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One Dozen Good Reasons for Supporting MP Mr C. Seale-Hayne 1892 Your old tried Friend and Neighbour:

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(#OnePlaceGovernance Sticklepath’s MP) Mid or Ashburton Division Election

Personally signed electioneering card given to Finch family of Sticklepath

(1) Because he is a Devonshire Man and knows the wants of Devonshire Men.

(2) Because for nearly forty years he has worked for the cause of Liberalism and the rights of the people

(3) Because he has represented the Mid or Ashburton Division in Parliament for six years and a half, and has been one of the most diligent and hard working Members of the House of Commons.

(4) Because he always votes straight, according to the promises he gave before his Election.

(5) Because he supports the Working Classes in the House of Commons by voting in the same Lobby as the Working Men Members of Parliament.

(6) Because he is in favour of reforming the Poor Law and relieving hard working men who can scarcely maintain themselves, from being called upon to maintain their aged parents.

(7) Because he is not in favour of one law for the rich and another for the poor, but of equal laws for all.

(8) Because Gladstone, who gave working men their votes, said of Mr Seale-Hayne – “Faithful among the faithless, only he.”

(9) Because he is universally acknowledged to be the best Member for the interests of the Farmer and the Labourer that Devonshire has ever sent to Parliament.

(10) Because he has always been attentive and obliging to all his constituents.

(11) Because he lives in your midst and is a supporter of all your local institutions without distinction of party or creed.

(12) Because you never desert an old friend, and one who has served you well, for one of whom, before the Election, you had never heard.

Reasons given – transcript above.

Further information including his role in endowing Seale-Hayne farming and food sciences college in Devon

News Flash! Lightning Strike in Sticklepath

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A severe thunderstorm, with torrential rain and vivid lightning, broke here on Tuesday about mid-day, and lasted about two hours. Houses in some places were flooded.

Mrs. Albert May, who lives in White Rock Cottage, with her family, were at dinner, when suddenly she screamed and was unable to rise from her chair. It appears she was struck by lightning in her leg, and received a severe burn.

White Rock Cottage photo taken November 1983 when Bert Stead lived there.

Much damage was caused outside to the chimney and the furniture inside an overmantel and several pictures being destroyed and other furniture badly damaged.

Mrs May received medical attention and is going on as well as can be expected.

Source: Western Times Friday 15th July 1927 courtesy of The British Library Board accessed through The British Newspaper Archive.

White Rock Cottage is the topmost left-most house facing us with dark windows and door near the middle of the photo.

Previous sales particulars for interest.

Herbert Leslie Bowden

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In September 1920 Albert John Bowden and his wife Nellie (Ellen Powlesland) were celebrating the birth of their second son at The Dairy, Sticklepath. Little did they think that this little boy would grow up to be a war hero. His persistence and refusal to abandon his vehicle or the supplies it was carrying earned him the military medal for courageous work in North Africa.

URGH! I think I am doing so well, getting my head around the IT. Well I managed to write my blog post on a ‘page’ instead of a ‘post’. So to read all about it and see the pictures please click here!