Journal No. 300 – Jan 2025

£5.95

The Society’s Beginnings Cameron Brown …………………………………. 4

Happy Hundredth Birthday Pat Clack!………………………………………… 7

The Broadmeads Drownings of 1924 Alan Cooper ……………………… 8 Ripley Casualties of World War II Alan Cooper………………………… 10

Local News Cameron Brown …………………………………………………… 13 Hautboy Memories Ditz Brown………………………………………………….14

Horsley Towers and the Electricity Council Alan Cooper …………… 16 Bygone Days Cameron Brown …………………………………………………. 18 Jovial Sailor Stoneware Flagon Alan Cooper……………………………… 19

50th Anniversary Quiz Alan Cooper and Janet Tice ……………………. 20

Who Are They? Ditz Brown……………………………………………………… 24

William Harvey – The Ladieswear Specialist Nicholas Bale………… 26

The Life and Ancestry of Talbot Bashall – Part 1 Alan Cooper…….. 28 Tombstones with Local Links Clare McCann …………………………… 32

plus regular features including: Editorial, Museum News, New Publications,

40 Years Ago, Recent Additions to the Archives, Where Is It? / What Is It?