Mr. and Mrs. Walter Norman

Among many friends who brought greetings and good wishes to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Norman, of New Street, Torrington, when they celebrated their golden wedding last week were the Mayor and Mayoress of Torrington (Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Long), seen in the top right of the above photograph.

Mr. and Mrs. Norman are very well-known in the town and Mr. Norman (centre, sitting) who returned to Torrington from Cirencester in 1913, was manager of the Torrington Co-operative Society’s branch at Well Street for many years until his retirement in 1942.

He and his wife have been staunch supporters of the Methodist Church all their life and Mr. Norman has held practically every office open to a layman. On more than one occasion and over very many years he was the senior circuit steward, and he was a Sunday School teacher and member of the choir. He is a Trustee of the Torrington Methodist Church and has also been a trustee of a number of other churches in the circuit.

To mark this happy anniversary, gifts of flowers were made to Mr. and Mrs. Norman by Rev. T.H. Sheriff, the minister, and other members of the Church.

Gazette article 26 May 1954