Tag: Worthing Gazette

Worthing Gazette: Wednesday 2nd June 1937

French Officers’ Tour: To be entertained at Worthing: Next week several distinguished French Officers will arrive in England to make a tour of South Coast towns under the auspices of Lord Derby and the United Associations of Great Britain and France. During the tour they will visit Worthing. … Civic Reception: A particularly interesting programme has been arranged. They are to be entertained at Folkestone, Hastings, Eastbourne, Bognor Regis, Portsmouth and Southampton by the civic authorities and the local Branches of the United Associations of Great Britain and France. They are being entertained privately by Admiral Sir William Fisher, Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth, by Sir Robert Kindersley at Plaw Hatch Hall, Sharpthorn; and as the guests of Major Pinsent, the Mayor of Winchester, they are to be attend the Aldershot Coronation Tattoo. …

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GRO0528 Devonport: John Ryland Pinsent: 1888 – 1957

Worthing Gazette: Wednesday 18th January 1933

A Limerick Lace Train: The bride, who was given away by her father, was attired in white satin with a train of old Limerick lace, and carried a bouquet of white orchids, lilies of the valley, and myrtle. Her chief attendants were the Hon. Elizabeth Blades and the Hon. Janet Blades (her sisters), Lady Norah Jellicoe, Miss Christina Lyall and Miss Susan Baxter. Miss Philippa Hardie (her cousin), Miss Eileen Carritt, Miss Prudence Rowley and Miss Diana Davidson (daughter of Sir Nigel and Lady Davidson) wore four younger bridesmaids, and Master James Pinsent (cousin of the bride) was a page in Highland dress. The bridesmaids were dressed in peach coloured chiffon with brown velvet capes and sashes and carried wreaths of brown and yellow flown. The bridesmaids’ diamond paste clips were the gifts of the bridegroom. The best man was Mr. O. E. P. Wyatt. M.C. (brother of the bridegroom), and the ushers were the Hon. R. R. Blades, the Hon. D. Brodrick, Captain Massy, Captain F. Stobart, Captain Oliver Thynne, Captain P. T. Chevallier, D.S.O., M.C., Captain F. Drummond, M.C., and Commander Clive Pinsent, R.N. The Bishop of Chichester performed the ceremony, assisted by Bishop Golding-Bird, and the Rev. R. A. Waddilove. The hymns “Lead us Heavenly Father,” “O Perfect Love,” and “Praise my soul, the King of Heaven,” were sung during the service. The honeymoon is being spent in Italy. The bride’s travelling dress was of periwinkle blue silk with a coat to match, and a blue fox fur. On their return Lieutenant Colonel and the Hon. Mrs. Wyatt will take up their residence in Findon, at the house formerly known as Holmbush.

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GRO0157 Devonport: Clive Pinsent: 1886 – 1948
GRO0457 Devonport: James Macpherson Pinsent: 1925 – 1983

Worthing Gazette: Wednesday 18th January 1933

Lieutenant-Colonel Wyatt’s Wedding: His Bride the Hon. Margaret Blades: Distinguished Gathering at St. Margaret’s Westminster: … … Bride’s Presents: … (very long list including) … Commander and Mrs. Pinsent, cheque; the Messrs. Pinsent, dinner service. …

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GRO0157 Devonport: Clive Pinsent: 1886 – 1948
GRO1108 Devonport: Kathleen Jane Macpherson: 1895 – 1974

Worthing Gazette: Wednesday 17th March 1909

Caring for the Mentally Defective:  A Pathetic Movement: Special Local School Suggested: The work of caring for the mentally defective was brought prominently before the local public on Friday afternoon when a meeting was held at St. James’s Hall. There was a fair attendance, largely compound of ladies and all listened with much attention to the long but interesting address which was given by Mrs. Hume Pinsent of Birmingham, who was a member of the Royal Commission on the Care and Control of the Mentally Defective which sat last year and issued a voluminous report on the matter. … …  Mrs. Hume Pinsent to the audience, and that lady, in commencing her address, read a number of extracts from the report of the Royal Commission on the Mentally Defective. It stated that there were, in the country, 149,000 people who were mentally defective, which was one out of nearly every three hundred people. Out of this number 66,000 needed urgent provision, either in their own interest or in the interest of the community. What they wanted was unity of control and the continuity of the control. At the present time there was no authority for dealing with these people. They came into contact with many, but they were not under the control of any. The Royal Commission had advised special Schools for the mentally defective children, and it was said that at the present time there were 35,000 children in need of such education. There should be Special Schools and Special Teachers: If they adopted the proposal then they would find what it would lead to. Every child improved with care, and she had never known one to go wrong. Mrs. Pinsent then dealt at some length with the trouble that these defective people gave and detailed what a great amount of looking after they required. The adoption of the Royal Commission’s report would, she said, put an end to all the cases of neglect and cruelty: At their Homes at Earlswood the education lasted two years, and it was wonderful how they could be taught different things. They made mats and baskets and were quite proficient in their work. … (continues) …

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949

Worthing Gazette: Wednesday 3rd March 1909

A Deserving Cause: It is sometime since a meeting was held locally on behalf of the mentally defective, but it will be seen from our advertising columns that the cause is to be publicly advocated at St. James’s Hall on the afternoon of Friday the 12th inst. Miss Mellena Heale is taking a prominent part in the movement, and a long list of those who have promised their patronage is here made. Dr. J. Elsdale Molson is announced to preside, and the promoters are to be congratulated upon the fact that they have secured the presence of one so well qualified to deal with the subject under discussion as Mrs. Hume Pinsent who was a member of the Royal Commission of the Care and Control of the Mentally Defective:

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949