• 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 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 2 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 3 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 4 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 5 Emergency ferry services

  • 6 Modern living at Bideford

  • 7 Mobile missionary

  • 8 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

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

  • 10 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 11 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 12 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 13 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 14 By pony and trap to market

  • 15

    Relatives all over the world
  • 16 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 17 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 18 Puppet characters introduced

  • 19 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 20 When horses score over the tractor

  • 21 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 22 Northam footballers of the future

  • 23 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 24 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 25 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 26 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 27 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 28 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 29

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 30 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 31 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 32 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 33 Last train from Torrington

  • 34 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 35 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 36 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 37 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 38 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 39 Shoes certainly not made for walking

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

  • 41 Jumble sale fever

  • 42 Olympic Games recalled at Bideford

  • 43 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 44 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 45 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 46 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 47 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 48 For crying out loud!

  • 49 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 50 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 51 Life begins at 80

  • 52 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 53 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 54 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 55 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 56 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 57 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 58 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 59

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 60 Recognise this resort?

  • 61 Just over a year old

  • 62 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 63 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 64 Hartland's invitation

  • 65 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 66 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 67 First ship in 8 years

  • 68 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 69 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 70 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 71 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 72 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 73 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 74 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 75 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 76 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 77 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 78 Artisans' Club

  • 79 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 80 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 81 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 82 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 83

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 84 Waldon Triplets
  • 85 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 86 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 87 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 88 Bridging the stream

  • 89 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 90 Twenty-one yachts

  • 91 Some mushroom!

  • 92 So this is the mainland!

  • 93 Some 240 exhibits

  • 94 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 95 New art gallery opened

  • 96 Simple Item 138
  • 97 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 98 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 99 Devil sent packing

  • 100 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 101 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 102

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 103 End of the line

  • 104 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 105 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 106 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 107 Caught in the act>
  • 108 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 109 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 110 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 111 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 112

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 113 No laughing matter

  • 114 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 115 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 116 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 117 Sight of a lifetime

  • 118 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 119 Service with a smile

  • 120 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 121

    Exhibition of school work
  • 122 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 123 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 124 Cruising down the river

  • 125 What's the time?

  • 126 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 127 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 128 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 129 Sweets derationing

  • 130 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 131 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 132 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 133 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 134 Bideford computer stars

  • 135 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 136 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 137 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 138 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 139 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 140 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 141 Ten year old scrambler

  • 142 Out of puff!

  • 143 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 144 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 145

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 146 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 147 It really was the 'last time'

  • 148 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 149 Littleham family's five generations

  • 150 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

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

  • 152 Pannier market attraction at Bideford

  • 153 Centenary of Gazette

  • 154 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 155 Westward Ho! combined op

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

  • 157 School crossing patrol begins

  • 158 Warmington's garage ad

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

  • 160 Torrington in 1967

  • 161 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 162 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 163 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 164 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 165 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 166 No sale of Springfield House

  • 167 Pannier Market's future?

  • 168 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 169

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 170 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 171 Traditions and skills still there

  • 172 Decontrol of meat

  • 173 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 174 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 175 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 176 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 177 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 178 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 179 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 180 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 181 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 182 Police station view of Bideford

  • 183 Can spring be far away?

  • 184 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 185

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 186 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 187 Strand's 10th birthday

  • 188 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 189 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 190 A roof-top view - where?

  • 191 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 192 New addition to Quay front

  • 193 Hartland Dancers
  • 194 New choral society's growing response

  • 195 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 196 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 197 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 198 Torrington's new amenity

  • 199 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 200 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 201 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 202 Weare Giffard potato

  • 203 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 204 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 205 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 206 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 207 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 208

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 209

    Bidefordians
  • 210 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 211 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 212 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 213 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

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

  • 215 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 216 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 217 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 218 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 219 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 220 Appledore's largest

  • 221 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 222 New life for Hartland organ

  • 223 Picking the pops

  • 224 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 225 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 226 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 227

    Was a missionary
  • 228 All for the love of a lady!

  • 229 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 230 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 231 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 232 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 233 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 234 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 235 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 236 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 237 New civic medallions

  • 238 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 239 New Lundy stamps

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

  • 241 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 242 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 243 School's link with cargo ship

  • 244 In their new robes and hats

  • 245 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 246 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 247 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 248 Off on a great adventure

  • 249 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 250 Spray dodging - the new pastime

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

  • 252 A bird of their own!

  • 253 Blanchards ad.>
  • 254 Filming at Hartland

  • 255 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 256

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 257 Northam coach-building industry

  • 258 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 259 Private home for public pump

  • 260 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 261 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 262 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 263 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 264 Finished in 1876

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

  • 266 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 267 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 268 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 269 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 270 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 271

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 272 Burnard family reunion

  • 273 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 274 North Devon Driving School

  • 275 Capers on the cobbles

  • 276 Final meeting of Guardians
  • 277 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 278 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 279 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 280 New Post Office

  • 281 Variety in summer weather

  • 282 Clovelly custom

  • 283 Over the bank together>
  • 284 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 285 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 286 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 287 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 288 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 289 A story to tell!

  • 290

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 291 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 292 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 293 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 294 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 295 Hartland postman retires

  • 296 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 297 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 298 'Cries of old Appledore'

  • 299 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 300 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 301 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 302 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 303 New look in the hayfields

  • 304 Bideford loses training ship

  • 305 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 306 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 307 Happy Days!

  • 308 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 309

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 310 113 years at Instow

  • 311 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 312

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 313 Lorry crashes into Bideford shop window
  • 314 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 315 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 316 Peter poses for TV film

  • 317

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 318 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 319 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 320 He beat the floods

  • 321 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 322 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 323 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 324 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 325 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 326 Torrington children build igloo
  • 327 The art of the thatcher

  • 328 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 329 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 330 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 331

    First prize
  • 332

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 333 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 334 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 335 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 336 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 337

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 338 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 339 New shipyard on schedule

  • 340 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 341 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 342 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 343 Veterans of the green

  • 344 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 345 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 346 Clovelly nightmare

  • 347 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 348 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 349

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 350 They are parted pro-tem

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

  • 352 The Geneva marionettes

  • 353 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 354 Parkham plan realised

  • 355

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 356 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 357 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 358 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 359 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 360

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 361 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 362 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 363

    Married in 1908
  • 364 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 365 From Bobby to Brian

  • 366 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 367 All aboard the ark

  • 368

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 369 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 370 Bideford's private wharves busier

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

  • 372 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 373 Northam's almshouse

  • 374 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 375 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 376 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 377 Picking the pops

  • 378 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 379 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 380 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 381 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 382 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 383 Six footed lamb

  • 384

    New gateway
  • 385 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 386 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 387 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 388

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 389 Ships at Bideford

  • 390 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 391 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 392

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 393

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 394 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 395 Revenge in style

  • 396 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 397 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 398 A man and his wheel

  • 399 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 400 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 401 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 402 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 403 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 404

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 405 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

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

  • 407 Work of three centuries commemorated
  • 408 Riverside mystery

  • 409 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 410 Loads of black and white

  • 411 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 412 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 413 Ship-in-bottle world record

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

  • 415 The cab at the corner>
  • 416 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 417 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 418

    Building works
  • 419 Penny for the guy

  • 420 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 421 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 422 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 423 Bideford regatta

  • 424 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 425 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 426 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 427 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 428 Circus comes to town

  • 429 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 430 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 431 Unique holiday adventure!

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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