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Phorpres News, ‘The Organ of The London Brick Company Limited Welfare & Sports Association’. Volume 20

Jan - Dec 1955

From: 1955 To: 1955

Bound copies of Nos. 1 – 52. Includes reports on sports and social events, health & safety advice and advertisements from local tradespeople. Volume 20 No 1 January 1955 Pages 4-5 Photograph and report of Mr C.E.C. Videan leaving after twenty years. Also pictured Mr D Haigh and Mr W Shaw. Page 10 Death of Mr A.S. Sturgeon. Page 12 Death of Mr Charles Reginald Barnes. Pages 13-14 Photograph and report from The Gondoliers produced by the Stewartby School Operatic and Dramatic Society. Page 15 Death of Mr Stephen Pryke. No 2 February 1955 Pages 1-2 Appointment of Sir Ronald Stewart (pictured) as Deputy Chairman. Pages 4-6 Report and photograph from the Long Service Awards. Pages 12-13 Report given to the Phorpres Technical Society on nylon and its application to industry. Page 14 Christening of Anne Frances Bloom. Deaths of Mr E.W. Brightman, Mr Bertie Berry, Mr W.E. Hooker and Mr A.C. Tysoe. Page 15 Deaths of Mr P Aylmer and Mr T.W. Smart. Page 17 Retirement of Mr R Cunnington. Page 18 Death of James William Lenton. No 3 March 1955 Cover photograph shows NP No 1 Works. Page 1 Resignation of Mrs F.H. Wheatley. Retirement of Miss S Eeles. Page 3 Report and photograph from the seventh annual dinner and dance for Stewartby staff. Page 9 Retirement of Miss Gertrude Bell. Page 10 Photograph from New Year celebrations at Stewartby. Page 11 Retirement of Mr W Watts (pictured). Death of George Frederick Peebles. Page 13 Deaths of Mr R.A. Rippon and Mr Herbert J Poulter. Page 14 Deaths of Mr Harry Slote and Mr John Scotney. Page 18 Photograph of some of the children and helpers at Phorpres Children’s Parties. No 4 April 1955 Page 6 Deaths of Mr A.A. Seamark and Mr G.H. Ward. Pages 8-13 Report and accounts of the Management Committee of The London Brick Company Limited Employees’ Sick Benefit Society. Page 14 Death of Mr Robert William Ramsey. Silver wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs A.C. Brooks. Page 16 Deaths of Mr Sebastiano Filieri, Mr Frederick John Day, Frederick Thomas Secker and John Edward Brown. No 5 May 1955 Cover photograph shows a prize winning rose grown and shown by Mr Joe Taylor of Stewartby Works. Page 7 Photograph of Mr J Hillson receiving the Cup (Bowls) from Mrs Goodman. Also pictured are George Dudley and Bob Evans. Page 8 Death of Mr George Hare. Page 9 Wedding of Miss Audrey Harris and Mr John Savage (pictured). Page 14 Death of Mr Albert Parker. Page 15 Death of Mr R.T. Woods. Mr W Osborne leaves Whittlesey Works. No 6 June 1955 Cover photograph shows the new Inter-Works Accident Prevention Trophy, won by Victory Works. Pages 2-3 Photographs and report from the Inter-Works Accident Prevention Trophy. Pages 4-6 Report and photograph from the Steeple Claydon (Calvert Works) Division of St John Ambulance Brigade 21st Birthday Celebrations – pictured are Mrs Goodwin, Mr A White, Mr J.P. Bristow and Mr D Haigh. Page 10 Deaths of Mr T.J. Clarke and Mr John Dooner. Page 11 Retirement of Mr E.R. Whitlock (pictured). Page 12 Photograph from the Marston Hall Annual Dinner. Page 13 Mr Tom Wright (pictured) marks 56 years at Hicks Works. Death of Mr Ernest Whalley. No 7 July 1955 Pages 2-3 Points from the Chairman’s Speech at the 55th Annual General Meeting. Pages 5-6 Photograph and article about the Stewartby Registered Club. Page 8 Death of Mr F.C. Poole. Page 9 Christening of Predrag Mihajlovic. Page 10 Death of Mr F Osborne. Page 11 Photograph showing the cleaning up after the Annual Football Club Dinner. Page 12 Retirement of Mr A.E. Brewster (pictured). Page 13 Death of Mr William Parnell. No 8 August 1955 Pages 2-4 Results and photographs from the Stewartby Sports and Family Day. Page 4 Photograph of the construction of London Airport using LBC products (see also picture on the front cover). Page 5 Death of Mr George Brightman. Wedding of Miss Celia Cambers and Mr F.G. Seamarks (pictured page 6) Page 6 Wedding of Miss Marion J Ashpole and Mr Fred Pearce (pictured) Page 7 Wedding of Brian Milton and Miss Edna Mary Ford (pictured). Wedding of Mr S.P. Anderson and Mrs I Webb. Pages 8-12 Report and accounts of the Council of The London Brick Company Limited Social and Sports Association 1954/55. Page 15 Photograph and report from the 21st anniversary of the opening of Stewartby Club. Page 16 Deaths of Arthur Neale, John William Pratt and Arthur William Christian. Page 21 Photograph of the Calvert Tug-O’-War Team – G Heady, J Cooke, R Hill, H Judd, K.A. Harris, J Wall, V Spencer, Sr. No 9 September 1955 Cover photograph shows Northam Knothole. Page 3 Retirement of Mr Ralph Woodland – pictured with colleagues. Page 7 Death of Mr H.S. Hartwell (pictured). Page 8 Death of Mr E Parniawski. Wedding of Miss Marty Elizabeth Burnage and Mr Marvin George Lionel Armstrong (pictured) Page 9 Wedding of Mr E Holden and Mrs Joan Ellis. Wedding of Miss Beryl Cole and Mr William Albert Nelson. Page 12 Death of Mr Eli John Russell. Photograph of the Arlesey Darts team – including N Page. Page 14 Marriage of Mr John Rothery and Miss Sylvia Cole. Death of Mr B Swiffen. No 10 October 1955 Cover photograph shows the Ropeway, Saxon Knothole and was taken by Mr A.W. Waite. Page 5 Wedding of Sonia Denton and Richard William Blake. Page 6 Wedding of Miss Gillian Hackney and Mr John Michael Gilbourne-Stenson. Page 7 Death of Mr Albert Robinson. Page 11 Deaths of Mr Thomas William Harrison and Mr Ernest Pickin. Page 12 Photograph of the Bletchley Works Bowls Club. Page 13 Retirement of Mr A.W. Butler (pictured). Golden wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs George Allum (pictured). No 11 November 1955 Pages 2-3 Retirement of Mr A.J. Bird – photographed with Sir Ronald Stewart. Page 3 Death of Mr W Watts. Mr Barry W Dean leaves Company. Page 4 Photograph of the B.E.D. Cricket Team who won the Stewartby Inter-departmental Cricket Competition in 1955. Page 5 Photograph of the B.D.O. Cricket Team – runners up in the Stewartby Inter-departmental Cricket Competition in 1955. Page 6 Deaths of Mr Herbert Busby and Mr W.E. Walton. Page 7 Death of Mr R.T. Crosbie. Marriage of Miss Yvonne Stewart Baker and Mr Graham Arthur Cropper (pictured). Page 8 Marriage of Miss Hazel Joyce Hyde and Mr Albert John Tysoe (pictured). Page 9 Photograph of Mr and Mrs Blake (see No 10 October 1955 p5) Pages 10-13 Report on the 25th Anniversary of the Phorpres Technical Society with photograph. Page 14 Death of Mr William Prutton. Page 15 Death of Mr Arthur Albon. Photograph from the Bletchley Family Day. Page 16 Deaths of Mr A.E. Clay and Mr Jesse Prior. Page 17 Photograph of the “Ingall Trophy” winners. Page 23 Photographs from the Bletchley Family Day. No 12 December 1955 Page 6 Marriage of Miss Joyce See and Leonard Steers (pictured). Pages 11-14 Article on the Sir Malcolm Stewart Homes with plans. Page 15 Retirement of Mr G Bates. Page 16 Death of Mr Joe Taylor. Pages 20-21 Photographs and report from the annual Fire Brigades competition – won by Peterborough.

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London Brick Company,
Videan, C E C,
Haigh, D,
Shaw, W,
Sturgeon, A S,
Barnes, Charles Reginald,
Pryke, Stephen,
Stewart, Ronald,
Bloom, Anne Frances,
Brightman, E W,
Berry, Bertie,
Hooker, W E,
Tysoe, A C,
Aylmer, P,
Smart, T W,
Cunnington, R,
Lenton, James William,
Wheatley, F H,
Eeles, S,
Bell, Gertrude,
Watts, W,
Peebles, George Frederick,
Rippon, R A,
Poulter, Herbert J,
Slote, Harry,
Scotney, John,
Seamark, A A,
Ward, G H,
Ramsey, Robert William,
Brooks, A C,
Filieri, Sebastiano,
Day, Frederick John,
Secker, Frederick Thomas,
Brown, John Edward,
Taylor, Joe,
Hillson, J,
Goodman,
Dudley, George,
Evans, Bob,
Hare, George,
Harris, Audrey,
Savage, John,
Parker, John,
Woods, R T,
Osborne, W,
Goodwin,
White, A,
Bristow, J P,
Clarke, T J,
Dooner, John,
Whitlock, E R,
Wright, Tom,
Whalley, Ernest,
Poole, F C,
Mihajlovic, Predag,
Osborne, F,
Brewster, A E,
Parnell, William,
Brightman, George,
Cambers, Celia,
Seamarks, F G,
Ashpole, Marion J,
Pearce, Fred,
Milton, Brian,
Ford, Edna Mary,
Anderson, S P,
Webb, I,
Neale, Arthur,
Pratt, John William,
Christian, Arthur William,
Heady, G,
Cooke, J,
Hill, R,
Judd, H,
Harris, K A,
Wall, J,
Spencer, V,
Woodland, Ralph,
Hartwell, H S,
Parniawski, E,
Burnage, Mary Elizabeth,
Armstrong, Marvin George Lionel,
Holden, E,
Ellis, Joan,
Cole, Beryl,
Nelson, William Albert,
Russell, Eli John,
Page, N,
Rothery, John,
Cole, Sylvia,
Swiffen, B,
Waite, A W,
Denton, Sonia,
Blake, Richard William,
Hackney, Gillian,
Gilbourne-Stenson, John Michael,
Robinson, Albert,
Harrison, Thomas William,
Pickin, Ernest,
Butler, A W,
Allum, George,
Bird, A J,
Stewart, Ronald,
Watts, W,
Dean, Barry W,
Busby, Herbert,
Walton, W E,
Crosbie, R T,
Baker, Yvonne Stewart,
Cropper, Graham Arthur,
Hyde, Hazel Joyce,
Tysoe, Albert John,
Prutton, William,
Albon, Arthur,
Clay, A E,
Prior, Jesse,
See, Joyce,
Steers, Leonard,
Bates, G,
Taylor, Joe

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