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Mr Middle was MC21 March 1958
Hartland Cottage Garden Society
funds will benefit by £13 as a result of a whist drive held at Hartland Women’s Institute room on Tuesday night of last week. Mr L J Middle was MC and there were 15½ tables.
Mrs D Bomford, who has been elected vice-chairman of the society to replace the late Mr M Prouse, was in charge of refreshments. Mr Reg Hollis organised a competition for a bottle of wine which was won by Mr F Bragg. The second prize, twenty cigarettes, was won by Mr John Walter, of Philham.
Whist winners were: Mrs W Goaman, Mrs L Jeffery, Miss F Spanswick, Mr W Johns, Mrs A Mugford, Mrs F Bailey, Miss R Vanstone, Mr Curry, Mrs M Jeffery, Mr S Burrow, Mrs A Burrow, Mrs L Littlejohns, Mr T Westlake.
Gazette article dated 21 March 1958
Tea at Mitchell's Cafe1 September 1950
Eighty visitors accorded civic reception
Some eighty members of the Swansea Devonian Society visited Bideford on Saturday as part of a day’s trip to North Devon, renewing old acquaintances, re-visiting familiar places and some generally recalling in happy vein their younger days spent in their home county.
At Bideford, as at other places, they were accorded a civic welcome by the Mayor and Mayoress, Mr and Mrs W H Short.
Landing at Ilfracombe, the party went to Combe Martin, the birthplace of their president, Mr John Allen, where they were entertained to coffee. Later they went to Barnstaple where they lunched with the Mayor, Mr A C Blackmore and reached Bideford in time for tea at Mitchell’s Café when they were the guests of the Mayor and Mayoress
The Mayoress having been presented with a bouquet by Mrs Allen, the wife of the President, the Mayor welcomed the visitors. He said he was glad to recognise the faces of people who more recently left the area, and hoped that on their...
Courageous acts5 November 1954
Four Bidefordians Receive Certificates for Rescues
Four Bidefordians were on Monday presented with Royal Humane Society certificates on vellum in recognition of their prompt and courageous actions in local rescues.
The presentations took place at Bideford Borough Magistrates’ meeting and were made at the hand of the chairman, Mr. R.B. Blackmore, who on behalf of the magistrates and of the town warmly congratulated the recipients on their actions. “We are very proud to think that there are men in Bideford ready and able to maintain the traditions of courage which have characterised their predecessors in this ancient borough”, he said.
The awards were introduced by Police Inspector E.H. Turner.
The first award concerned a rescue from the River Torridge last August. The recipient of the testimonial in this instance, said the Inspector, was Mr. Charles Henry Davis, aged 22, a railway clerk, of 48, Torrington Street, Bideford. One summer night, at about 10.45, a certain soldier, who was...