As at many other places, winter sports (English variety) were in full spring at Hartland over the weekend.

A favourite spot on the steep drop at the 'Bottoms' where the young and not so young enjoyed to the full tobogganing, snow fights and rides full of thrills
and spills on tobaggans drawn by motor cyles.
It was said that experts at St Moritz had a serious rival in local postman. Mr 'Fonso' Dayman, flashing down the steep slopes on his daughter's sledge!
Gazette article dated 25 February 1955