Emsworth Echo Articles

Identifier

EMHT2019

Title

Emsworth Echo Articles

Description

Articles published in the Emsworth Echo Annual Bulletin

Creator

Various authors, mostly Members of EMHT or local researchers

Date

2002 until the present

Type

Document

Collection Items

Chalcrafts, 10 South Street
History of the Chalcraft family and plate of Emsworth Square in 1830s

R H Hazell's Dairy
Milk-round memories plus photographs of Lumley Mill Toll House and Westbourne Art and Framing Shop

Crabb, Emsworth Cockles and the Cold War
Schoolboy visit to Russian warship, cockle picking off Thorney Island and disappearance of Commander Lionel (Buster) Crabb

The Vietnamese "Boat People" on Thorney Island
Running a refugee camp plus generic photograph of Vietnamese refugees at sea awaiting rescue

Jutland - The Men of Emsworth
Battle of Jutland in 1916 and the 12 Emsworth men who took part and died with their ships. Includes map and photographs of HMS Queen Mary and Monarch, and of the Royal Marines aboard HMS Monarch.

Sid Kennett Retires After 49 Years' Service
Long service with Chichester Harbour Conservancy plus photograph of Sid Kennett

Emsworth Football Exhibition Extra
Research and results from temporary football exhibition plus photograph of Emsworth Wanderers Football Team 1908-9

J D Foster - Did he have it coming?
Court cases: Foster v. Warblington UDC and H Guilford Sprigg v. Warblington UDC. J D Foster and Jack Kennett, oysters, reputations and elections, three press cuttings

Emsworth's Titanic Baker
Farrenden family, their bakeries and life aboard RMS Titanic

Bishops come to Hampshire
Family history of Charles Bishop, publican, plus reference to Daniel Bishop

Another Postscript to the Gas Holder Story
Emsworth grocer Gerald Summers and Random, his golden eagle. Two photographs of Random, one in flight, the other as a fledgling

The Second Mrs Pink - Where there's a Will there's a Way
Researching the family history of Mary Ann Pink, second wife of William Pink

The Small World of PGW Connections
Ennoblement of David Willets MP (not as Lord Emsworth) and the real Jeeves

What Might Have Been
Development plans for Emsworth Railway Station plus two drawings

Emsworth ship bowls
Ceramic ship bowls comemmorating the "Lively of Emsworth" and "Providence of Emsworth"

The Oyster saga continued
Demise of the Emsworth oyster industry

Milk in Emsworth
Milk delivery and pasteurisation plus four photographs

Havant and District Directory 1937
Businesses in Emsworth. Highlighting Fogden's, a general and fancy draper

Archivists' Report No. 46 (Banking in Emsworth)
Third item in report lists sites of banking activity in Emsworth. Includes town map.

Two Prehistoric Axes
Detailed description of two hand-held stone and flint axes plus two photographs.
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