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BBHG Newsletter 017 August 2017 Newsletter No. 17 Latest News August 2017 ISSN 2053-9592 We are pleased to announce volunteers to take part in our that we have finished 2018 World War 1 compiling a Buckland Brewer commemorations. See https:// Trail, highlighting some of the bucklandbrewerhistorygroup. historical features of village. wordpress.com/data/buckland- We trialled this at our June at-war/ for further details. meeting and then had the pleasure of using it when we Unfortunately, we had to cancel took our friends from our July outing to Devon Rural Petrockstowe and Merton Archive as we were unable to History Society round the meet their minimum number village in July. We hope that requirements. We hope to be printed versions will be able to visit on another occasion, available later in the year. perhaps in conjunction with another group. In May, local author, Pamela Vass, came to talk to us about In November, we are joining the research that she did for with the Village Hall committee her novel Seeds of Doubt . The to host an evening of plot centres on the Lynmouth entertainment centred on the floods of 1952 and whether they life of our Postman Poet, Edward were an act of God or man. Capern. Local author and This was a fascinating member, Liz Shakespeare, will presentation and certainly be reading extracts from her provided food for thought. novel about Capern’s life. Folk Pam’s book can be obtained artists, Nick Wyke and Becki from Walter Henry’s bookshop Driscoll, will be presenting in Bideford or via her website musical versions of some of his www.boundstonebooks.co.uk. poems and in true Buckland style, there will be food. See page We were on display at the fete 11 for more information. in July and signed up more ∼♦∼ The HistoryThe our of Parishand Peopleits Contact Us By email: [email protected] By telephone: 01237 451817 (Lyn Layton) By post: Buckland Brewer History Group: 2 Castle Cottages, Buckland Brewer, Bideford, Devon EX39 5LP UK. Please visit our website. It contains all our latest news and is updated regularly, so keep checking back. http://bucklandbrewerhistorygroup.wordpress.com Buckland History Group Brewer Farm Diary auction. Dad took 3 bullocks and a Guernsey cow and calf but he didn’t sell Extracts from Mercy Pickard’s diary 1940 - either of them. th 1944 Goutisland Farm, Buckland Brewer. Jan 17 1940 Dad has been to Barnstaple Mercy was born in 1915 and married to appeal for Dennis {Mercy’s brother who Samuel Luxton in 1948. suffered all his life with very bad asthma} . st He has to appear before the Agricultural Jan 1 1940. The year opens with two Committee.nd Snow, very cold weather. tragedies. The war and terrible Jan 22 Dad took 25 sheep to Stibb Cross earthquakes in Turkey. The weather cold to the first collection for central and sneaky. nd slaughtering. He made a very good price. Jan 2 1940 The ringers and choir supper Still bitterth weather. was held in the Parish room. I think Jan 26 Mum and Dad went to Bideford. everyone enjoyed themselves, it was hard Kenneth Burrows came over this evening work but worth it. th to enquire about the pantomime at Jan 8 1940 A lovely day. Stibb Cross Exeter. Dennis Pickard far left, Mercy Pickard far right 2 rd Feb 3 Dad has been to Barnstaple to killed twoth days before and cut up. appeal for Dennis in front of the March 19 Big Event. A fresh car. Agricultural Committee. No result Austin 12,nd 1936 model. knownth yet. April 2 The mason came in to do Feb 7 th An event a new Radio! some pointing. Market day. Fidgety Fe 8 Colonel Channer came over for a calved. The thresher has just come in, bag of potatoes. Dennis has gone to a 9.45.p.m.th YFC danceth at Bradworthy. April 4 Whitewashing. What a job. Feb 17 A big victory for the navy. They Finished threshing for the season. rescuedth 300 English prisoners Britishth aeroplanes have success. Feb 28 Have been to W.I. Miss Goaman Apri 8 Stibb Cross auction. Dad took gave a talk on Wartime cookery. Walked 3 stores and made £25 and 15 shillings. home withth Margaret Cleverdon. Percy Tucker brought out some more March 15 Tithicott sale. Took some uniform for dad as a Special pork to Berthe Johns. The pig had been Constable. Special Constables Arthur Pickard (Mercy’s father) bottom row on the right Please let us know if you can name any of the other men 3 th April 9 The Germans have invaded and farming in general during wartime. Denmark and Norway. Wreford Lake came to see Dennis. He is th April 11 Auntie Lucy drove Mum to the home on leave from France. Holland opening of the new Senior School at and Belgium have been invaded by Torrington performed by the Minister Germany. Chamberlin has resigned. of Educationth Mr. Ramsbottom. Churchillth is Prime Minister. April 12 The Sanitary Inspector has May 18 Dad is doing Special Constable been and inspected the shippon and duty. Mumth gone to nursing meeting. dairy. Everything is in order, which is a May 24 Empire Day. The King made a good job.th very good speech. News from the War April 15 Hail and snow, who would Zone is very depressing, but one must think summer is coming. Collected eggs not despair.th for the hospital.th A good response. May 29 Mum has been in bed with April 16 Went to Orleigh Court to see headache. Dad doing S.C. duties. the house. It is a large old fashioned Airplanesth are passing in great numbers. place. A few lovely things and a lot of May 30 Dennis was out of bed before 4 rubbish. {Orleigh sale was the next day. a.m. this morning to patrol Parkham, Mercy’s parentsnd rd bought a wardrobe}. Bableigh Moors and surrounding April 22 -23 Cleaned the chicken district.th Met Mr Lomas. house and cut the grass. Mr Irwin has June 4 Charlie Smale’s funeral. Dad tested the bullocks a second time. The was a bearer.th Not many there. bullocks passed the TT test. The club June 13 80 evacuees arrived at pigs were shown at Bideford today. Did Buckland this evening. We have 2 girls, not win any prizes. Slow Coach has Jean ? and Iris Gill. Hope they will be calved. Budgetth day. happy. th April 26 Dad, Mary and I have been to June 15 Helped Mrs. Beamish entertain Buckland to a concert given by the the Sundaynd school. Ducks and Drakes concert party in aid June 22 Took evacuees and Mary to of wool for the soldiers. They were Westwardth Ho! We all had a good time extremelyth good. June 29 Drove Mrs Gwen Hearn to April 27 Mum and Mary have been to market as she missed the bus. Bideford Mrs. Smale’s to be fitted for their frocks. was crowdedth with strangers. Dad and Dennis are busy preparing 12 July 25 A company of soldiers have acres forrd corn. been out to help on the farm from May 3 Drove Mum to Parkham, went Bideford. They are all aliens. They work to Nethercott to see Mr. Lang about very well. putting some horses at Melbury. Met a lot of armyth th lorries. We are grateful to Ann Luxton, Mercy’s May 7 -10 YFC meeting Mr. Carey of daughter, for allowing us to publish Bideford gave a lecture on Pig Keeping extracts from the diary and for providing the photographs. 4 Marland’s History of 1653 Ann dau. of Thos. Hamson esq Buckland Brewer and —– wife of the house of Baxly was bap. vide Dennis ped. 1664 Mary dau of John Daymon and Jane In the 1870s, local antiquary ‘Marland’ his wife bap. June 4. wrote regularly in the North Devon 1665-6 Mellory Wynslade was buried Journal . He began to write about Mar. 7. Buckland Brewer in the issue of 5 1665 Joane, wife of John Wynslade bur September 1878. In doing so, he quotes at March 19. length from many earlier works. 1699 Mr Wm. Velly of Hartland bur June Extracts from the parish registers 13. 1713 One William, a black, bap Dec 26. 1604 Oct 5 Eliz. Penrose, vidua, que obiit 1731 Mr Christ. Lambe bur May 3. Mrs apud Haulsberye, sepulta erat. Eliz. Lambe bur Feb 28. 1610-1 Feb 7 Joan dau of John Wynslade 1732 Mrs Mary Turner buried April 26. sep. 1732 Mrs Jane Lambe Nov. 8 bur. 1611 April 11 John son of John Gifford gent 1749 Mrs Mary Nations, the wife of Frank and Eliz. de Wynslade his wife bapt. Nations, Sep. 19 bur. (Son of Lewis, son of 1614 Aug 21 Edmd. son of the same bapt. Francis Nation, Rector of Parkham 1666- 1612 Feb 4 Mary dau. of John Morth gent 1702.) and Anne his wife (an ancestor of 1747 Mrs Marg. Turner bur. July 21. Archdeacon Woollcombe). 1764 John, ye sone of Francis and Marg. 1614 May 2 Edward son of the same bpt. Nations bap. Sep. 14. 1614 March 2 buried John Terdrew of 1766 Francis, son of the same bap. Ap. 20. Memberye. 1768 Chas., son of the same bap. Jan 30. 1615 June 26 married Nic Paine and Grace Peter 1774 Westlake of Stratton, 1771 Mr Alfred Northcott buried Oct. 23. 1618 March 4 Nic. Shapleigh gent. And 1779 Francis Nations buried July 11. Ann Chapman of East Putford married. 1756 Geo. Fortesque of ye parish of 1616 John Deyman and Mary Vigures, Shebbear (vide Buckland Filleigh p.
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