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Post by David Ashforth on Jul 17, 2019 19:49:04 GMT
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Post by finsobruce on Aug 6, 2019 7:09:08 GMT
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.
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Post by finsobruce on Sept 22, 2019 12:15:11 GMT
1908Reports 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".
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Post by finsobruce on Sept 24, 2019 12:48:57 GMT
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)
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Post by finsobruce on Nov 17, 2019 12:26:58 GMT
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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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2019 12:59:53 GMT
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!" |
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Post by finsobruce on Nov 17, 2019 13:11:53 GMT
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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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2019 13:17:42 GMT
"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. |
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Feb 15, 2020 21:06:44 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2020 9:05:28 GMT
July 30, 1990: Ian Gow assassinated by an IRA bomb planted under his car.
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Post by finsobruce on Aug 1, 2020 17:48:33 GMT
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.
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Post by neilm on Aug 22, 2020 17:31:43 GMT
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.
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Post by LDCaerdydd on Jun 20, 2022 13:26:46 GMT
1837. The death of William IV and the accession of an 18 year old Queen Victoria.
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Post by finsobruce on Jul 25, 2022 7:06:21 GMT
1937
Tolworth South by election result William George Ovenden (Ratepayer) 344 Frederick Basil Cox (Labour) 214 Norman Leslie Choules (Trader) 114
Mr Choules was a fishmonger, Mr Cox an upholsterer.
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Post by finsobruce on Jul 25, 2022 7:24:57 GMT
1938
It was reported that Labour had selected Theodore Besterman to stand against Anthony Eden in Warwick and Leamington.Like many candidates selected for the 1939/40 General Election that never happened, Besterman never got to the poll.
The Shields Daily News reported that he was "the only parliamentary candidate whose habit was breeding siamese cats". His prize cat was called Guyon Bibonzo, who would not be joining him on the campaign trail.
Besterman was interesting for more reasons than this as he was a skilled bibliographer and debunker of fraudulent mediums and other psychic phenomena. He wrote a biography of Voltaire and his collection of books and other research was eventually gifted to Oxford University.
His will included a substantial bequest to the British Humanist Association.
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Post by finsobruce on Aug 9, 2022 12:54:20 GMT
1892
The quarterly (!) meeting of Durham County Council saw Cllr Vitty move a resolution that the 'close time' for sea birds (which ran from August 1st to September 1st) be rescinded. This was he said, because working men could not go to the grouse moors and this would give them the opportunity to shoot more birds. He was supported by Mr J A Pease (MP for Tyneside 1892-1900, Saffron Walden 1901- Jan 1910 and Rotherham March 1910-17).
The Earl of Ravensworth opposed saying that "he would say a word on behalf of the birds" (Hon members 'hear hear'), "for one person who likes to shoot immature birds there were thousands who took a great interest in natural history and the natural habitats of these birds, which he had no hesitation in saying were useless once shot". He went on to say that "a 'sportsman' who called himself so and shot the birds in their immaturity was not entitled to the name of 'sportsman' ".
The motion was defeated
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Post by finsobruce on Aug 9, 2022 14:05:52 GMT
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. And both he and Edward Thomas who fired the first shot on the Western front in the same engagement, survived the war. |
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Post by finsobruce on Nov 11, 2022 11:44:23 GMT
1931
Prompted by the mention of George Sanders I found this :
From The Derby Daily Telegraph 2nd November 1931 (ok, i'm a couple of days late)
" Mrs Mary Saunders of Bank Cottages, Little Eaton, who died while her daughter was reading election results to her, was buried at Little Eaton churchyard yesterday".
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Post by gwynthegriff on Nov 11, 2022 12:14:27 GMT
1931
Prompted by the mention of George Sanders I found this : From The Derby Daily Telegraph 2nd November 1931 (ok, i'm a couple of days late) " Mrs Mary Saunders of Bank Cottages, Little Eaton, who died while her daughter was reading election results to her, was buried at Little Eaton churchyard yesterday". It's how we on here would all like to go surely? |
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Post by finsobruce on Nov 11, 2022 12:19:26 GMT
1931
Prompted by the mention of George Sanders I found this : From The Derby Daily Telegraph 2nd November 1931 (ok, i'm a couple of days late) " Mrs Mary Saunders of Bank Cottages, Little Eaton, who died while her daughter was reading election results to her, was buried at Little Eaton churchyard yesterday". It's how we on here would all like to go surely? I remember another story (from 1974 i think) about a woman talking about her late father who had died just before the election. She said she had waved the newspaper at him (Daily Mirror i think) saying "They say Ted Heath might get back in!" to try and get him to hold on long enough to vote, but it didn't work.  |
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