People

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.

7 June 1963

Powell – on June 2nd 1963, at the NDI, to Margaret (nee Weeks) and Nicholas, the gift of a daughter, Lorriane Anne.
Williams – on June 5th 1963 at 20 Hugh Dickson Road, Colchester, to Mary (nee Screech) and Len, a daughter, Linda Yvonne.

Saunders-Gilbert – the engagement is announced between Keith, eldest son of Mr and Mrs L Saunders, Cherry Trees, Brancombe Road, Tiverton, and Wendy, only daughter of Mr and Mrs R Gilbert, 16 Fort Terrace, Bideford.
White-Jewell – Mr and Mrs J Jewell, Tomouth Road, Appledore, have pleasure in announcing the engagement of their elder daughter, Jennifer, to Lennard, second son of Mr and Mrs J White, New Street, Appledore.

Ford-Petley – on June 1st 1963, at the Baptist Church, Appledore, Harold, third son of Mr and Mrs H Ford, 3 Alpha Place, Appledore, to Constance Mary, only daughter of Mrs F M Petley, 5 Alpha Place, Appledore, and the late Captain J A Petley.
Harvey-Gibbons – on June 1st 1963 at Instow Church, by Rev H L Hustwayte, John, son of Mr and Mrs Harvey, Westview, Appledore, to June, daughter of Mr J and the late Mrs Gibbons, Morton, West Yelland.

Off The Beat Underwater

Bideford’s PC’s unusual pastime

Under-water swimming and fishing is the unusual pastime a Bideford policeman plans to pursue this summer.
At least once a week the policeman, 25 years old Guy Thrupp, and a schoolmaster friend, will pack up their equipment – sponge rubber suits, face masks, flippers and harpoon guns – and make the long trip to Cornwall to explore the ocean depths off the coast of Tintagel.
At his home at 5 Chudleigh Avenue, Bideford East, PC Thrupp, who has been stationed at Bideford for nearly three years, talked about his hobby to a Bideford Gazette reporter.
Full Gazette article dated 6 June 1958

Births, engagements and marriages

20 May 1966

Birch – On May 16th 1966 at Cambridge, to Ida Anne (nee Burrow) and Peter, the gift of a son.

Curtis – On May 16th 1966 at the Grenville Nursing Home, to Jill and Bob, a son, Neil Robert, brother for David and Anna.

Ferguson - On May 18th 1966 at the North Devon Infirmary, Barnstaple, to Josephine (nee Hitchcock) and Jeremy, a blessing of a daughter, Elizabeth Josephine Louise, a sister for Paul.

Hopkins - On May 15th 1966 to Prunella (nee Bond) and John, a daughter, Margaret Ann.

Prouse - On May 8th 1966 at the Grenville Nursing Home, to Susan (nee Ayres) and Keith, a son, Andrew Francis.

Stone - On May 6th 1966 at the Grenville Nursing Home, to Angela (nee Mitchell) and Peter, the gift of a daughter, Michelle Lorraine

MacDougall – Churchill-Longman – the engagement is announced between Hugh Donald, son of Mr and Mrs Hugh MacDougall, 14a St Christophers Close, Bath, and Violet, youngest daughter of Lt-Col and Mrs W B Churchill-Longman, Heale House, Bideford.

Rooke-Gilbert – Mr and Mrs H J Gilbert, of Backs Cross, Bideford, have pleasure in announcing the engagement of their younger daughter Ann, to Paul, only son of Mr and Mrs Peter Rooke, of Herstridge, Dorset, and formerly of Mill Street, Bideford

Cade-Halliday – On May14th 1966 at Holy Trinity Church, Exmouth by Rev T Linscott, John Rosewarne, only son of Mr and Mrs R H Cade, Sunny Hayes, Barns Road, Budleigh Salterton and grandson of the late Mr Frederick Lee, JP, of Bideford, and Ann, only daughter of Mr and Mrs David Halliday, Southernhay, 12 Cranford Avenue, Exmouth.

Shortridge-Moon – At St Mary’s Church, Bideford, by the Rev T Derwent Davies, Sydney Shortridge of Appledore to Janette Moon of Bideford.