Blackpool 1937
Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2021 6:52 pm
Another bumper crop from the BNA.
I have found a forename for Miss K. Austin. The Middlesex County Times - Saturday 11 January 1936 p.18 has her on board 3 for John Lewis in the London Commercial League. The 1939 England and Wales Register has...
Name: Katharine Austin [Katharine Sugden]
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Single
Birth Date: 12 Jul 1910
Residence Date: 1939
Residence Place: St Marylebone, London, England
Occupation: Head Staff Supervisor
...at Flat 14, 19a Cavendish Square, which was is where John Lewis is located.
Can it be a coincidence that another resident (at Flat 15!) was chess player, Eric Coad-Pryor?
The only L. Mullen in East London/Essex who fits the bill is...
Name: Laurence Mullen
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
Birth Date: 2 Nov 1914
Residence Date: 1939
Address: 63 Folkestone Road
Residence Place: East Ham, Essex, England
Occupation: Senior Order Clerk Knitting Wool
His opponent, C. H. Taylor was...
Name: Charles H Taylor
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
Birth Date: 10 Jun 1874
Residence Date: 1939
Address: Ash Lane Wyke Miller
Residence Place: Wells, Somerset, England
Occupation: School Master ??
From the Wells Journal - Friday 11 March 1960 p.5
Well-known Chess player: Death of Mr. C. H. Taylor
The death occurred on Tuesday of Mr. Charles Henry Taylor, formerly of "Wyke Wilber." Ash lane, He was 85 and had been in failing health for some time.
A native of Newton Abbot he joined the teaching profession in the Devon town and for some years was Head Master at Broad Windsor, Dorset. he resigned that appointment to take up a teaching post under the London County Council.
On his retirement he came to Wells with his sister. Miss Jessie Taylor who was also a member of the teaching profession and was for many years Headmistress of St. John's School, Glastonbury. She died in January of last year, aged 86.
Mr. Taylor was well-known in chess circles and had much to do with the formation of the Wells Chess Club. He was a player of national repute. Until his illness he was a regular attendant at the Cathedral and a member of the Confraternity of St. Andrew. For some years he acted as secretary and treasurer of the "Diocesan Gazette." He was also a member of the Wells Archaeological Society.
The funeral takes place this Friday. A service will be held at the Cathedral at 11.30 a.m., followed by interment at Glastonbury Cemetery.
I have found a forename for Miss K. Austin. The Middlesex County Times - Saturday 11 January 1936 p.18 has her on board 3 for John Lewis in the London Commercial League. The 1939 England and Wales Register has...
Name: Katharine Austin [Katharine Sugden]
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Single
Birth Date: 12 Jul 1910
Residence Date: 1939
Residence Place: St Marylebone, London, England
Occupation: Head Staff Supervisor
...at Flat 14, 19a Cavendish Square, which was is where John Lewis is located.
Can it be a coincidence that another resident (at Flat 15!) was chess player, Eric Coad-Pryor?
The only L. Mullen in East London/Essex who fits the bill is...
Name: Laurence Mullen
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
Birth Date: 2 Nov 1914
Residence Date: 1939
Address: 63 Folkestone Road
Residence Place: East Ham, Essex, England
Occupation: Senior Order Clerk Knitting Wool
His opponent, C. H. Taylor was...
Name: Charles H Taylor
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
Birth Date: 10 Jun 1874
Residence Date: 1939
Address: Ash Lane Wyke Miller
Residence Place: Wells, Somerset, England
Occupation: School Master ??
From the Wells Journal - Friday 11 March 1960 p.5
Well-known Chess player: Death of Mr. C. H. Taylor
The death occurred on Tuesday of Mr. Charles Henry Taylor, formerly of "Wyke Wilber." Ash lane, He was 85 and had been in failing health for some time.
A native of Newton Abbot he joined the teaching profession in the Devon town and for some years was Head Master at Broad Windsor, Dorset. he resigned that appointment to take up a teaching post under the London County Council.
On his retirement he came to Wells with his sister. Miss Jessie Taylor who was also a member of the teaching profession and was for many years Headmistress of St. John's School, Glastonbury. She died in January of last year, aged 86.
Mr. Taylor was well-known in chess circles and had much to do with the formation of the Wells Chess Club. He was a player of national repute. Until his illness he was a regular attendant at the Cathedral and a member of the Confraternity of St. Andrew. For some years he acted as secretary and treasurer of the "Diocesan Gazette." He was also a member of the Wells Archaeological Society.
The funeral takes place this Friday. A service will be held at the Cathedral at 11.30 a.m., followed by interment at Glastonbury Cemetery.