Flora Day at Helson: Custom, Lord Beaconsfield, once said is stronger than law, and if proof of this were required, we would point to Helston Flora Days. Holidays are decreed by Act of Parliament, but none of them have succeeded in ousting the traditional May festival of that ancient borough … … Poultry … … Dorking, any variety, Cock – 1 and special, W. Swain Pinsent, Newton Abbott; 2 Alfred Luckin; 3, J. W. Nicholls and Sons, Wadebridge; h.c. Mrs. Sperling, Lew Trenchard and Ford and Slater, Swansea: Dorking any variety, Hen – 1, William Swain Pinsent; 2, Alf Luckin; 3 Edwin Jenkin, Constantine; v.h.c. William Swain Pinsent and J. W. Nicholls and sons; h.c., J. Hill, Lostwithiel, George Clift, Truro, and PD. Williams, St. Keverne …
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GRO0911 Devonport: William Swain Pinsent: 1843 – 1920