Tag: 1938

Birmingham Daily Gazette: Saturday 1st January 1938

Baronets: … … Mr. Richard Alfred Pinsent is one of the oldest solicitors in Birmingham, and a past president of the Law Society, of whose council he is the senior member. His sister-in-law, Mrs. Hume Pinsent, was the first woman member of the Birmingham City Council. Born at Devonport in 1852, he was educated at Amersham Hall, Reading, and at Edinburgh University. After being articled to Mr. Thomas Smith James he passed as a solicitor with honours and was a gold medallist. He became a partner in the firm of Pinsent and Co. in 1877. He was President of the Law Society 1918-19, chairman of its Statutory (Discipline) Committee, and president of Birmingham I.aw Society 1901-3 and 1926. An ex-officio member of the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce, he acted as chairman of its Law and Parliamentary Committee. He is a life governor of Birmingham University.

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GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948

Welsh Gazette: Thursday 22nd December 1938

Drama and Opera: Ardwyn School Performance: Having performed all the longer operas of Gilbert and Sullivan, Ardwyn County School pupils this gave a double feature programme consisting of one the shorter and perhaps not so well-known operas “The sorcerer” – and a one-act play “The House with the Twisty Windows” (Mary Pakington). … (as to the latter) … Lynn Davies, as Derrick More, told his fairy story well, and he was supported by Gwilym William, Gareth Pryse-Howell, Meg Lewis, Sheila Budge, Jim Pinsent and Ethel Williams, a body of actors of varying talent, some of whom was poor. …

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GRO0720 Tiverton: Philip James Noel Pinsent: 1921 – 2007

Evening Despatch: Tuesday 20th December 1938

Photograph: Here are guests at the Ford Works first Social Club dinner. Those present include Mr. Frank R. Ford, managing director, Mr. Roy Pinsent, chairman, Mr. Philip V. Gell, director, and Mrs. P. Wilson, secretary, of Frank R. Ford Limited.

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GRO0768 Devonport: Roy Pinsent: 1883 – 1978

Hampshire Advertiser: Saturday 17th December 1938

Stoneham Ladies v. Hockley Ladies: Stoneham Ladies’ gold team beat the Hockley team at Hockley by five matches to two.: … includes … Stoneham: Mrs. Chambers (3 and 2) 1, Mrs. Biddle, ½: Hockley Mrs. Tutt, 0; Mrs. Pinsent, ½: … continues …

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Western Daily Press: Wednesday 14th December 1938

Prospectus: Weston Foods Limited: … 750,000 x 6 per cent. Cumulative preference shares of £ 1 each at 21s per share: … (Willard Garfield Weston … (etc) … Solicitors to the Company: Pinsent & Co., 1, Clements Inn, London W.C. 2, and 6 Bennett’s Hill, Birmingham 2 … 

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Birmingham Daily Gazette: Wednesday 14th December 1938

Weston Foods Limited: … Prospectus … Solicitors … To the Company: Pinsent & Co., 1 Clements Inn, London, W.C. 2, and 6 Bennetts Hill, Birmingham 2.

[see also Western Mail: Wednesday 14th December 1938 & Bradford Observer: Wednesday 14th December 1938]

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Western Morning News: Tuesday 13th December 1938

Squash Rackets: … … Cranford v. Torbay Country Club: Cranford Club defeated Torbay Country Club in a match at Exmouth by 4 matches to 3. Results … (include) … J. R. Dennler lost to G. S. Pinsent, 7-9, 1-9, 8-10

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GRO0366 Devonport: Gerald Swain Pinsent: 1904 – 1993

Portsmouth Evening News: Thursday 8th December 1938

Winchester’s Schools’ Plan: Adopted by Large Majority: A special meeting of the Winchester City Council was held yesterday, when Major J. R. Pinsent, D.S.O., Chairman of the Education Committee, presented a scheme for the reorganization of the Senior Elementary Schools in the city. The approximate cost to the city would be £25,920, he said, and the loan charges at 5 per cent, for a period of 50 years would be £1,300 a year. Under the scheme the Danemark Council Central School would become redundant and would probably be used for A.R.P. work and a training centre for services on the lines of the Territorial Army. The Council, with four dissentients, adopted the following recommendations: That the City Council obtain sanction for loan of an amount not exceeding £30,000 for the erection of a new Church of England mixed school for senior pupils, of which 25 per cent, would be repaid by the Diocesan Authorities and 37 ½ per cent, by the Board of Education. Having regard to: The proposed closure of St. Mary’s, St. Thomas (and probably St. Faith’s) Schools, owing to the inadequacy of the buildings and playgrounds: the desire of the Church of England authorities to build a modern senior school under the terms the Education Act, 1936; and the intention the County Education Authority to re-organize and build a senior school at Winchester, thereby necessitating the discontinuance of Danemark a central selective school. … … …

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GRO0528 Devonport: John Ryland Pinsent: 1888 – 1957

Welsh Gazette: Thursday 8th December 1938

Christmas Tea: Mayor and Mayoress Entertain Women Legionnaires: There was a record attendance for members of the Aberystwyth branch of women’s section of the British Legion at their monthly meeting at the Parish Hall on Friday afternoon, when they were entertained to a Christmas tea by the Mayor and Mayoress (Alderman and Mrs. John). … … A vote of thanks to the host and hostess was passed on the proposition of Mrs. Stimson, seconded by Mrs. Pinsent …

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GRO0426 Tiverton: Hilda Mabel Pinsent: 1895 – 1957

Western Times: Friday 2nd December 1938

Uplowman: The funeral took place in Uplowman Churchyard, on Tuesday, of Mrs. Eliza Hurford, a former esteemed parishioner, whose death at the advanced age of 87 years, occurred at Wellington after a long and painful illness. Deceased was the widow of Mr. William Hurford, of Whitnage, Uplowman, a marine store dealer, who died in 1919. … (description of service and mourners) … Sympathisers present included Mrs. Palk (Whitnage), Miss Drew (Green Gate), Mr. S. Pinsent and Mr. W. Drew, Miss Hussey (Post Office) and Miss Thomas (Sampford Peverell) …

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GRO0807 Bristol: Sydney John Pinsent: 1891 – 1968