Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue
  • Reference
    Z41/LB9/5/25
  • Title
    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 25
  • Date free text
    Jan - Dec1960
  • Production date
    From: 1960 To: 1960
  • Scope and Content
    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 25 No1 January 1960 Cover photograph shows Stewartby in winter. Pages 2-4 Report on long service awards – includes photograph of Mr J.P. Bristow, Sir Ronald Stewart, Mr William George, Mr A.T. Worboys and Mr S Vickery. Page 5 Article (with photograph) by John Raisbeck of the Stewartby Driving Office who was selected to attend an Outward Bound Course. Page 7 Report on the Stewartby Operatic Society’s performance of Gilbert and Sullivan’s Patience. Photograph shows Brian Adams, Leigh Harris, Trevor Daw, Charlie Furr, Mrs Wiggle, Hazel Denton, Shelia Jones and Janet Tysoe. Page 9 Report of a talk given to the Phorpres Technical Society on recent developments in the gas industry. Pages 10-11 Head Office Cricket Club Dinner and Dance. Photograph of Mr Vickery presenting the “Yandle Trophy” to Mr M Rolph. Page 14 Spotlight on Mr R.H. Forster from Peterborough Stores – with photograph. Page 15 Looking back at 1959 – including a photograph of one of the new fleet of A.E.C. Mk V. Mammoth Majors. Page 17 Death of William Wright. Page 18 Retirement of Mr G.H. Hollis – pictured receiving his retirement gift from Mr Frank Moore. Page 19 Marriage of Miss Joan Malsher and Nr Cyril Copperwheat. Death of Mr G. Riddy. Page 20 Deaths of Mr A.J. Jakeman and Mr W Spencer. Page 21 Annual Dinner of the Arlesey Bowls Section with photograph. No 2 February 1960 Page 2 Retirement of Mr Peter Ferguson – with photograph. Pages 3-4 Close down of the last boiler at Hicks works – with photograph. Page 4 Appointment of new Company Secretary – Mr R.A. Curtis (pictured). Pages 5-6 Personal spotlight on Mr J.H. Hale from Stewartby – with group photograph. Also photograph of Mr A.F. Stone making the presentation on behalf of the Sick Benefit Society Management Committee. Pages 10-11 Photographs of Christmas parties. Queuing for Babes in the Wood, pantomime in Peterborough. Two Yugoslavian children in their national costume at Peterborough. Children at the Phorpres Club. Tea at Coronation. Arlesey children. Page 15 Retirements of Mr Frederick William Causby, Mr Albert Oliver Breed and Mrs Winifred may Pateman (pictured). Pages 19-20 Retirement of John Thomas Woods. Photograph of Mr Hackney, Mr Woods and Mr R Garratt. Page 21 Deaths of William Walter Witchard, Frederick Denton and Byron Frederick Colbert. No 3 March 1960 Pages 2-3 Peterborough Transport Department News – boat loading at Wisbech docks. Includes photographs. Page 4 Personal Spotlight on Mr L Long of Peterborough. Includes photographs. Pages 5-6 Report of a talk given to the Phorpres Technical Society by MR R Toye from the English Electric Society. Pages 10-11 Two photographs showing Fletton Engineering Shop in 1910 and 1960. Page 14 Retirement of Mr William Evans (pictured). Page 18 Photograph showing the finalists of the mixed doubles at the Bletchley Christmas Table Tennis Tournament – pictured are Mr A. Atwell, Mrs Hepworth, Mrs Hartwell and Mr A Coxage. Birth of a daughter to Mr and Mrs L Durrant. Page 19 Photograph of Mr C Watts wrapping up the presents for the Bletchley Children’s Christmas party. Photograph from the Warboys Children’s Christmas party. Page 20 Deaths of Robert Matthews, Arthur Ernest Gilbert and Jeffrey Francis Keep. No 4 April 1960 Pages 2-3 Report on a talk given to the Phorpres Technical Society on ‘The Application of Conveyors in Canadian Mines’. Includes illustrative photographs. Page 6 Photograph taken 1902/1903 at No 3 Kiln at Stewartby Works. Featured are S Faulkener, T Burraway, W Elliot, W Lowe, G Brightman, C Gillett, A Breed, S Moore, C Whittington, G Lovell, H.J. Bird, G Allen, F Hollis and C Tysoe. Pages 7- 12 Report and accounts of the Management Committee of London Brick Company Limited Employees’ Sick Benefit Society. Page 14 Retirement of Mr Robert Wisdom (pictured). Page 15 Photograph of Ann Dinnie who won the class for pianoforte playing, nine years and under at the Musical Festival in Bedford. Pages 16-17 Retirement of Mr Robert Catling (pictured). Page 18 Personal Spotlight on Mr J Eiffert, kiln foreman Clock House Works (pictured). Page 20 Deaths of Harry Gage, Christopher Edward Dineen, Bobolan Helnyk and William James Stevens. No 5 May 1960 Cover photograph shows a new A.E.C. lorry pictured at Calvert. Pages 2-4 Report of a talk given to the Phorpres Technical Society by Mr Tom Fallon, a former Chief Superintendent at Scotland Yard. Page 6 Report on the Works managers attending a conference at Buxton. Pages 9-10 Report and photographs from the Stewartby Bowls Club Annual Dinner Including Mr W Page, Mrs Page, Ted Shaw and Mr G.H. Forbes. Pages 10-11 Weddings of Miss Margaret Noble to Mr Robert Slater (pictured), Barry Simpson to Miss Shelia Conisbee (pictured) and Richard Jarrett to Miss Elizabeth Shaw. Page 12 Retirement of Mr Jack Smith (pictured). Page 13 Photographs from the Stewartby Hockey Club including Captain Bill Crosbie receiving the cup from Mr J Pattison and the successful team – Dennis Hartwell, Rodney Atkins, Don Hodges, Trevor Evans, John Adams, Bill Crosbie and Terry Brightman. Page 14 Retirement of Mr Fred Dunkerley, pictured receiving his gift from Mr R Payne. Page 16 Photograph of the Phorpres Darts team – G Bates, B Wilson, H Howe, O Taylor, R Birch, G Blenkinsop, R Tilley, T Spencer, C Flood, A Sawyer and D Limmage. Page 19 Deaths of Mr L Lane, Mr G.E.D. Vintiner, Mrs M.R. Hoe and Mr William Anthony. No 6 June 1960 Pages 3-5 Continuation of a report of a talk given to the Phorpres Technical Society by Mr Tom Fallon, a former Chief Superintendent at Scotland Yard. Page 9 Deaths of Mr Frederick Leslie McWade, Mr Thomas James Beckett and Mrs Kate Stonebridge. Pages 10-11 An Aerial photograph of Clock House Works. Page 12 Guide to the buildings shown on the photograph on pages 10-11. Page 13 Annual Dinner of Calvert Footballers. Photograph shows Mr D.J. Frost, Mr J.L. Hilliam, Mr R.J. Harding and Mr Tew. Page 14 Photograph from the Calvert Club Darts Section showing Mr Golding, Mrs Prell, Mr F Jackson, Mr J.H. Humphreys, Mr J Bourne and Mr P.H.O. Clutterbuck. Page 16 81st birthday of Mr W Carter. Page 17 Retirements of Mr A.E. Sharp and Mr W Walsh. Page 19 Photograph of the Phorpres Dance Orchestra 1938/9 – showing A Craig, F Whitworth, K Pollard, T Bennett and R Hill. Page 20 Photograph of the Transport Variety Orchestra c. 1938 – showing C Gilbert, A Saw, S Christian, R Atkinson, J Barfield, B Pettit, R Weldon and Mr A.C. Christian. No 7 July 1960 Cover photograph shows children’s sports event at Calvert. Pages 2-8 Chairman’s address to Stockholders. Includes illustrative photographs. Page 9 Personal spotlight on Mr S.P. Hodgson, Calvert Works – pictured. Pages 10-11 Photographs from the Annual sports and Family Day at Calvert. Those named include Mr Goodwin, Mr D Lawrence, the Great Horwood Silver Band, Mr Geoffrey Shakespeare and Mr Clutterbuck. Pages 12-13 Photographs taken at the International Ceramic Congress visits at Stewartby and Clock House. Page 14 Photograph showing the BBC filming at Stewartby. Page 15 Marriage of Enid Adams and Colin Smith (pictured). Page 16 Photograph of Robin Rowland at the National Boys’ Clubs’ Athletic Champiosnships. Page 20 Deaths of Herbert Joshua Cornwell and John Gordon Jenkinson. No 8 August 1960 Cover photograph taken on the Phorpres Ground on Peterborough Sports Day. Pages 2-6 Report on a visit by the Phorpres Technical Society to the factory of British Ropes Limited. Includes illustrative photographs. Pages 7-11 Annual report and accounts of the Social and Sports Association 1959-60. Page 17 Retirement of Bill Grant. Page 18 Retirement of Mr Herbert Bray. Christening of David William Hull. Miss Heather Barrett leaving to take up post as Shorthand Typist with NATO in Paris. Page 19 Death of Stanley Hesketh Greenhalgh Page 20 Photographs from Peterborough Sports and Family Day. No 9 September 1960 Cover photograph – the Ouse at Eaton Socon. Page 5 Photograph taken on a European Study Tour of Housing and Building Experts from Asia. Included are Mr J Rowe, Mr T Boxall, Dr G Whiting and Col. Dodson. Page 6 Photograph of a model of State House, Holborn, built using Phorpres products. Pages 10-11 Photographs from the Bletchley and Jubilee Family Day. Named in the photographs are Lynne Burrows and Mrs Forbes. Page 17 Marriage of Mr Ernest Reginald Abbott and Miss Margaret Guise. Page 19 Marriage of Dennis Hutchings and Miss Nora McGrath. Page 20 Deaths of Sergius Henman, Frederick Harper and Mr F.R. Hall. No 10 October 1960 Pages 2-3 Personal Spotlight on Mr N Hutchings, Peterborough District Office, photographed. Pages 4-5 Recollections of a former manager, Mr L.C. Thurley. Page 6 Visit of Hugh Gaitskell to Stewartby. Photographed with Mr Worboys, Mrs Gaitskell and Sir Ronald Stewart. Page 8 Aerial photograph of what was B.J. Forder & Sons Ltd., Pillinge Works (Stewartby) c.1922 Page 9 Aerial photograph of what was B.J. Forder & Sons Ltd., Elstow Works c.1922 Page 13 Photograph of flats in Salford built using Phorpres bricks. Page 15 Retirement of Albert Robinson, pictured. Page 16 Marriage of Mr Phillip Mace and Miss Barbara Winterton. No 11 November 1960 Pages 2-3 Photographs showing the alterations to Jubilee Works. Page 10 Marriage of Miss Nancy Dickens and Kenneth Hutchings (pictured). Page 12 Retirement G.H. Valentine. Page 14 Engagement of John Pywell and Miss Jennifer Ann Fairchild. Page 16 photograph of the Whittlesey Team, winners of the Rothschild Cup angling trophy – I Hart, D Oliver, J Hart and A McCulloch. No 12 December 1960 Pages 5-7 Report on the AGM of the Phorpres Technical Society. Photograph shows H.G. Brown, V Hackney, W.E. Robinson, A.C. Munton and J.H. Allen. Page 13 Photograph of Howard Hillier who was selected to attend “The Outward Bound” Mountain School at Ullswater as Part of the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme. Page 15 Retirement of Jim Bird (pictured). Page 16 Deaths of J Maloney, Thomas S Nott, Mrs M Speechley, Stewart John Savage and Bernard Stanley Revell.
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