Hartonians are interested to learn that a native of the parish has just celebrated his 90th birthday.

He is Mr John T Littlejohns, 8 Erme Road, Ivybridge, who was born at ‘Sunnyside’, Edistone, on January 1st 1867.
Mr Littlejohns, who learned his trade as a carpenter, and after his marriage lived at The Cottage, Fore Street, Hartland, for some time was an auxiliary postman at Hartland before being appointed full time postman at Ivybridge in 1901.
The full Gazette article is dated 10 January 1958