Buckland Brewer

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.

Harvest festival services were held at Buckland Brewer Methodist Church recently, which had been tastefully decorated with gifts of fruit and flowers by women members, helped by the Youth Club.

Morning service was conducted by Rev Donald Cox, of Appledore, and evening service, in which Church of England friends joined, by Rev J Owen Clutterbuck. Mr F Babb played at both services.
A children’s gift service was held in the afternoon, when Mrs Clutterbuck received the gifts and spoke to the children. Collections at this service was for the Freedom from Hunger Campaign, and £5 will be sent from the Sunday school.

The Monday evening service was followed by a faith supper, convened by Mesdames T Brown and W Prance. The gifts were then sold by Mr C Babb.

Gazette article dated 26 October 1962

Make-Up At Buckland

Buckland Brewer Women’s Institute had a very pleasant evening last week, being entertained by Miss Parker, of the Max Factor Co,. of London, who gave a demonstration on make-up.

Mrs Burt acted as model.
Miss Parker also gave each member a chart with the description of make-up each should use. A vote of thanks was expressed by Mrs Brimacombe.
In the competition – the best arrangement of flowers in a kitchen utensil – Mrs Harris and Miss S Adams, won the garden flowers section and Mesdames Mills and Stokes that for Wild Flowers.
Mrs Allan was the tea hostess, assisted by Mrs Zelly.
For the social time country dancing was organised by Mrs Mills. Music was supplied by Mrs S Brown, president.
Gazette article dated 1 August 1958

Max Factor

Heifer Is Changing Her Sex

When Pansy, a three year old Fresian heifer owned by Mr Tom Gill, of the Beeches, Buckland Brewer, showed a tendency to develop somewhat unladylike habits and failed to show, as she should have done, signs of approaching motherhood, Mr Gill consulted a veterinary surgeon.

His diagnosis: she is changing her sex.
Pansy still gives three gallons of milk daily, but her ‘moo’ is changing to a bellow and she tends to show more than a passing interest in the other members of the dairy herd.
An AI heifer, she produced her first calf, a bull, normally.
Says 50 year old Mr Gill: “I have never before known anything like this and no farmer to whom I have mentioned it has known a similar case”.
Gazette article dated 28 June 1963