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Phorpres News, ‘The Organ of The London Brick Company Limited Welfare & Sports Association’. Volume 9.

May 4th 1945 – April 26th 1946

From: 1945 To: 1946

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.Volume 9: May 4th 1945 – April 26th 1946 No 3 V.E. celebration reports. Death of Frank Salisbury. 18 May 1945 No 4 Death of William Henry Northfield. List of returning POWs. 25 May 1945 No 5 Account by a member of the A.T.S. of V.E.-Day celebrations and what will happen next in France. 1 June 1945 No 7 Deaths of Fred Chapman and Isaac F. Smith. Photograph of Pte S.S. Whitwell returning home after being a POW. 15 June 1945. No 8 Retirement of Mr. C.W. Warne. 22 June 1945 No 10 Peterborough area's experience of bombing during the war. Death of Frank Petherick. Report of death of Pte Albert Mills whilst a POW in Japan two years ago. 6 July 1945 No 11 Report on the L.B.C. War Organisation. 13 July 1945 No 12 Report on the L.B.C. War Organisation (cont. from No 11) Pte R.A. Rimes reported missing now killed in action. 20 July 1945 No 13 Stewartby's experience of bombing during the war. 27 July 1945 No 14 Death of Charles Morton. Photograph of Pte Rimes (see No 12) 3 Aug 1945 No 15 Photograph of Cpl William Hussey killed in Rome. 10 Aug 1945 No 17 Report of V.J. Day Celebrations. Death of William Brand. 24 Aug 1945 No 19 Photograph of Gnr. G.F. Hornsby following his death in Australia. 7 Sept 1945 No 20 History of the art of brick making. 14 Sept 1945 No 22 Photograph of children from St Mark's School in Peterborough being shown round Hicks Works. Death of Charles W. Barber. 28 Sept 1945 No 23 Letter from Lt. E. Newman released from POW camp and returning home. 5 Oct 1945 No 24 Photograph of stacking bricks. 12 Oct 1945 No 25 Photograph of L/Sgt Albert Stanley Lewis died in Thailand in 1944. Details of a lecture course on "Problems of World Organisation" Death of Mr R.W. Kinns. 19 Oct 1945 No 26 Death of Mr. F. Lees. 26 Oct 1945 No 27 Report of Japanese POWs arriving home. 2 Nov 1945 No 29 Death of Mr. T. Moore. 16 Nov 1945 No 30 Report on funeral of Mr. T. Moore. (see No 29) 23 Nov 1945 No 31 Death of Driver W.H. Cooper R.E. in 1943 whilst a POW in Japan. 30 Nov 1945 No 32 Death of George Darby. 7 Dec 1945 No 33 Report on King's Dyke Village welcoming returned POWs. 14 Dec 1945 Nos 34 & 35 Photograph of Sir P. Malcolm Stewart with Christmas message. Photograph of some of the L.B.C. transport department. 21 Dec 1945 No 36 Deaths of Mr R. Waring, Mr S Huckle, Benjamin Bray and Joseph Roberts. 4 Jan 1946 No 37 Death of Pte J.H. Beeby whilst a Japanese POW in 1943. Report on Stewartby Amateur Dramatic Society's production of Blithe Spirit (see No 37) 11 Jan 1946 No 38 Death of Ephraim James Lowe. Photograph of Stewartby Amateur Dramatic Society's production of Blithe Spirit. 18 Jan 1946 No 39 Photograph of children at a Phorpres Club party. 25 Jan 1946 No 40 Photograph of L/Cpl Alec George Bussey who died in a POW ship. 1 Feb 1946 No 41 Photograph of Sgt Alf Longhurst at an inspection by "Monty" in Germany. 8 Feb 1946 No 46 Death of Mr J.E. Knighton 15 March 1946 No 48 Deaths of John Edmund Fearn and Harry Careless. 29 March 1946 No 49 Copy of memorandum on German prisoner of war labour. 5 April 1946

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London Brick Company,
Salisbury, Frank,
Northfield, William Henry,
Chapman, Fred,
Smith, Isaac F,
Whitwell, S S,
Warne, C W,
Petherick, Frank,
Mills, Albert,
Rimes, R A,
Morton, Charles,
Hussey, William,
Brand, William,
Hornsby, G F,
Barber, Charles W,
Newman, E.,
Lewis, Albert Stanley,
Kinns, R W,
Lees, F,
Moore, T,
Cooper, W H,
Darby, George,
Stewart, Percy Malcolm,
Waring, R,
Huckle, S,
Bray, Benjamin,
Roberts, Joseph,
Beeby, J H,
Lowe, Ephraim James,
Bussey, Alec George,
Longhurst, Alf,
Knighton, J E,
Fearn, John Edmund,
Careless, Harry

STEWARTBY, France, Japan, Rome, Peterborough, Thailand, King's Dyke, Germany, London Brick Company Limited, magazines, sport, welfare, social activities, obituaries, funerals, DEATH, ATS, prisoners of war, retirement, bombs, air raids over UK, personal correspondence, brickmaker, employment, Stewartby Amateur Dramatic Society, plays, World War Two