This day in.....

[David Ashforth]

[finsobruce]

1962

The Birmingham Daily Post announced that the Liberal party were planning to contest the Warwick and Leamington seat for the first time since 1945, and it was considered likely that the nomination would go to Mr Basil Gracey, a local solicitor.

The Liberal candidate in 1945 had been Walter Dingley who had also contested it in 1929. He had also been selected in 1931 but withdrew in favour of the National Government candidate, the sitting MP Anthony Eden. In 1935 Dingley contested Herefordshire. The candidate in 1964 was actually Peter Gibson the local Liberal agent.

It was an eventful year for local Liberals as they expelled (or rather asked to resign) one member for calling a local home for the mentally handicapped "nothing less than an asylum". They were also pushing to get more seats on Leamington town council to add to the two they already had. The sole Liberal on Warwick council Anthony Butcher, was the parliamentary candidate in both 1966 and the 1968 by-election.

[finsobruce]

1908

Reports from America indicated that the Republicans had raised worryingly small sums for the forthcoming Presidential election. Only £20,000.

Having been warned about their behaviour by President Roosvelt, the "trusts' were witholding their contributions.

There was supposedly much dissatisfaction with the Chairman of the National committee a certain Mr Hitchcock. He was to remain nominally at the head of things "but others will undertake much of the actual work".

[finsobruce]

1936

J.E.R wrote to the Sunderland Echo stating that "now the excitement of HMS Cairo is over we have seen our local representatives in their true colours". He went on "I venture to predict that there will be an entire change over from Socialism to Moderate representation, if we can only put into the field a band of responsible intelligent gentlemen whose first aim is not politics but to represent the ratepayers in a proper manner"

(he was referencing the forthcoming local elections to be held in November)

[finsobruce]

1868

The Chichester and West Sussex Journal carried the official notice from H.P.Crofts, Sherriff that he would on the 19th of November at 11 O'Clock proceed to the election of two knights to serve in parliament for the division.

The advert also carried dire warnings against bribery, which would make the convicted offender liable to "the punishment mentioned in that behalf in "The Parliamentary elections act 1868" and against treating and undue influence which would make convicted offenders liable to "the penalties mentioned in that behalf in 'The Corrupt Practises Prevention act of 1854".

Below this notice was an advert for William Barker's 'Family Mourning Warehouse" in Borough High St

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Nov 17, 2019 12:26:58 GMT finsobruce said:

1868

The Chichester and West Sussex Journal carried the official notice from H.P.Crofts, Sherriff that he would on the 19th of November at 11 O'Clock proceed to the election of two knights to serve in parliament for the division.

The advert also carried dire warnings against bribery, which would make the convicted offender liable to "the punishment mentioned in that behalf in "The Parliamentary elections act 1868" and against treating and undue influence which would make convicted offenders liable to "the penalties mentioned in that behalf in 'The Corrupt Practises Prevention act of 1854".

Below this notice was an advert for William Barker's 'Family Mourning Warehouse" in Borough High St

"This week only: TWO FOR ONE on black crepe! Stock up for the winter epidemic season!"

[finsobruce]

Nov 17, 2019 12:59:53 GMT @goodoldcause2 said:

Nov 17, 2019 12:26:58 GMT finsobruce said:

1868

The Chichester and West Sussex Journal carried the official notice from H.P.Crofts, Sherriff that he would on the 19th of November at 11 O'Clock proceed to the election of two knights to serve in parliament for the division.

The advert also carried dire warnings against bribery, which would make the convicted offender liable to "the punishment mentioned in that behalf in "The Parliamentary elections act 1868" and against treating and undue influence which would make convicted offenders liable to "the penalties mentioned in that behalf in 'The Corrupt Practises Prevention act of 1854".

Below this notice was an advert for William Barker's 'Family Mourning Warehouse" in Borough High St

"This week only: TWO FOR ONE on black crepe!" Stock up for the winter epidemic season!"

Sadly not far from the truth. Above it was an obituary for no less than half a dozen women from the local area who had died in childbirth, within the previous couple of weeks.

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Nov 17, 2019 13:11:53 GMT finsobruce said:

Nov 17, 2019 12:59:53 GMT @goodoldcause2 said:

"This week only: TWO FOR ONE on black crepe! Stock up for the winter epidemic season!"

Sadly not far from the truth. Above it was an obituary for no less than half a dozen women from the local area who had died in childbirth, within the previous couple of weeks.

Yes, traditionally around 1/30 to 1/40 childbirths would end in the mother's death, heavily skewed towards those having their first child.

[Davıd Boothroyd]

New twitter account is proposing to live tweet the 1970 general election 50 years on: twitter.com/election70

[Deleted]

July 30, 1990: Ian Gow assassinated by an IRA bomb planted under his car.

[finsobruce]

1889

The Gloucester Citizen reported that Sir Frederick Dixon-Hartland MP for Uxbridge [and previously MP for Evesham] had paired for the remainder of the parliamentary session and had 'left England for Norway' accompanied by Lady Hartland.

[neilm]

1914

Charles Hornby, commanding a patrol of the 4th Dragoon Guards, became the first British soldier to kill a German in the Great War.

At the start of a four year period where the tank, radio directed artillery and aerial warfare became the norm, his opponent carried a lance and Hornby dispatched him with a sword.

[LDCaerdydd]

1837. The death of William IV and the accession of an 18 year old Queen Victoria.