Saturday, 21 March 2026

 A May Wedding in 1933 brings back sentimental memories and lost connections!



MAY 4TH 1933. WESTERN DAILY PRESS
https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/814861797/

DISTRICT WEDDING Mr E. W. George--Miss D. N. Veater, at Winford.

The wedding took place at Winford Parish Church of Mr Edgar William George, eldest son of Mr and Mrs W. H. George, of Lyons Court Farm, Whitchurch, and Miss Dora Nellie Veater. third daughter of Mr and Mrs  E. Veater, of Eastfield, Ridgehill, Winford.

The rector, Preb Wilkinson, presided, and Mr Elworthy played the organ. The bride, who was given away by her father, wore an ankle-length dress of ivory crepe Afrisian, trimmed with pearls, and a veil and headdress Her necklace of pearls was the gift of the bridegroem. The bridesmaids were the Misses May and Marv Veater and Miss Elsie Weaver. The chief bridesmaid, Miss May Veater, wore an ankle-length dress of mauve crepe de Chine with wreath of flowers and carried a bouquet of pink and mauve tulips. The younger bridesmaids had dresses of Nile green crepe de Chine, wreaths of flowers and carried muffs.

Each wore a gold brooch, the gift of the bridegroom. Mr Graham George, brother of the bridegroom, was best man, and a reception was held at Ridgehill Village Hall, The honeymoon is being spent in London, and Mr and Mrs George's future residence will be at Hillside Farm, Bishop Sutton.


Six of the Best?


Events from the past are clothes, snagged on barbed wire,

Just the odd thread left fluttering to remind.

Jagged the points in time, some marked in blood,

Preserved in jars of alcohol, stacked on shelves,

Deep within the intercellular folds of mind.


Vivid yet vague, they tease the memory,

Test the failing power of recall.

They haunt the brain with fetid ghosts,

Which in the flickering candle-light of time,

Change shape and float, like shadows on the wall.


Now one in particular, bothers me.

Did I betray my friend from fear?

What was it happened in that distant class room

Resulting in those wheals so proudly shown,

So bravely borne, yet washed in tears?


Was I to blame, displaying moral weakness?

In giving the game away. And had it lodged

And rancoured all these years?

Even now, I am ashamed, if indeed I did,

Squeal like a stuck pig, to save my skin.


He obviously thought so. Even if the cause was his,

It surely did not deserve the brutal punishment,

Which with such pride he revealed and showed,

To make me party to the pain and guilt -

But lacking in accomplishment.


Were those scarlet ridges on his rump,

Borne uncomplaining, to shield my timidity from pain?

But had they left a scar of shame, a doleful look,

That shattered me and brought us up to date?

Broke bond that had percevered for years?


Then walking back across the lawn,

I met the two very old familiar forms,

Of Mr Smallbone, Mr Guard - arm in arm,

The very two who caused the pain,

Now harmless OAPs to meet again.


What cosmic timing set that course

Now by the many passing years,

Drained of all ire and all remorse,

Except for that imagined, sly and wicked smile,

That greeted me and love dispersed.


In two thousand and four we parted with a hug,

This time in eight, a rushed and facile catching up,

An upward look, a downward sneer,

That snagged the stinging thighs of fifty years.

The brave man contrasted with the cowardly boy,


Twas always so. And when he died,

Despite the remnant grief, I did not go,

He never shared what he had felt,

And I, the lost betrayer, do not know.




Just one of the many ancestors....


Just discovered this man who was on the Mayflower is apparently my 9th ggrandfather through my maternal grandfather! Interesting. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Allerton  Although they sailed from Plymouth, and created 'New Plymouth when they came ashore, their last port of call to take on fresh water, was Newlyn, Cornwall. Allerton was the ancestor of several later US Presidents!

Col. Isaac Ysaack Allerton Mayflower I 1620, Signer of The

1583 - 1659
9th great-grandfather

and another...

George Greenstock (Greystock) (Gisstocke)

Birth 1585 • North Petherton, Somerset, England

Death Somerset, England

Cornwall Funerals

A person and life, to which we all aspire ?

It is with great sadness that we announce that The Revd John Richard Henry Palmer (AKC) sadly passed away on 28th February 2025, aged 96. 

A much-loved priest, he devoted his life to ministry, including time as a RN Nurse, serving with the Bush Brotherhood in Brewarrina, Australia, and 30 years as a hospital chaplain at Holloway Sanatorium and Brookwood Hospital. In retirement he made his home in West Cornwall, assisting in many local parishes for over 30 years, serving with the Royal Naval Association Helston, the National Coastwatch Institution at Bass Point, and at Truro Cathedral. Fr Palmer will be remembered for his kindness, faith and gentle presence. He leaves his wife Veronica, four children, fifteen grandchildren and two great-grandsons. The family warmly welcome all who would like to attend his funeral at 2:00pm on 22nd March at St Sithney Church, Sithney, followed by the committal in the churchyard. Afterwards, please stay for afternoon tea in the church. Donations in memory of Fr John will go to The Mission to Seafarers by way of a retiring collection. R E Tonkin & Son Funeral Directors Lender Lane, Mullion, TR12 7HW 01326 240752 www.retonkin.co.uk.




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