Somerset Guardian and Radstock Observer - 15 March 1957
PAULTON'S MR. W. G. CARTER IS A MAN OF MANY PARTS
FARMER, publican and church-warden is Mr. Wilfred George Carter, of Victoria Inn, Paulton. He began as a farmer with one cow; followed in the footsteps of his father as a publican; joined his grandfather in the choir of Holy Trinity Church 50 years ago.
Church work takes up much of his spare time, but Mr. Carter devotes thought in many directions. He is a rural councillor, parish councillor, member of the parochial church council, president of Paulton Rovers Football Club, president of Paulton Bowling Club and a member of Clutton branch of the National Farmers Union.
IN FOUR CORNERS
Mr. Carter has both pedigree Guernsey and Jersey cattle at Plumptree Farm, and when I visited Paulton last week he told me that his stock was now between 50-60 animals.
His farm land is scattered - about 100 acres being in the four corners of the village.
After a trip around the farm I returned with Mr. Carter to Victoria Inn - a warm public house noted for its fires. "The skittles alley is always red hot," I was told.
Mr. Carter, a native of Paulton, was a son of the late Mr. Reuben James Carter, farmer-publican, who kept the Britannia Inn, Plummers HIll, Paulton for 30 years. He died 13 years ago.
Mr. Reuben Carter's father, the late Mr. George Carter, farmed at Salisbury Farm, Paulton, and his father, another Reuben was bailiff at Simons Hill Colliery, which is now closed.
WENT TO LONDON
Mr. Wilfred Carter was born at Salisbury Farm, and his nephew, yet another Reuben, is now farming there.
Mrs. Ernest Cleaves, of Sleigh Farm, Timsbury, is Mr. Wilfred Carter's sister, and other sisters are Mrs. Reg Ashman, Cosy Corner, Paulton, and Mrs. S. Harding, of Brighton, who kept a general stores for 35 years. Mrs. Reg Ashman's husband was licensee of the Britannia Inn, Paulton, for 25 years, and followed her father.
Mr. Wilfred Carter's brother, the late Mr. Charles Carter, was at Salisbury Farm.
Mr. Wilfred Carter was educated at the Paulton Church of England School, and first went to work at Ashman's Boot Factory, Paulton
"Then in 1924 there was a bad slump and I went to the 'World Turned Upside Down' a public house in the Old Kent Road," said Mr. Carter, who added that for 2 1/2 years he remained in London as a barman. "I had a good time there. It was a wonderful experience and I wouldn't have missed it for anything."