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Clovelly Golden Wedding

5.2.1954 Clovelly golden wedding Beer

For very many years a familiar figure as he carried buckets of milk down over Clovelly’s cobbled High Street by means of a yoke across his shoulders, Mr W Beer and his wife, who live at Crosslands Farm, Clovelly, celebrated their golden wedding anniversary on January 20th.

Born at Hartland, Mr Beer has lived nearly all his life at Clovelly, his father having farmed at Crosslands before him. For over 50 years he was a second gardener at Clovelly Court and, for a time, also acted as game-keeper. Mrs Beer, a native of Derbyshire, came to work at Clovelly Court laundry and it was there she met her husband.

Following the death of his father 25 years ago, Mr Beer ran the farm and continued working at Clovelly Court until his retirement and he is still farming at the age of 72. Both Mr Beer and his wife, who is a year older, are very active considering their age and Mr Beer as well as running his farm, goes down to help at Clovelly Court at odd times and comes over to help his daughter and son-in-law at Home Farm, Bucks Cross, where he tends the lawns and flower beds with professional care.

Mr and Mrs Beer have one daughter, Mrs R Stoneman, of Bucks Cross; two grandchildren, Mr Vivian Stoneman, of Dyke Green, and  Mrs Ronald Glover of Merton, and a great-granddaughter, Miss Rita Glover.

The Gazette article is dated 5 February 1954

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