• Reference
    Z41/LB9/5/13
  • Title
    Phorpres News, ‘The Organ of The London Brick Company Limited Welfare & Sports Association’. Volume 13.
  • Date free text
    May 1949 - Dec 1949
  • Production date
    From: 1949 To: 1949
  • Scope and Content
    Bound copies of Nos. 1 – 52. Includes reports on sports and social events, health & safety advice and advertisements from local tradespeople. Volume 13 No 1 May 1949 Page 2 Marriages of Mr D.G. Ward and Miss P Booker; Miss S Payne and Mr J.G.H. Winter; Mr J Pummell to Miss D Fisher. Page 7 Photograph of members of the Transport Mechanical Staff taken during a visit to A.E.C. Works, Southall. Page 15 Retirement of Mr A Currall. No 2 June 1949 Pages 1-3 Speech by Sir Malcolm Stewart at the 49th Annual General Meeting. Page 4 Report and photographs from the Annual Fire Brigades competition. Page 8 Christenings of Linda Jean Stratton, Stuart Christopher Moyle and Peter Frederick Cox. Page 9 Death of Arthur Thomas Adams. Page 13 Marriage of Miss Joyce Ashpole and Mr James Russell. Page 15 Death of Mr Harry Hartley. Page 20 Retirement of Mr Charles Powley. Photograph of a general view of the Ground at the Private Fire Brigades’ Competitions. No 3 July 1949 Page 2 Birth of Linda King. Marriage of Margaret Dorothy Ferguson to Mr D.A. Barrett. Page 6 Death of Mr William Busby. Page 7 Mr Harry Hartwell admitted to the Order of St John of Jerusalem as a Serving Brother. Page 10 Death of ‘Curly’ Stuchbury. Page 14 Deaths of Mrs Munton and Mr Arthur Ayres. Page 15 Retirement of Mr H Gage. Page 17 Photograph of Mr W.F. Wood handing a gift food parcel to Joe Gibbons at the Calvert Works. No 4 August 1949 Page 2 Marriages of Mr Duncanson and Miss O.M. Smith and of Mr A.J. Jelley and Miss F Marriott. Page 7 Death of Mrs J.W. Farey. Page 15 Deaths of Mr and Mrs Foreman. No 5 September 1949 Pages 4-7 Report and annual accounts of the Council of London Brick Company Limited and Social and Sports Association. Page 9 Deaths of Mr W.C. Lowe and Mr R Holden. Marriage of Miss Cynthia Joyce Denton and Mr Eric Thomas Stapleton. Page 15 Marriages of Mr F Keber and Miss A.B. Hughes and Mr T Jennings to Miss E.M. Steele. Page 21 Report on a meeting of the Stewartby Women’s institute with photograph. No 6 October 1949 Page 1 report and photograph on Sir Malcolm Stewart loaning paintings to Stewartby School. Page 6 Uncaptioned photograph of football team. Page 8 Christening of Mavis Ann Ruthven. Death of Mrs Waring. Page 11 Death of Arthur McBean. Page 13 Report and photograph from the Phorpres Technical Society visit to a coal mine. Page 15 Report and photograph from the unveiling of the Kings Dyke Memorial Tablet. Page 16 Marriages of Miss Olive Emily Gretton and Mr Reginald Jack Straw and of Miss M.I. Hurst to Mr George Taylor. No 7 November 1949 Page 1 Death of Mr A.W.H. Henderson. Page 8 Engagement of Miss Lilian Furr and Mr Ronald Payne. Death of Mr Joseph Caves. Page 18 Marriage of Mr S.W. Warnes and Miss M.J. Skinner. No 8 December 1949 Page 3 Report and photograph from the company stand at the Building Exhibition at Olympia. Page 8 Death of Mr H Dix. Page 13 Death of Mr A.E. Elliott. Page 16 Death of Mr George Ince. 21st birthday of Miss Betty Dickinson Death of Mr T.O. (Scrapper) Woods. Birth of a daughter to Mr and Mrs Hird.
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