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6.2.1959 Hartland Finch Golden Wedding

Plans were eagerly made at Cheriton Farm, Hartland, for a golden wedding party on Tuesday; then they had to be postponed.
Tuesday was the golden wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Thomas Edward Finch, for many years of Clovelly.
Mr and Mrs Finch were married at All Saints’ Church, Clovelly, by the Rev T L V Simpkin, Mrs Finch being Miss Caroline May, the youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs John May, of Dyke Green Farm, Clovelly.
Mr Finch, whose home was at Robbs Farm, Cavendish, Suffolk, came to Clovelly in 1889 as gardener to the Rev T L V Simpkin and also farming part of the glebe. They farmed at Sierra Hill Farm, then moved to Burnstone Farm where they spent most of their farming life. Mr Finch retired in 1944 and they went to live at Higher Sierra. Ten years later they came to live with their only son, Mr T L (Len) Finch.
A veteran member of the NFU, Mr Finch was chairman of the Bideford branch in 1947 and 1948 and served for some years on the County Executive. Extremely fond of music, he studied under the late Mr Alfred Long of Barnstaple, who was organist and choirmaster at Clovelly. For the past 12 years Mr Finch has been a Diocesan reader, principally serving the parishes of Clovelly, Woolsery and Hartland.
Mr and Mrs Finch, now aged 77 and 76 respectively, and with two granddaughters, looking back over their 50 happy years together say that it seems to have so quickly, although 50 years may seem such a long time looking ahead.
The full Gazette article is dated 6 February 1959.

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