• Reference
    Z41/LB9/5/5
  • Title
    Phorpres News, ‘The Organ of The London Brick Company Limited Welfare & Sports Association’. Volume 5.
  • Date free text
    9 May 1941 – 1 May 1942
  • Production date
    From: 1941 To: 1942
  • Scope and Content
    Bound copies of Nos. 1 – 52. Includes reports on sports and social events, notes on those killed, missing in action or prisoners of war, health & safety advice and advertisements from local tradespeople. 9 May 1941 – 1 May 1942 Also includes the following: No.4: Letter from A Grogan in the Middle East 30 May 1941 No.6: Obituary for H C Garner 13 June 1941 No.9: Retirement and career of Mr James Grover, foreman 7 July 1941 No.11: report on presentation to James Grover 18 July 1941 No.13 Billeting of war workers 1 Aug 1941 No.15 Report of Private J Hancock, a prisoner of war, formerly of Kings Dyke, Whittlesey 15 Aug 1941 No.17 Report on L/Cpl W H Marsh prisoner of war 29 Aug 1941 No.20 Death of William Ward of Norman Cross 19 Sept 1941 No.22 Obituary for Mr W Folland 3 Oct 1941 No.25 Obituary for Mr W Love of Fletton 24 Oct 1941 No.26 page 4 Obituaries for Arthur William King of Houghton Conquest and Mr A ‘Jimmy’ Odell of Marston Moretaine.31 Oct 1941 No.28 Sir Malcolm Stewart’s Remembrance Day address at Stewartby. Obituary for Herbert J Tuckfield. Funeral of Ronald Charles Lightfoot. 14 Nov 1941 No.29 Death of George Henry Guise 21 Nov 1941 No.30 Obituary for Edward Smith 28 Nov 1941 No.31 Funeral of Edward Smith 5 Dec 1941 No.36 Obituary for Alfred George Moore of Wootton, death of William Sheppard of Calvert works 9 Jan 1942 No.38 Obituary of Herbert Phillips of Steeple Claydon. Letters from Corporal S W Bridges, a prisoner of war in Germany 23 Jan 1942 No.40 Obituary for Albert Baines 7 Feb 1942 No.42 Funeral of H J Gillett of Stewartby 20 Feb 1942 No.43 Obituary for John William Smith. Letter from Corporal S W Bridges. Funeral of G W Richardson. 27 Feb 1942 No.44 Obituary for Fred Stevens of Cemetery Road, Whittlesey 6 Mar 1942 No.45 Funeral of Arthur James Caves of Wootton 13 Mar 1942 No.47 Death of Flight-Lieut John H Pickering 27 Mar 1942 of the London staff 27 Mar 1942 No.48 Death of Frederick Charles Robinson, Woodston. Reports of Charles Ernest Nicholls R A and Gunner Albert Stanley Lewis missing in action 3 Apr 1942 No.52 Women Workers in the brickyards. Albert J Foster 50 years a brick worker.1 May 1942.
  • Level of description
    item