PCSharnbrook19/24

Correspondence Topics include: Erecting a mirror near Mrs. Newell's property. Scholarships. Inundation by flood water. A.G.M. of Upland Riparian Owners and Occupiers. A. Alston complaining re people using well. Rushden Electricity Co. to put lines on poles. Kennel Hill footpath. National Rat Week. Heap of manure near allotments. Resignation of Thos Bowler as cleaner out of cess pit. Thos G. Brough resigns as member of P.C. Jn Hetherington of Halsey Farm refuses vacant seat. C. Newman resigns. Street lighting.

1926 - 1927

From: 1926 To: 1927

- Erecting a mirror near Mrs. Newell's property [presumably road junction Church Lane and High Street near post office]. - Scholarships including ones for sons of agricultural workers. - Inundation by flood water from road from ditch above the "new institute". - Agenda of A.G.M. of Upland Riparian Owners and Occupiers. 1926. - A. Alston complaining re people using well, designed for drinking water, for washing in (Toft). - Cutting: Beds. Times 16 July 1926 re Mr. Wells efforts to force Rushden Electricity Co. to put lines underground and not on poles, destroying beauty of Sharnbrook. [P.C. protested too late] - N. side of Kennel Hill footpath - granite needs rolling in. - National Rat Week 1926. This time with film and slides. - Heap of manure on driftway near allotments in Churchfield should be moved, driftway belongs to Mr. Newman. - Resignation through ill health of Thos Bowler as cleaner out of cess pit. F. Bowler does it temporarily in January for 2 cleans 6s. Arthur Allen of Moat Bungalow applies for job of doing it. - 1927 Thos G. Brough of Sharnbrook House resigns as member of P.C. due to ill health. Jn Hetherington of Halsey Farm refuses vacant seat on P.C. - probably be leaving Halsey in next year. - 13 Oct 1927 C. Newman resigns as having left village to go to Dungee Farm, Odell. - Letter from Ringstead Parish Council [near Thrapston, Northants] re Street Lighting.

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Newell,
Alston, A.,
Wells,
Newman, C.,
Bowler, Thomas,
Bowler, F.,
Allen, Arthur,
Brough, Thomas G.,
Hetherington, John

SHARNBROOK, Ringstead, Sharnbrook Church Lane, Sharnbrook High Street, Sharnbrook Toft, Sharnbrook Kennell Hill, Sharnbrook House, scholar, agricultural worker, floods, wells, electricity, footpaths, rats, allotments, sanitation, Parish Councillor, Sharnbrook Halsey Farm, Odell Dungee Farm, street lighting