• 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 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 2 Hartland postman retires

  • 3 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 4 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 5 Fish nearly pulled him in

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

  • 7 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 8 Centenary of Gazette

  • 9 Warmington's garage ad

  • 10 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 11 All aboard the ark

  • 12 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 13 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 14 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 15 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 16 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 17 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 18 Simple Item 138
  • 19 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 20 Torrington's new amenity

  • 21 Sight of a lifetime

  • 22 End of the line

  • 23 School crossing patrol begins

  • 24 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 25 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 26 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 27 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 28 Revenge in style

  • 29 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 30 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 31 Cruising down the river

  • 32 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 33

    Relatives all over the world
  • 34 Artisans' Club

  • 35 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 36 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 37

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 38 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 39 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 40 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 41 Emergency ferry services

  • 42 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 43 Twenty-one yachts

  • 44 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 45

    Was a missionary
  • 46 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 47 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 48 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 49 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 50 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 51 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 52 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 53 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 54 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 55 Hartland Dancers
  • 56 New life for Hartland organ

  • 57 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 58

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 59 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 60 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 61 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 62 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 63 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 64 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 65 Peter poses for TV film

  • 66 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 67 In their new robes and hats

  • 68 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 69 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 70 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 71 Riverside mystery

  • 72 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 73 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 74 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 75 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

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

  • 77 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 78 The Geneva marionettes

  • 79 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 80 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 81 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 82 Circus comes to town

  • 83 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 84 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 85 Waldon Triplets
  • 86 Service with a smile

  • 87 First ship in 8 years

  • 88 Out of puff!

  • 89 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 90 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 91 Off on a great adventure

  • 92

    Exhibition of school work
  • 93 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 94 So this is the mainland!

  • 95 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 96

    Married in 1908
  • 97 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 98 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 99 Picking the pops

  • 100 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 101 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 102 Pannier Market's future?

  • 103 New shipyard on schedule

  • 104 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 105 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 106

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 107 Ships at Bideford

  • 108 New choral society's growing response

  • 109 Happy Days!

  • 110 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 111 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 112 Finished in 1876

  • 113

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 114 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 115 New Lundy stamps

  • 116 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

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

  • 118 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 119

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 120 No laughing matter

  • 121 Some mushroom!

  • 122 By pony and trap to market

  • 123 Some 240 exhibits

  • 124 School's link with cargo ship

  • 125 North Devon Driving School

  • 126 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 127 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 128 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 129 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 130 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 131 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 132 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 133 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 134 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 135

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 136 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 137 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 138 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 139 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 140 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 141 Picking the pops

  • 142 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 143 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 144 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 145 Torrington in 1967

  • 146 It really was the 'last time'

  • 147 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 148 Clovelly custom

  • 149 Jumble sale fever

  • 150 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 151 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 152

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 153 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 154 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 155 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 156 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 157 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 158 Ten year old scrambler

  • 159 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 160 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 161 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 162 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 163 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 164 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 165 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 166

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 167 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 168 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 169 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 170 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 171 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 172 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 173 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 174 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 175 Northam's almshouse

  • 176 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 177

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 178 Police station view of Bideford

  • 179

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 180 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 181 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 182 Modern living at Bideford

  • 183 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 184

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 185 A story to tell!

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

  • 187 Private home for public pump

  • 188 A bird of their own!

  • 189 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 190 Bideford computer stars

  • 191 Appledore schooner broadcast

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

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

  • 194 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 195 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 196 Burnard family reunion

  • 197 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 198 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 199 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 200 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 201 Mobile missionary

  • 202 Appledore's largest

  • 203

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 204 Life begins at 80

  • 205 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 206 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 207 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 208 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 209 Littleham family's five generations

  • 210 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 211 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 212 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 213 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 214 Penny for the guy

  • 215 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 216 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 217 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 218 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 219 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 220 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 221 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 222 When horses score over the tractor

  • 223 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 224 Bideford regatta

  • 225 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 226 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 227 Last train from Torrington

  • 228 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 229 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 230 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 231 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 232

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 233 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 234 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 235 Devil sent packing

  • 236

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 237 Open-air art exhibition by 'under 40' group

  • 238 New art gallery opened

  • 239

    Bidefordians
  • 240 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 241 Bideford loses training ship

  • 242 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 243 Westward Ho! combined op

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    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 245 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 246 A man and his wheel

  • 247 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 248 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 249 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 250 Weare Giffard potato

  • 251 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 252 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 253 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 254 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 255 For crying out loud!

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

  • 257

    Building works
  • 258

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 259 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 260 Puppet characters introduced

  • 261 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 262 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 263 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 264 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 265 New addition to Quay front

  • 266 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 267 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 268 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 269 The art of the thatcher

  • 270 Traditions and skills still there

  • 271 He beat the floods

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    New gateway
  • 273 Torrington children build igloo
  • 274 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 275 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

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    Cadets are given certificates
  • 277 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 278 Clovelly nightmare

  • 279 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 280 All for the love of a lady!

  • 281 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 282 Decontrol of meat

  • 283 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 284 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 285 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 286 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 287 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 288 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 289

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 290 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 291

    First prize
  • 292 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 293 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 294 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 295

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 296 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 297 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

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

  • 299 New look in the hayfields

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    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 301 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 302 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 303 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 304 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 305 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 306 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 307

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 308 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 309 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 310 Parkham plan realised

  • 311 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 312 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 313

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 314 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 315 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 316 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 317 New Post Office

  • 318 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 319 Hartland's invitation

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

  • 321 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 322 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 323 Loads of black and white

  • 324

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 325 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 326

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 327 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 328 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 329 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 330 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 331 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 332 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 333 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 334 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 335 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 336 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 337 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 338 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 339 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 340 New look for Torrington Lane

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

  • 342 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 343 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 344 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 345 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 346 A roof-top view - where?

  • 347 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 348 Variety in summer weather

  • 349 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 350 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 351 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 352 No sale of Springfield House

  • 353 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 354 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 355 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 356 New civic medallions

  • 357 Recognise this resort?

  • 358 Can spring be far away?

  • 359 What's the time?

  • 360 Just over a year old

  • 361 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 362 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 363 Revived market off to splendid start

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    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
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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