Tag: May 1895

Western Times: Thursday 30th May 1895

The Bath and West of England Society: The Taunton Meeting: A Brilliant Day: Under a cloudless sky and an almost tropical sun, the annual exhibition of the Bath and West of England Society was opened at Taunton yesterday, and it will remain open until Whit-Monday … In the Poultry section … Mr. W. S. Pinsent of Newton Abbot, took 1st in a class for coloured Dorking hens. …

[see similar Exeter and Plymouth Gazette: Thursday 30th May 1895]
[see also Western Chronicle: Friday 31st May 1895]

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GRO0911 Devonport: William Swain Pinsent: 1843 – 1920

Express and Echo: Wednesday 29th May 1895

The Bath and West at Taunton: … (description of event) … Poultry. The judging of poultry was not over until late: Local successes: – … (includes) … Dorkings, coloured, hen, 1, W. S. Pinsent, Newton Abbot … …

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GRO0911 Devonport: William Swain Pinsent: 1843 – 1920

The Cornish Telegraph: Thursday 16th May 1895

Flora Day at Helson: Custom, Lord Beaconsfield, once said is stronger than law, and if proof of this were required, we would point to Helston Flora Days. Holidays are decreed by Act of Parliament, but none of them have succeeded in ousting the traditional May festival of that ancient borough … … Poultry … … Dorking, any variety, Cock – 1 and special, W. Swain Pinsent, Newton Abbott; 2 Alfred Luckin; 3, J. W. Nicholls and Sons, Wadebridge; h.c. Mrs. Sperling, Lew Trenchard and Ford and Slater, Swansea: Dorking any variety, Hen – 1, William Swain Pinsent; 2, Alf Luckin; 3 Edwin Jenkin, Constantine; v.h.c. William Swain Pinsent and J. W. Nicholls and sons; h.c., J. Hill, Lostwithiel, George Clift, Truro, and PD. Williams, St. Keverne …

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GRO0911 Devonport: William Swain Pinsent: 1843 – 1920

Exeter and Plymouth Gazette: Wednesday 15th May 1895

At Newton Abbot Petty Sessions yesterday, the case in which Messrs. Hexter and Humpherson of the Kingsteignton Potteries were summoned for non-payment of rates, the amount of which they disputed, was again adjourned. At the same sessions, Ambrose West of Kingsteignton, a youth, was fined 11s for keeping a dog without a license. Messrs. W. S. Pincent and Co., coal dealers of Newton Abbot, were fined the costs of the case against them for delivering coal short of weight.

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GRO0911 Devonport: William Swain Pinsent: 1843 – 1920