Tag: March 1925

Exeter and Plymouth Gazette: Friday 20th March 1925

More Asylums Wanted: Mental Deficiency Cases: the possibility of providing a colony for the care of mental defectives from Devon, Cornwall, Exeter and Plymouth was discussed at a conference held in the Guildhall, Exeter, yesterday afternoon, between representatives of the Board of Control, the Committee of the Starcross Institution, and local authorities of the Southwest. … … Village Green Idea: Mrs. Pinsent (Commissioner of the Board of Control) described the character of a colony it was desired to develop. The Government wanted it grouped around a village green with plenty of open-air accommodation for every group. It should be made a village community, more of a home than a barracks. There was one such colony established near Birmingham …

[see similar Western Morning News: Friday 20th March 1925]

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949

Western Morning News: Wednesday 18th March 1925

To-Day’s Football: Devon Wednesday League: … … Torquay Wednesday v Devon Motor Transport: At Plymouth. Torquay – Dukes, Burley, Mantle, Evans, Curtis, Cload, A. N. Other, Hannaford, Houghton, Pincent, Stidworthy …

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GRO0366 Devonport: Gerald Swain Pinsent: 1904 – 1993 (?)

Streatham News: Saturday 13th March 1925

New Plan at Mental Hospital: Opening of Extension Ceremony: Two innovations were mentioned at the four new pavilions of the Tooting Bec Mental Hospital on Tuesday afternoon. … (discussion) … among others present were … (list include) … commissioners of the board of control (Dr. C. H. Bond and Mrs. Pinsent) …

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949

Southwestern Star (London): Friday 13th March 1925

Tooting Bec Hospital Extension Opened: The vastness of the Metropolitan Asylums Board Mental Hospital at Tooting Bec Common was a revelation to many of the visitors who Tuesday afternoon took part in the opening of the extension buildings … (continues) … Disabilities of Old Age: Until recently such persons could not be admitted to the hospital unless they were first certified as insane. This formality – for it was a formality – had been done away with. … (list of attendees includes) … Mrs. Pinsent … 

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949

Stratford upon Avon Herald: Friday 27th March 1925

Local Dog Breeders at Law: Wellesbourne Lady sued: At the Birmingham Assizes, before Mr. Justice Salter, the hearing was concluded before a special jury of the action brought by Mrs. Hilda Cowan, wife of Lieut. Colonel Cowan, of Hyde Mill, Stow on the world, who sought damages from Mrs. Gladys Huntington, wife of Major Huntington, of Wellesbourne House, Warwick, for an alleged breach of warranty in regard to a Great Dane bitch. The parties are both well-known breeders of Great Danes … (complaint that defendant sold plaintiff a bitch infected with mange) … Mr. Wiles, (instructed by Pinsent and Co.) for the defendant … (jury deadlocked) …

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Streatham News: Saturday 13th March 1925

New Plan at Mental Hospital: Opening of Extension Ceremony: Two innovations were mentioned at the four new pavilions of the Tooting Bec Mental Hospital on Tuesday afternoon. … (discussion) … among others present were … (list include) … commissioners of the board of control (Dr. C. H. Bond and Mrs. Pinsent) …

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949

Exeter and Plymouth Gazette: Tuesday 10th March 1925

Devon and Cornwall Branch Surveyors’ Institution: The members of the Devon and Cornwall branch of the Surveyors’ Institution have held their spring meeting at the Rougemont Hotel, Exeter. The president of the Institution (Sir Edwin Savill) and the Secretary (Mr. A. Goddard, C.B.E.) both attended from London as guests. Mr. W. L. Wade-Dalton, of Plymouth (the branch Chairman), presided and the following other members were present: Fellows … (includes) … F. W. H. Pinsent …  (Mr. Goddard gave an address on the “Education of the Chartered Surveyor”) …

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GRO0322 Hennock: Francis Wingfield Homfray Pinsent: 1875 – 1948