Tag: 1939

Western Times: Friday 10th February 1939

Uplowman: A new piano for Uplowman day school has been the ambition of Miss Yeoman (headmistress) and the school managers for some considerable time and many commendable efforts have been made to this end. The piano was on view in the schoolroom on Friday, when another whist drive was held for this purpose, and a further £2 10s realised for the fund. Door steward and M.C. was Mr. F. Norman: Prize winners were Ladies, 1, Mrs. S. Fowler; 2, Mrs. Willis; 3, Miss V. Harris; consolation, Miss B. Disney: Gentlemen: 1, S. Pinsent; 2, G. Bourne; 3, J. Langdon; consolation, J. Bourne: Miniature, Mrs. S. Fowler; mystery Miss F. Cleeve; most fives, Mr. Redwood …

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GRO0807 Bristol: Sydney John Pinsent: 1891 – 1968

Hampshire Telegraph: Friday 10th February 1939

Hampshire’s Fine Response: Recruiting Drive: Meeting of National Service Committee: The Lord Lieutenant (Lord Mottistone) presided over the first meeting of the Hampshire County Committee for National Service at Winchester on Monday afternoon, supported by Mr. C. L. Chute, Chairman of the county Council and Chairman of the County Committee: Lord Mottistone spoke of the urgency and importance of the efficient organization of national defence, and said it had been suggested that such service should be compulsory, but even in countries which had conscription, it was not … (continues) … List Compiled: A list, compiled in consultation with chairmen of councils and mayors of boroughs was approved for panels, subject to the people nominated being willing to serve, and the Chairman was authorized to add to the list. Major J. R. Pinsent, D.S.O., (Winchester) was appointed Vice-chairman of the County Committee. It was decided that an appeal for national service should be issued over the signatures of the Lord Lieutenant and the Chairman … (continues) … 

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GRO0528 Devonport: John Ryland Pinsent: 1888 – 1957

Portsmouth Evening News: Tuesday 7th February 1939

Hampshire’s Fine Response: Recruiting Drive: Meeting of National Service Committee: … (committees to be set up to encourage recruitment to services) … List Compiled: A list, compiled in consultation with chairmen of councils and mayors of boroughs was approved for panels subject to the people nominated being willing to serve and the Chairman was authorized to add to the list: Major J. R. Pinsent D.S.O. (Winchester) was appointed Vice-Chairman of the County Committee …

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GRO0528 Devonport: John Ryland Pinsent: 1888 – 1957

Tamworth Herald: Saturday 4th February 1939

Re. Lucy Loach, Deceased: PURSUANT to the Trustee Act, 1925, all Persons having Claims against the Estate of Lucy Loach, late of 30, Woodlands Farm Road, Erdington, Birmingham, Widow, deceased (who died on the 22nd December, 1938, and whose Will was proved in the Birmingham District Registry on the 23rd January, 1939, by Ethel May Silver and Florence Elsie Mitchell, the executrices therein named), are required to send particulars thereof to us the undersigned before the 15th day of April, 1939, after which date the said Estate will be distributed having regard only to the claims of which the said Executrices shall then have had notice: DATED this 3rd day of February, 1939: PINSENT & CO., 6 Bennetts Hill, , Birmingham, 2, Solicitors for the said Executrices.

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Somerset Standard: Friday 20th January 1939

New Abbot of Downside Enthroned: Historic Scene in Famous Abbey: Bishop of Clifton Officiates; Catholics from far and near attended the enthronement of Dom. Sieglhert Trafford (Prior of Worth) as Abbot of Downside Abbey at Stratton on the Fosse on Saturday Morning. The ceremony, which was from the Roman Pontifical, was that which has been in use since the 12th Century and was conducted in Latin. The service, rich in symbolic ritual, was carried through with a traditional ceremony … (discussion of the event and list of attendees) … (Long list includes) … B. H. Pinsent.

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GRO0085 Devonport: Basil Hume Pinsent: 1911 – 2000

Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette: Saturday 21st January 1939

Downside’s New Abbot Enthroned: 12th Century Ritual: Procession of Great Magnificence: Kisses of Peace: Downside Abbey and the hill country about it was shrouded in a thick mist on Saturday and through this shroud with lamps aglow there came to the Abbey many cares bearing those who would witness the blessing of the Downside’s new Abbot, the Very Rev. Ralph Sigebert Trafford … (description of event and service) … The following is a list of guests … (long list, includes) … Mr. B. H. Pinsent …

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GRO0085 Devonport: Basil Hume Pinsent: 1911 – 2000

Somerset Guardian and Radstock Observer: Friday 20th January 1939

Downside’s New Abbot Enthroned: … (detailed description of event) … the Guests … (long list includes) … Mr. B. H. Pinsent …

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GRO0085 Devonport: Basil Hume Pinsent: 1911 – 2000

Kent and Sussex Courier: Friday 20th January 1939

Borough of Royal Tunbridge Wells: Mayor’s Christmas Dinners at Home Fund: Final List of Subscribers: … 10s  0d, … (long list includes) … Mrs. Pinsent …

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GRO0281 Devonport: Ethel Mary Philomena Whitelaw: 1869 – 1955

Bristol Evening Post: Wednesday 18th January 1939

Harris Leads in “Break” Race: Six Bristol League Centuries: Bristol Temperance Clubs Billiards League offer their congratulations to R. H. Batemam, C. L. Stock, and T. J. Barrett, who will represent the Bristol Area in the London competition proper of the English Amateur Championships for Billiards and Snooker. …

Division IV: … Best Breaks: … (list includes) … S. Pensent (Vaughan), 25, 20, … (continues) …

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Bristol Evening Post: Friday 13th January 1939

Are You of the Easy Chair on Either Side of the Fire and Sett in front of it Cult? Are Bristolians lacking in a sense of beauty? And have they as yet failed to realize the full amount of satisfaction they can get from their homes? The answer to all these questions, according to Dr. Marie Jahoda, eminent Viennese socio-psychologist, are in the affirmative. Before the German occupation of Austria, Dr. Jahoda was in charge of the Institute for Social and Economic Research in Vienna, at the head of 160 workers engaged in market research. She had been in England for over a year, and for the last five months has lived in Bristol and has been carrying out (under the auspices of Mrs. Crofton Gane) a scientific investigation concerning the type of furniture which people like to have in their houses and the reasons why they purchase it. Next week she is taking up the Pinsent – Darwin studentship at Cambridge University and will spend three years working on psychological and social problems. …

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