First sale by new auctioneers
Bideford Town Council were going to back the town’s new cattle market enterprise by 100 per cent the Mayor, Mr A.C. Hooper, told a large crowd on Tuesday when he opened the first sale at Bideford Cattle Market by the auctioneering firm of Messrs. Kivell and Sons. A senior member of the firm, Mr Tom Kivell, said that entries had been overwhelming. The market attracted many people from the surrounding area and on Tuesday morning parked vehicles stretched in an unbroken line from the top of High Street to the top of Belvoir and in some other streets adjoining the market.
Gazette article 15 August 1958