After the shooting, an adjournment was made to the Commercial Hotel, where a capital dinner was served by Host Fairweather, Mr. T. Major, being in the chair. The same gentleman presided at the “smoker” which was given at the hotel later in the evening … Mr. W. H Pinsent obliged in two songs, of “What do they mean by Ta-ra-ra-boom!” and the “Whistling Coon,” of which the latter was the better, this being sung by request. …
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GRO0897 Devonport: William Henry Pinsent: 1874 – 1949