo
  • 259 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 260 Littleham family's five generations

  • 261 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 262 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 263 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 264 Out of puff!

  • 265 Last train from Torrington

  • 266 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 267 Riverside mystery

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

  • 269 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 270 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 271

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 272 New Lundy stamps

  • 273 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 274 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 275 Sight of a lifetime

  • 276 Modern living at Bideford

  • 277 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 278 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 279 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 280 Hartland's invitation

  • 281 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 282 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 283 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 284 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 285 Police station view of Bideford

  • 286 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 287 First ship in 8 years

  • 288 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 289 All for the love of a lady!

  • 290 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 291 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 292 Clovelly nightmare

  • 293 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 294 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 295 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 296 What's the time?

  • 297 The Geneva marionettes

  • 298 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 299 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 300 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 301 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 302

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 303 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 304 Happy Days!

  • 305 Peter poses for TV film

  • 306 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 307 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 308 Parkham plan realised

  • 309 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 310 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 311 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 312 New Post Office

  • 313 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 314 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 315 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 316 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 317 Torrington's new amenity

  • 318 Northam's almshouse

  • 319 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 320 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 321 Cruising down the river

  • 322 Decontrol of meat

  • 323 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 324 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 325 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 326 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 327 School crossing patrol begins

  • 328 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 329 In their new robes and hats

  • 330 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 331 Variety in summer weather

  • 332 Burnard family reunion

  • 333 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 334 New shipyard on schedule

  • 335 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 336 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 337 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 338 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 339 Picking the pops

  • 340 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 341 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 342 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 343 Revenge in style

  • 344 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 345 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 346 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 347 Hartland postman retires

  • 348 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 349 New art gallery opened

  • 350 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 351 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 352 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 353 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 354 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 355 Appledore's largest

  • 356 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 357 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 358 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 359 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 360 A bird of their own!

  • 361 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 362 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 363 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 364 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 365 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 366 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 367 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 368 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 369 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

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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  • 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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  • 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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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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