Greeting of 'grand old man' 

Here is the smiling greeting of Hartland’s Grand Old Man, 91 Years old Mr Daniel Headon, better known to many as ‘Uncle Dan’

Hardly a day passes but Uncle Dan can be seen out on the main Bideford-Bude road for his three or four mile walk, often carrying a large bundle of firewood, as he makes his way home to Baxworthy Corner, Hartland, where he lives with his son and daughter-in-law.

January 12 is Mr Headon’s great day; not only is it his own birthday but also that of his great-grandson Vernon Henry Keen.

Gazette article 26 January 1951