Tag: GRO0679

Lincoln Standard and Boston Guardian: 29th June 1918

Announcements: A marriage has been arranged and will very shortly take place between Roy Pinsent, R.E., eldest son of Mrs. and Mrs. R. A. Pinsent, of Selly Wick Birmingham, to Mary Tirzah, only daughter of Mr. E. Walls, of Burgh, Lincs.  …

[see also Lincoln Standard and Boston Guardian: 6th July 1918]

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Referenced

GRO0569 Devonport: Laura Proctor Ryland: 1855 – 1931
GRO0679 Devonport: Mary Tirzah Pinsent: 1897 – 1951
GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948
GRO0768 Devonport: Roy Pinsent: 1883 – 1978

Birmingham Daily Gazette: Monday 27th April 1936

Birmingham Town Clerk’s Daughter Married: All White Wedding at the Cathedral: Event Arouses Big Interest: Miss Hazel Margaret Wiltshire, daughter of Mr. F. H. C. Wiltshire, the Town Clerk of Birmingham, and Mrs. Wiltshire were married on Saturday at the Birmingham Cathedral Church to Dr. Henry Bernard Davis Kettlewell, the son of Mrs. and Mrs. H. Kettlewell of Edgbaston … (detailed description and list of attendees) … (includes) … Mr. and Mrs. Roy Pinsent …

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Referenced

GRO0679 Devonport: Mary Tirzah Pinsent: 1897 – 1951
GRO0768 Devonport: Roy Pinsent: 1883 – 1978

Birmingham Daily Gazette: Friday 18th October 1929

Birmingham’s Chief Social Event: Two Thousand Guests at Lord Mayor’s Dance … The ball given by the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress of Birmingham at the Council House last night was the outstanding and most brilliant social function of the current municipal year … … … (includes) … … Mr. and Mrs. Roy Pinsent:

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Referenced

GRO0679 Devonport: Mary Tirzah Pinsent: 1897 – 1951
GRO0768 Devonport: Roy Pinsent: 1883 – 1978


Birmingham Mail: Wednesday 24th June 1925

Birmingham Boys’ and Girls’ Union Institution: At Aldridge, about nine miles from the centre of the city, the Birmingham Boys’ and Girls’ Union has a delightful camp provided for them by Mr. Roy Pinsent. Every weekend, winter and summer, a party of children – at present the number is 60 per week, — spend a happy time in the camp, which is called the Woodlands, Bourne Vale, amid beautiful surroundings. The area occupied by the camp, or rather placed at the disposal of the union, is some 22 acres of woodland and meadow. Last evening Mr. and Mrs. Roy Pinsent and Mr. E. Fancott (organizing secretary of the union) were hosts to a number of folks from various parts of the city, to whom the beauties of the camp and its ideal surroundings came as a great surprise. …

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GRO0679 Devonport: Mary Tirzah Pinsent: 1897 – 1951
GRO0768 Devonport: Roy Pinsent: 1883 – 1978

Birmingham Daily Gazette: Wednesday 24th June 1925

Children’s Camp: This was the happy idea of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Pinsent and Mr. E. Fancott, who thus enabled a few invited friends to see the sylvan beauties of the camp where thousands of Birmingham children spend many happy hours. For there, at the Woodlands, Bourne Vale, near Aldridge, is the weekend camp of the Birmingham Boys’ and Girls’ Union.

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GRO0679 Devonport: Mary Tirzah Pinsent: 1897 – 1951
GRO0768 Devonport: Roy Pinsent: 1883 – 1978

Lincolnshire Standard and Boston Guardian: Saturday 1st May 1920

Fashionable Burgh Wedding: Rev. Charles A. W. Pain and Miss Evelyn Kendall: … (photographs and description of wedding and present list includes) … Mr. and Mrs. Roy Pinsent, tea service …

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GRO0679 Devonport: Mary Tirzah Pinsent: 1897 – 1951
GRO0768 Devonport: Roy Pinsent: 1883 – 1978

Gloucester Echo: Thursday 11th March 1920

National Hunt Race Ball: A Brilliant Revival: The National Hunt Race Ball before the war was, thinks largely to the enthusiasm and organizing skill of the late Captain de Pledge, one of the most brilliant of the many brilliant social events of those days, and its revival on Wednesday, the day of the National Hunt Steeplechases, was a splendid success. … … Five hundred tickets were sold, and the list of guests as compiled from the cards given up was as follows: … (list includes) … … Mr. Roy Pinsent, Mrs. Roy Pinsent … …

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GRO0679 Devonport: Mary Tirzah Pinsent: 1897 – 1951
GRO0768 Devonport: Roy Pinsent: 1883 – 1978

Birmingham Daily Post: Tuesday 4th July 1939

Tree Planted by Lord Mayor of Birmingham: Sir Patrick Hannon, M.P., and Lady Hannon held a reception at Magna Charta Island yesterday afternoon in honour of the Lord Mayor and Mayoress of London and the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress of Birmingham. Each Lord Mayor planted a tree to commemorate the triumphant visit of the King and Queen to Canada and the United States. Among those who accepted invitations were: … (a long list includes) … Mr. and Mrs. Roy Pinsent …

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GRO0679 Devonport: Mary Tirzah Pinsent: 1897 – 1951
GRO0768 Devonport: Roy Pinsent: 1883 – 1978

Birmingham Daily Post: Thursday 18th May 1939

Golf: Edgbaston: … Mixed Foursomes (Stableford Bogy): Three-eighths combined handicap: Mr. and Mrs. Pinsent – 23 + 15 ¼ … 38 ¼: … (followed by other results) …

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GRO0679 Devonport: Mary Tirzah Pinsent: 1897 – 1951
GRO0768 Devonport: Roy Pinsent: 1883 – 1978

Western Mail: Tuesday 4th January 1938

Funeral of Mr. C. H. Keen: Large Attendance at Birmingham Interment: The funeral of Mr. Charles Henry Keen, a director of Guest, Keen and Nettlefolds Ltd. of Guest Keen Baldwins Iron and Steel Company Ltd, and of numerous other companies took place on Monday at Harborne Church, Birmingham, conducted by the Rev. E. B. T. Farncomb, vicar of St. George’s, Edgbaston … … (Description of event) … …  Other Mourners: Also, present were: … (list includes) … Mr. and Mrs. Roy Pinsent …

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Referenced

GRO0679 Devonport: Mary Tirzah Pinsent: 1897 – 1951
GRO0768 Devonport: Roy Pinsent: 1883 – 1978