• 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 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 2 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 3 Waldon Triplets
  • 4 Clovelly nightmare

  • 5 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 6 New civic medallions

  • 7 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 8 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 9 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 10

    Building works
  • 11

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 12

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 13 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 14 Jumble sale fever

  • 15 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 16 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 17 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 18 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 19 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 20 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 21 Pannier Market's future?

  • 22 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 23 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 24 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 25 New Post Office

  • 26 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 27 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 28 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 29 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 30 Mobile missionary

  • 31 Torrington children build igloo
  • 32 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 33 In their new robes and hats

  • 34 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 35

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 36 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 37 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 38 Torrington's new amenity

  • 39 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 40 By pony and trap to market

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

  • 42 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 43 Capers on the cobbles

  • 44 School crossing patrol begins

  • 45 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 46 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 47 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 48 What's the time?

  • 49 Artisans' Club

  • 50

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 51 Hartland's invitation

  • 52 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 53 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 54 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 55 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 56 Recognise this resort?

  • 57 Finished in 1876

  • 58 Northam footballers of the future

  • 59 New choral society's growing response

  • 60 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 61 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 62 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 63 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 64 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 65 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 66 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 67 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 68 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 69 Off on a great adventure

  • 70

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 71 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 72 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 73 Bideford 'What's my line?' challenger

  • 74 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 75 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 76 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 77

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 78 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 79

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 80 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 81 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 82

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 83

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 84 Clovelly custom

  • 85 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 86 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 87 Traditions and skills still there

  • 88 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 89 Burnard family reunion

  • 90 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 91 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 92 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 93 New shipyard on schedule

  • 94 Ten year old scrambler

  • 95 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 96 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 97 113 years at Instow

  • 98

    Relatives all over the world
  • 99 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 100

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 101 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 102

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 103 They are parted pro-tem

  • 104 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 105 It really was the 'last time'

  • 106 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 107 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 108 Life begins at 80

  • 109 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 110 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 111 Ships at Bideford

  • 112 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 113 New art gallery opened

  • 114 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 115 A man and his wheel

  • 116 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 117 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 118

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 119 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 120 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 121 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 122 He beat the floods

  • 123 Puppet characters introduced

  • 124 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 125 Loads of black and white

  • 126 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 127 Peter poses for TV film

  • 128 Hartland postman retires

  • 129 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 130

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 131 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 132 New look in the hayfields

  • 133 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 134 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 135 East-the-Water sets town an example

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

  • 137 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 138 First ship in 8 years

  • 139 Some 240 exhibits

  • 140 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 141 Penny for the guy

  • 142 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 143 New Lundy stamps

  • 144 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 145 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 146 New addition to Quay front

  • 147 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 148 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 149 Appledore's largest

  • 150 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 151

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 152 When horses score over the tractor

  • 153 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 154 Hartland Dancers
  • 155 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 156 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 157 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 158 New life for Hartland organ

  • 159 Circus comes to town

  • 160 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 161

    Exhibition of school work
  • 162 Last train from Torrington

  • 163 A roof-top view - where?

  • 164 A bird of their own!

  • 165 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 166 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 167 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 168 Emergency ferry services

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

  • 170 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 171 All aboard the ark

  • 172 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 173

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 174 North Devon Driving School

  • 175 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 176 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 177 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 178 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 179 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 180 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 181 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 182 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 183

    Married in 1908
  • 184 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 185 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 186 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 187 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 188 For crying out loud!

  • 189 Modern living at Bideford

  • 190 Littleham family's five generations

  • 191 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 192 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 193 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 194 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 195 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 196 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 197 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 198 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 199 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 200 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 201 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 202 Torrington in 1967

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

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

  • 205 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 206 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 207 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 208 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 209 Northam's almshouse

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

  • 211 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 212 Sight of a lifetime

  • 213 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 214 Weare Giffard potato

  • 215 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 216 Parkham plan realised

  • 217 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 218 Warmington's garage ad

  • 219 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 220 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

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

  • 222 Bideford regatta

  • 223 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 224 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 225 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 226 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 227 Private home for public pump

  • 228 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 229 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 230 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 231 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 232 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 233 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 234 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 235 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 236 Service with a smile

  • 237 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 238 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 239 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 240 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 241 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 242 All for the love of a lady!

  • 243 Happy Days!

  • 244 Twenty-one yachts

  • 245 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 246 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 247 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 248 A story to tell!

  • 249 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 250 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 251 Cruising down the river

  • 252 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 253 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 254 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 255 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 256 Bideford computer stars

  • 257 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 258 Devil sent packing

  • 259 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 260 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 261 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 262 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 263 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 264 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 265 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 266 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 267 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 268 Picking the pops

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

  • 270 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 271 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 272 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 273

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 274 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 275 Variety in summer weather

  • 276 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 277 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 278 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 279 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 280 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 281 Out of puff!

  • 282 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 283

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 284 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 285 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 286 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 287 Police station view of Bideford

  • 288 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 289 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 290 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 291 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 292

    Was a missionary
  • 293 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 294 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 295 Picking the pops

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

  • 297 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 298

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 299 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 300 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 301 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 302 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 303

    New gateway
  • 304

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 305

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 306 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 307 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 308 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 309 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 310 Riverside mystery

  • 311 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 312 Revenge in style

  • 313 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 314

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 315 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 316

    First prize
  • 317 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 318 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 319

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 320 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 321 No laughing matter

  • 322 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 323 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 324 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 325 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 326 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 327 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 328 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 329 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 330 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 331 No sale of Springfield House

  • 332 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 333 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 334 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 335 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 336 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 337 Bridging the stream

  • 338 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 339 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 340 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 341 Simple Item 138
  • 342 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 343 Some mushroom!

  • 344 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 345 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 346 Clovelly donkey film star

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

  • 348

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 349 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

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

  • 351

    Bidefordians
  • 352 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 353 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 354 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 355 Just over a year old

  • 356 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 357 Can spring be far away?

  • 358 Six footed lamb

  • 359 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 360

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 361 School's link with cargo ship

  • 362 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 363 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 364 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 365 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 366 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 367 Bideford loses training ship

  • 368 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 369 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 370 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 371 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 372 The art of the thatcher

  • 373 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 374 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 375 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 376 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 377 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 378 End of the line

  • 379 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 380 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 381 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 382 Centenary of Gazette

  • 383 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 384 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 385

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 386 The Geneva marionettes

  • 387 So this is the mainland!

  • 388 Decontrol of meat

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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  • 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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  • 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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