Businesses

Christmas Eve at the Front

An interesting letter has just been received by Mrs Packer, of Broadclyst, from her husband, Corpl Packer of A Company, 1st Battalion Devonshire Regiment, who is serving with the Expeditionary Force in Northern France. In the course of a letter he describes a remarkable incident which occurred on Christmas Eve between the British and German trenches.

Trips To Rome For Three

Three people from Bideford district will soon be enjoying a trip to Rome during the Olympics – all expenses paid – as a result of a competition organised by Hoover Ltd. They will fly out and back and spend three days in Rome.

Mr N C Taylor, 39 Newton Road, Bideford, Hoover area manager for North Devon and North East Cornwall, whose area was the most successful in Hoover sales generally over a specified period, has won the trip to Rome for his wife and himself. With them goes Mr M Hudson of ‘Winscombe’, Westward Ho! who earned the trip by becoming Hoover’s ‘top representative’ in the same competition.

Narrowly missing a trip to Rome in a Hoover dealer competition – this time for the sale of Hoovermatic washing machines and spin driers – was Mr D N Preston, manager of Braddicks Electrical Ltd. In a period of seven weeks, Braddicks Ltd sold 42 Hoovermatics – one for every working day. Another three sales would have earned a trip to Rome. As it was, Braddicks were the only dealers in the West of England to win a prize. They came second in their group, which included dealers as far apart as Worcester and Torquay. The prize was a Hoovermatic, which, Mr Preston said, his firm had kindly allowed him to keep personally as a present for his wife.

Gazette article dated 12 August 1970

Luncheon at Westward Ho!

Elizabethan Club, Westward Ho!

4-course luncheon for Sunday, July 14th

Cream of Tomato Soup or Pate Maison

Roast Devon Chicken, bread sauce, chipolata sausages, sage and onion stuffing, croquette potatoes, new potatoes, brussels sprouts, peas, carrots glace

Fresh strawberries and cream or cheese and biscuits

Coffee

12/6 per person

Private & Club parties, weddings, etc. catered for at reasonable prices
For bookings phone Bideford 3263

Advert dated 12 July 1968

It's now The Pier House

Dri-Troo

H E Fletcher Limited

Manufacturers of Dri-Troo Baby Pants and Children’s Wear will be moving to their NEW FACTORY at Clovelly Road, Bideford in DECEMBER

We shall have Vacancies for suitable School Leavers, Young Girls, Part-Time & Full-Time Women & invite those interested to apply NOW at our Torridge Hill Factory for further details

Gazette advert dated 10 July 1964

New Factory May Have Day Nursery

First purpose built factory to be erected in Bideford by a firm already established here will be in production in the New Year.

It is to be built on an acre site off the Clovelly Road by H E Fletcher Ltd, baby wear manufacturers and makers of the well known
Dri-troo products. The firm has outgrown the premises it now occupies at Torridge Hill.

The principal of the firm, Mr Peter Fletcher, to whose far-sightedness, enterprise and resource it owes its success, says it is hoped to increase the labour force to at least 70 within two years and ultimately to more than 100. This must, of course, depend upon suitable women workers being available.

The full Gazette article is dated 10 July 1964