Z41/LB9/5/23

Phorpres News, ‘The Organ of The London Brick Company Limited Welfare & Sports Association’. Bound copies of Nos. 1 – 52. Includes reports on sports and social events, health & safety advice and advertisements from local tradespeople. Volume 23

Jan - Dec 1958

From: 1958 To: 1958

Phorpres News, ‘The Organ of The London Brick Company Limited Welfare & Sports Association’. Bound copies of Nos. 1 – 52. Includes reports on sports and social events, health & safety advice and advertisements from local tradespeople. Volume 23 No 1 January 1958 Page 3 Head Office Cricket Dinner and Dance. Photograph shows Mr Douglas Parker being presented with the Yandle Trophy. Page 6 Photograph and report from a performance of the Mikado. Page 7 Death of Mr H.G. Potkins. Page 8 Transport notes from 1957 – includes photographs. Page 9 Profile of George Tidy – pictured. Pages 10-11 Report on a talk given to the Phorpres Technical Society on the Antarctic. Page 13 Deaths of Mr Charles William Fletcher, Mr Thomas Barrett, Mr Percy Slack, Mr John Edward Osborn, Mr Tomasso Antonio Masucci, Mr Richard Eric Birch and Mr Arthur Youles. No 2 February 1958 Page 2 Report and photograph from the Staff Dinner, Stewartby. Page 3 Death of Mr Louis Charles Preston. Pages 4-5 Presentation to Joe Pratt, leaving to take a new appointment with Trinidad Central Oilfields Limited. Pictured with Sir Ronald Stewart. Page 7 Photographs from the Stewartby under-5s Christmas Party. Page 8 Retirement of Charlie Furr (pictured) Pages 10-11 Presentation of awards for 50 years service. Named are W.H. Smith, George Bunker, Francis Aubrey Causby, John Thomas Anthony, George Robert Askew, Arthur Brains, Robert Morris Parker, John William Rimes, Arthur John Smith, Fred Chapman, William Charles Lowe, John George Woodin, Herbert Alfred Godfrey, Frederick James Watts, Frederick Thomas Smith and Albert Foster. Pages 12-13 Farewell to trailers about to be withdrawn from service. – includes photographs with Ted Goodman and A Rayner pictured. Page 14 Death of Mr Robert William Speechley. Page 18 Photograph of Sputnik III made to raise money for the National Fund for the Blind. No 3 March 1958 Page 1 Death of Mr H.A. Charlie See. Pages 2-3 Report of a talk given to the Phorpres Technical Society on the subject of the growth and manufacture of tobacco. Pages 4-5 Photographs and report from the Ambulance Competitions organised by the Luton and District Safety Association. Page 9 The story of the Company’s Bus Services. Includes photograph. Page 10 Christenings of Janet Elaine Fletcher, David John Fletcher, Pauline Keep and Stephen Paul Keep. Deaths of Mr Stanley Spavins, Mr T.D. Higgins, Mr R.J. Spencer, Mr Mateja Christian. Page 11 Death of Mr Thomas John James. Presentation to Miss W Hopkinson leaving the service. Page 12 Wedding of Mr Joseph Sever and Miss Mary Shelia Jackson (pictured). Page 14 Death of Mr Edwin Saunders Hagger. Page 15 Retirement of Mr Jesse Nathaniel Abbott. No 4 April 1958 Cover photograph – scene from the Oakley Hunt. Page 2 Presentation to Mr J Bristow Jnr as a wedding gift to mark his leaving Hicks Works to become Production Officer at Stewartby. (For photograph see page 17 No 5 May 1958) Page 4 Photograph of old vehicles. Page 6 Death of Mr Alfred James Beard. Page 7 Photograph of the Bletchley table tennis team. Page 8 Retirement of the Chief Officer of the Stewartby Fire Brigade, Mr Chapman. Pictured with Mr D Haigh. Page 10 Retirement of Mr Frank Cooper – pictured with fellow workers. Page 12 Transport Dinner at Peterborough – photographed are Mrs J Rowe, Mr D MacGregor, Mrs D MacGregor, Mr B.A. Gentry, Mrs B Gentry, Mr W Frisby, Mrs W Frisby, Mr P.M. Baker, Mrs P Baker, Mr C Mace. Page 16 Death of Mr Charles Perrin Pages 17-18 Report on a talk given to the Phorpres technical Society on hydro-electric power. Page 19 Death of Mr George Henry Tinkler. Page 20 Retirement of Mr A.E. Brewster. No 5 May 1958 Cover photograph shows a scene from Maulden. Pages 2- 5 Report of a talk given to the Phorpres Technical Society on mountaineering given by Mr Eric Shipton, an explorer and mountaineer. Includes illustrative photographs. Page 7 Photograph showing Mr J.P. Bristow presenting Mr L.A. Saunders with cash following his suggestion made to the Company Suggestion Scheme. Pages 8-13 Report and Accounts of the Management Committee of the London Brick Company Limited Employees’ Sick Benefit Society. Weddings of Mr J Bristow to Miss Caroline Lawson-Johnston and Miss Marion Sybil Brown to Mr Michael Edward Geary (pictured). Page 15 Death of Mr F.A. Clarke. Page 17 Photograph showing the presentation to Mr J Bristow Jnr of a wedding gift (see page 2 No 4 April 1958) Page 18 Deaths of Thomas Marchant, Percy George Death, and Willaim Apthorpe. No 6 June 1958 Cover photograph shows Northill Parish Church. Page 3 Marriage of Mr J Bristow and the Hon. Caroline Lawson-Johnston. Includes photograph. Page 7-8 Report on the wedding and honeymoon of Mr and Mrs A Meakins (pictured). Page 9 Report on the function of the Maintenance Department. Pictured is Mr F Groom, storekeeper at Peterborough. Page 10 Death of Percy Frederick Milton. Page 11 Photograph following the dedication of the new Communion Plate at Stewartby Church. Page 14 Photograph and a report on steam wagons c.1930. Page 16 Death of Mr William Thomas Fincher. No 7 July 1958 Pages 2-7 Chairman’s Address to Stockholders. Page 8 Letter from Miss E Aird (ex-employee now leaving in Kenya) Pages 11-12 Part II of an article on the function of the Transport Maintenance Department. Photograph shows Mr W.G. Dennis checking tyre pressures. Page 13 Departure of Mr W.M. Shaw to take up a post with another company. Page 14 Marriage of Miss Eileen Ames and Mr Anthony George Worrall. Deaths of Mr Maurice Arthur George Jellis and Charles Russell Lowings. Page 17 Photographs showing firemen putting out a fire at Plowman’s Yard in Peterborough. Page 20 Death of Mr Joseph James Lacey. No 8 August 1958 Cover photograph shows cottages at Broom in Bedfordshire. Page 2 Retirement of Thomas McKenny (pictured). Page 3 Company’s Chief Technical Officer in Birthday Honours List – OBE for Mr Boxall (pictured). Pages 4-5 Report and photographs showing how the transport department fared in the February blizzard. Pages 8-13 Report and accounts of the Council of the London Brick Company Limited Social and Sports Association. Page 16 Death of William Joseph Watson. Wedding of Miss Shirley Hillyard and Mr Brian John Holmes. Page 17 Deaths of Mr J McDonald and Mr D.D. Housden. Page 18 report and photograph from the Calvert Family and Sports Day. Photograph includes Mr and Mrs R Goodwin. Page 19 Retirement presentation to Mr R Goodwin – pictured with Calvert staff. No 9 September 1958Cover photograph shows Ravensden Hill, Bedfordshire. Page 2 Retirement of Arthur Beard. Page 3 Marriage of Jennifer Mary Hersee and Mr John L Drapkin (pictured). Page 5 Death of Mr Walter Harris (pictured). Page 6 Retirement of Mr R.T. Page Page 8 Retirement of Mr H Wooding (pictured with Mr J Hilson and Mr S Odell.) Pages 10-11 Article of the function of the Transport Maintenance Department. Includes photograph of Mr W Harding. Page 14 Death of Mr Walter George Braybrook. No 10 October 1958 Pages 3-4 Farewell party for Mr R Goodwin (pictured with Sir Ronald Stewart) Page 5 Death of Mr J Neale. Pages 8-10 Article of the function of the Transport Maintenance Department. Page 11 Mr V Hackney (pictured) retires from the Parish Council. Page 14 Photograph of Mr Frisby and the contestants in the Billiards and Snooker Championship of the Peterborough Transport Department – P Mace, N Ramakrishnan, J Parrott and S.G. Linford. Page 15 Death of Mr Helmut Wittfield. No 11 November 1958 Cover photograph was taken in 1955 and shows Stewartby Lake. Pages 2-4 Report and photographs from the Works Fire Brigades annual drill. Those named are A.E. Hunter, Mrs Chapman and Mr R Clark. Page 5 Presentation at Hull to Mr A.E. Blake (photographed with colleagues) Page 8 Death of Jessie Dudley. Page 11 Deaths of Thomas Atkinson and Francesco Pacella. Retirement of Mr H Simpson. Page 13 Peterborough Works Fire Brigade success at the Peterborough Inter Works Drill Competition. Includes photograph. Page 15 Birth of John Charles Lowe. Retirement of Charles William Branscombe. Retirement of George Thorogood. Page 16 Marriage of Miss Doris Tyler and Mr Arthur West. Retirement of Miss Dorothy Podbury. No 12 December 1958 Pages 8-9 Article about the experimental and development work of the Transport Department. Page 10 Death of Jan Ruszecki. Page 11 Death of Giacomo Coladangelo. Leaving presentation for Mr R.G.T. Akins. Page 12 Deaths of Mr Harry Hodges, Mr Charles Brooks and Mr George Denny. Page 13 Marriage of Mr David Goodey and Miss Margaret Odell. Deaths of Reginald Frederick Holder and Edward John Lowe. Retirement of Arthur Maddison. Page 17 Deaths of Walter Storey and George Arthur Palmer. Marriage of Mr John Collin Jennings and Miss Marian Lathey. Page 19 Mr T Shipman leaving the company for Australia.

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London Brick Company,
Parker, Douglas,
Potkins, H G,
Tidy, George,
Fletcher, Charles William,
Barrett, Thomas,
Slack, Percy,
Osborn, John Edward,
Masucci, Tomasso Antonio,
Birch, Richard Eric,
Youles, Arthur,
Preston, Louis Charles,
Pratt, Joe,
Stewart, Ronald,
Furr, Charlie,
Smith, W H,
Bunker, George,
Causby, Francis Aubrey,
Anthony, John Thomas,
Askew, George Robert,
Brains, Arthur,
Parker, Robert Morris,
Rimes, John William,
Smith, Arthur John,
Chapman, Fred,
Lowe, William Charles,
Woodin, John George,
Godfrey, Herbert Alfred,
Watts, Frederick James,
Smith, Frederick Thomas,
Foster, Albert,
Goodman, Ted,
Rayner, A.,
Speechley, Robert William,
See, H A Charlie,
Fletcher, Janet Elaine,
Fletcher, David John,
Keep, Pauline,
Keep, Stephen Paul,
Spavins, Stanley,
Higgins, T D,
Spencer, R J,
Christian, Mateja,
James, Thomas John,
Hopkinson, W,
Sever, Joseph,
Jackson, Mary Sheila,
Hagger, Edwin Saunders,
Abbott, Jesse Nathaniel,
Bristow, J,
Beard, Alfred James,
Chapman,
Haigh, D,
Cooper, Frank,
Rowe, J.,
MacGregor, D,
Gentry, B A,
Frisby, W,
Baker, P M,
Mace, C,
Perrin, Charles,
Tinkler, George Henry,
Brewster, A E,
Shipton, Eric,
Saunders, L A,
Lawson-Johnston, Caroline,
Brown, Marion Sybil,
Geary, Michael Edward,
Clarke, F A,
Marchant, Thomas,
Death, Percy George,
Apthorpe, William,
Meakins, A,
Groom, F,
Milton, Percy Frederick,
Fincher, William Thomas,
Aird, E,
Dennis, W.G.,
Shaw, W.M.,
Ames, Eileen,
Worrall, Anthony George,
Jellis, Maurice Arthur George,
Lowings, Charles Russell,
Lacey, Joseph James,
McKenny, Thomas,
Boxall,
Watson, William Joseph,
Hillyard, Shirley,
Holmes, Brian John,
McDonald, J,
Housden, D D,
Goodwin, R,
Beard, Arthur,
Hersee, Jennifer Mary,
Drapkin, John L,
Harris, Walter,
Page, R T,
Wooding, H,
Hilson, J,
Odell, S.,
Harding, W.,
Braybrook, Walter George,
Neale, J,
Hackney, V,
Frisby,
Mace, P,
Ramakrishnan, N,
Parrott, J,
Linford, S.G.,
Wittfield, Helmut,
Hunter, A E,
Chapman,
Clark, R,
Blake, A E,
Dudley, Jessie,
Atkinson, Thomas,
Pacella, Francesco,
Simpson, H.,
Lowe, John Charles,
Branscombe, Charles William,
Thorogood, George,
Tyler, Doris,
West, Arthur,
Podbury, Dorothy,
Ruszecki, Jan,
Coladangelo, Giacomo,
Akins, R.G.T.,
Hodges, Harry,
Brooks, Charles,
Denny, George,
Goodey, David,
Odell, Margaret,
Holder, Reginald Frederick,
Maddison, Arthur,
Storey, Walter,
Palmer, George Arthur,
Jennings, John Colin,
Lathey, Marian,
Shipman, T

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