Great Torrington
My mother in law Gladys Bidgway was born in New Street, but they all lived at what is now Londis in Mill Street, all 18 of them! Most of the girls went to work in the Glove Factory in Whites Lane. Gladys worked there with her best friend Katie Vodden who went on to live to be 107 and died 2010. They joined the Guides together and on May Day they went up onto the common to wash their faces in the dew from the grass, why I don't know, but they did. Bill Smale had pig farm on the way out of Torrington on road towards S. Molton. Aubrey Bidgway lived in Torrington and his daughter still lives there.
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My grand daughter Donna Christie brought this page to my attention, for which I appreciate. My mother Kate Vodden often talked about Gladys Bidgeway, so I was very interested in the article. My Mum made the news very often in her 107 years, she had a good life. In 2003 when she was 102 years old she made the news - 6 Generations. Her daughter, Betty Williams, followed by Linda Pierce, Donna Christie, Marley Campbell and lastly Cody Campbell who strangely enough shared my mum's birth date - September 27th. Her husband, Fred Vodden, died in 1968. Her son Ivor in 2011. My sister Pat Venton and myself remaining plus a large family.
Comment from Betty Williams on Friday, 20th April 2012.