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Evening Despatch: Thursday 2nd July 1936

Birmingham Boys’ and Girls’ Union: Rebuilding of Kyrle Hall. The council of the Union gratefully acknowledge the following donations and promise under covenant which haven received up to and including 30th June, 1936, for the amounts as stated: … list of subscribers … includes … £500, Mr. R. A. Pinsent … Total of the above donations: £6,302 6s 6d: Mr. Roy Pinsent, who is doubling all donations up to £10,000 has given: £6,302 6 6d. Grant total to Date: £12,604 13s 0d.

Photograph: Scholars of the Dartmouth Street Senior Girls School gave “The Sylvan Glade” before their parents last night. This play won them the “Roy Pinsent” Shield, seen in the picture.

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GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948
GRO0768 Devonport: Roy Pinsent: 1883 – 1978

Western Mail: Wednesday 24th June 1936

Guest, Keen and Nettlefolds, Limited … (long review) … Lord Camrose’s Remarks … (speech) … On the motion of Mr. Roy Pinsent, seconded by Col. H. B. Sankey, a vote of thanks was passed to the chairman for presiding and to the chairman and board of directors for their careful attention to the interests of the company. The proceedings then terminated.

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GRO0768 Devonport: Roy Pinsent: 1883 – 1978

Evening Despatch: Friday 22nd May 1936

£25,000 Kyrle Hall: Generous Offer of Mr. Roy Pinsent: Rebuilding Scheme to Include Roof Sports Area: New Juvenile Centre: … Photograph: Mr. Roy Pinsent – who will double all donations to the Kyrle Hall Appeal up to £10,000: An appeal for £25,000 for the rebuilding of Kyrle Hall in Sheep-street Birmingham which, since 1911 when it was handed over by the Kyrle Society, has been the headquarters Birmingham Boys’ and Girls’ Union has been launched. When the hall is completed, it will be one the best-equipped centres of club work in the country. The call for funds is being supported by a personal appeal from the Duke of Gloucester and the Lord Mayor (Ald. S. J. Grey) and it has already received a very generous and public-spirited send-off by the offer of Mr. Roy Pinsent chairman of the Council of the Union to double all donations to appeal up to £10,000. The Lord Mayor message points out that Kyrle Hall has a record of over 40 years’ service among the boys and girls of the city and after stressing the importance which is nowadays attached to youth organizations says: “The work has outgrown its present accommodation and Kyrle Hall is to be rebuilt on modern lines. I trust that those who have the matter in hand will find a ready response to their appeal for the requisite funds.” … (continues at length) …

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GRO0768 Devonport: Roy Pinsent: 1883 – 1978

Birmingham Weekly Mercury: Sunday 26th April 1936

All-White Wedding of Town Clerk’s Daughter: Biggest Cathedral Church Event for years: Crowd Strains Cordon: Crowds waited in the rain yesterday afternoon to see Birmingham’s biggest and prettiest wedding for years when at the Cathedral Church Dr. Henry Bernard Davis Kettlewell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kettlewell was married to Miss Hazel Margaret Wiltshire, daughter of Mr. F. H. C. Wiltshire, the Town Clerk of Birmingham, and Mrs. Wiltshire … (description of event) … (list of those invited includes) … Mr. and Mrs. Roy Pinsent …

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

Evening Despatch: Saturday 25th April 1936

Women Mob Town Clerk’s Daughter at Wedding: Crowd’s Long Wait in the Rain: Pretty Retinue for Birmingham Pro-Cathedral Bride: “Silver Waterfall” Gown. Scores of women – many of whom had waited for more than an hour – surged across Colmore Row and surrounded her car when Miss Hazel Margaret Wiltshire, daughter of Mr. F. H. C. Wiltshire, the Town Clerk of Birmingham and Mrs. Wiltshire, of 2 Dorset House, Wellington Road, Edgabston, arrived at Birmingham Cathedral Church this afternoon for her wedding to Dr. Henry Bernard David Kettlewell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kettlewell. … (description of welling) … 400 Guests: After the ceremony a reception to which 400 guests were invited, was held at the Grand Hotel … (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

Evening Despatch: Monday 20th April 1936

Hospital Bequests: Warwick Man’s £16,000 Estate: Mr. Arthur Perks Thornley of Whitacre, Warwick, left estate valued at £16,118 with net personality £15,640. Probate has been granted to Roy Pinsent, of 6 Bennett’s Hill, Birmingham, the sole executor. … (list of bequests) …

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GRO0768 Devonport: Roy Pinsent: 1883 – 1978

Birmingham Daily Gazette: Monday 24th June 1935

Juvenile Actors: Proposed Children’s Theatre in Birmingham: A children’s theatre as part of Birmingham’s new civic centre was suggested by Mr. A. B. Lock (chairman, Juvenile Festival Committee) at the end of the ninth annual Juvenile Dramatic Festival at Lozells Street Commercial College on Saturday, arranged by the Birmingham Amateur Drama Federation. … …  Mrs. Boughton Chatwin presented St. George’s School with the challenge shield in the class for boys and girls under 15. Mrs. P. D. Innes presented the challenge shield to Oakley Road School (children under 11), the Roy Pinsent Shield to Dartmouth Street School (girls under 15), the Leon Salberg Shield to Chukery School, Walsall (boys under 15) and the Barry Jackson Shield to King’s Heath Institute Players (junior section) for children under 18. 

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GRO0768 Devonport: Roy Pinsent: 1883 – 1978

Chelmsford Chronicle: Friday 14th June 1935

The Late Miss K. M. Courtauld: The funeral of Miss Katherine Mina Courtauld, of Knights, Colne Engaine, whose death in her 79th year we reported last week took place on Saturday … (description of service and long list of mourners, including) … Mr. Roy Pinsent …

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GRO0768 Devonport: Roy Pinsent: 1883 – 1978

Evening Despatch: Thursday 22nd December 1932

The Round of Xmas Parties: The Carnegie Youths’ Clubs held a combined Junior Christmas party at the Hartfield Crescent Schools last Saturday … (continues) … Prize-Giving at Kyrle: The cups and medals won by Union Members during 1931-2 were distributed by the Chairman of the Executive, Mr. Roy Pinsent, at Kyrle Hall on Tuesday evening last. In a short chat to an audience of about 200 club members (boys), Mr. Pinsent talked about the need for careful handling of club equipment and for general thoughtfulness, in view of the financial position of the Union …

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GRO0768 Devonport: Roy Pinsent: 1883 – 1978

Birmingham Daily Gazette: Monday 21st January 1935

Warden’s Anniversary: Birmingham Boys’ and Girls’ Union Celebration: A number of old friends of the Birmingham Boys’ and Girls’ Union who are well-known in Birmingham attended the celebration at Kyrie Hall, Sheep-street, on Saturday evening to mark the fifth anniversary as warden of Mr. Peter Johnson. The evening was spent dancing, watching a cinematograph display of last year’s camp at Buildwas, and listening to a “broadcast” of club events of the last five years arranged by Mr. Arthur Taylor. Guests included Alderman and Mrs. J. Burman, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Pinsent, Capt. Elkington, and Capt. Thornton (National Association of Boys’ Clubs).

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GRO0768 Devonport: Roy Pinsent: 1883 – 1978