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.

Hartland May Day Carnival - 11th May 1948

The streets of Hartland were lined by hundreds of people on Saturday, May 1st, when May Day Carnival and fun fair resulted in a substantial sum being raised for the Recreation Centre Association.
The procession was headed by the May Queen (Iris Jeffery) and her attendants were Pamela Hearn and Rachel Beer.

Hartland Golden Wedding - 10th February 1948

Because "they did not want any fuss" Mr. and Mrs. Emmanuel Beer, of Rosedown Farm, Hartland, did not tell even members of their family they were to celebrate their golden wedding anniversary on Sunday, February 1st.
The news, however, leaked out, and Mr. and Mrs. Beer, though holding no family party, were visited by their sons and daughters, and received many messages of congratulation.
They were married at St. Nectan's, Stoke, and their first home was at Philham, where they resided until 1914. Since then they have been at Rosedown Farm. Of a family of eleven, four sons and four daughters survive, and there are eight grand-children.

Farmer's Funeral

Farmed Edistone Farm at Hartland

The funeral of Mr Augustus Thomas Walter, a well-known Hartland farmer who died at the North Devon Infirmary, Barnstaple, following a long illness, took place at Hartland Methodist Church. Cremation followed at the North Devon Crematorium.

Mr Walter, who farmed at Edistone Farm, Hartland, as did his father before him, was 70. He served in the Army in the First World War. The Walter family tradition with Edistone Farm, continued now in another generation, extends well over 100 years.

The Rev N R Neil officiated at the service and Mr W Heard at the organ accompanied the hymns. Immediate mourners attending were: the widow, Vera and Bill Dudley, and Jean, Edna and Ian, Bryan and Diana, Frank; Mr and Mrs W Scoynes, Miss D Oke, Mr and Mrs G Poole, Mr and Mrs W Scoynes jnr., Mr J Lee, Mr and Mrs A Timms, Mr and Mrs W Timms, Mr and Mrs S Oke, Mrs R Moore, Mrs J Prouse, Mr and Mrs A Bragg, Mrs A Oke, Mr and Mrs Raymont, Mr and Mrs J Bragg, Mr W R Heard; Mr and Mrs A Newton, Mr and Mrs J Walter, Mr T Walter, Mr W Walter, Mesdames M Newton, H Kinsman, S Walter, F Short, M Jeffery, M Taylor, Miss E Walter. Bearers were nephews Messrs George and Walter Timms, Maurice, Jeffery, Walter Scoynes, Jim Prouse and Alan Oke.

Others attending included: Messrs Peter Kivelly, G Tucker, R Heard, J Vanstone, Mr and Mrs A Cottle, Mr and Mrs J Brimacombe (Sunnymead), Mr and Mrs L Edwards, Mr and Mrs F Cornish, Mr and Mrs K Heard, Mr and Mrs J Brimacombe (Solden Cross), Mr and Mrs J Ward, Mr and Mrs Gilbert, Mr and Mrs J Britton, Mr and Mrs O Walter, Mr and Mrs L Heard (also representing Mrs A Dennis), Mr and Mrs S Heard, Mr and Mrs A Beer, Mr and Mrs A Hobbs, Mr and Mrs F Gifford, Mr and Mrs F Pickard, Mr and Mrs D Bragg, Mr and Mrs G Stevens, Mr and Mrs C Gardiner, Mr and Mrs W Heard, Messrs R E and D Metherall, B Isaac, F Bragg, A Hockridge, E Gardiner, F Boundy, S Botterall, D Parsons, H Ransford, A Dayman, J Cory, G Heywood, P Thorne, L Bragg, G Pengelly, R Allin, A Colwill, A Cory senr, J Littlejohns, F Pengelly, H Webber, R Hill, W L Heard, T Allin, W Cole, M Price, F Walter, W Upton, R Badcock, C Martin, F Duke, E J Fulford, L Goaman, J Heard, F Colwill, L Walter, C Westlake, L Littlejohns, Mesdames E E Hockridge, O Dawkins, T Cloke, J Short, J Grills, G Cottle, L Thorne, R Stuart, A Burrow, L Avery, Miss B Cory.

There were family flowers only. In lieu of flowers friends were invited to send memorial donations for cancer research.

Gazette article dated 3 March 1967