Hartland

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.

At a Christmas party organised by the Hartland Over-60s Club Langtree widow, Mrs Mary Ellen Harris, met Hartland widower, Mr Edwin John Colley.

Now they have married at Langtree Methodist Church, the Rev L G Lewis, superintendent minister of the Shebbear circuit, officiating. The church was decorated by a niece of the bride. The bride was given away by her brother, Mr George Beal and a nephew of the bridegroom, Mr Charles Westlake, of Hartland, was best man. Members of the Hartland Over-60s Club formed a guard of honour outside the church. A reception, a gift from the bride’s son and daughter-in-law, Mr and Mrs L J Harris of Paddon Farm, Shebbear, was held at their home.
The full Gazette article is dated 27 October 1972.

Hartland Harvest Festival 1962

Two car loads of produce from school festival.

So many flowers and so much produce was taken by pupils of Hartland School for the school harvest festival on Friday that afterwards two cars were needed to transport it to Bideford and District Hospital. The canteen was decorated by children of the top class, all spare room being occupied by almost every variety of produce.
Jointly conducting the service were the Vicar, the Rev A T H Jones, and the Methodist minister, the Rev F C Diffey.
Reading of the first lesson was shared by Leslie Heywood, Richard Pitman and Michael Tremeer. The second was read by Janet Colwill and Jayne Nicholson.

Pat is Hartland Family's Third Carnival Queen

Pat, 17 year old third daughter of Mr and Mrs Lambert Dennis, of Berry Farm, Hartland, has won this year’s local carnival queen title as her sisters did in 1967 and 1969 respectively.

Secretary in a Bideford agricultural firm, Pat qualified by selling a record 8,064 tickets to raise a total of £201.60 for carnival funds. It brought the sum raised by her sisters, Christine (Mrs David Powell) and Rosemary and herself to around £400.
Pat’s rivals for the title, who became her attendants are 16 year old Christine Hobbs, of Beckland, and 15 year old Wendy Daniel, of Parkham. The trio raised a record sum of £403.
A capacity crowd at the Church Hall on Monday saw Pat crowned by Miss Elizabeth Cottle, last year’s queen, who had herself been crowned by Pat’s sister Rosemary.
Pat’s first duty as queen was to crown the fairy queen who was chosen by a visitor from among the children of Hartland Primary School. She is Alison Pengilly, of St Clare’s Farm, Hartland. Her attendants are Lisa Manley and Ann Ferguson.