Multiple medallist 

At the Royal Show at Cambridge last week, Mr H.J. Newberry of Old Town Smithy, Bideford, won the Show championship for the highest number of points for horse-shoeing over the three days of the competition.

Mr Newberry also won the cup for the best fitted shoes and one gold, two silver and one bronze medal, obtaining a first in hunter shoeing, third in carthorse shoeing and v.h.c. in horse-shoe making.

Mr Newberry, aged 31, came to Bideford from Reading in 1949.

Gazette article 13 July 1951