People

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See also War Memorial

 

L-R Bernard W Pankhurst (70), Douglas J Pankhurst (74) -both with glasses and Bert Stubbings (85)
L-R Bernard W Pankhurst (70), Douglas J Pankhurst (74) -both with glasses and Bert Stubbings (85)  (taken Dec 1969)

 

Keith Davidson, two ladies unknown, Susan Pigott and Rev. Bounds - seated
Keith Davidson, two ladies unknown, Susan Pigott and Rev. Bounds – seated

 

L-R: Miss Cherry, Susan Pigott behind Keith Davidson. Other two gentlemen not known. Sept 1960
L-R: Miss Cherry, Susan Pigott behind Keith Davidson. Other two gentlemen not known. Sept 1960

 

Location not known - but Powder Mills ? George Card is marked with an 'X' on the photo.
Location not known – but Powder Mills ? George Card is marked with an ‘X’ on the photo.

 

Powder Mills - Cricket Club
Powder Mills – Cricket Club

 

Powder Mills Rifle Club, winners of the KCRA Kilara Cup: the Tonbridge and District Miniature Cup; and the Robinson Challenge Cup. Noel Jempson, publican of The Plough, is bottom row, second from left - see arrow. Alfred Batchelor is top row fourth from left, when looking straight at the picture.
Powder Mills Rifle Club, winners of the KCRA Kilara Cup: the Tonbridge and District Miniature Cup; and the Robinson Challenge Cup. Noel Jempson, publican of The Plough, is bottom row, second from left – see arrow.
Alfred Batchelor is top row fourth from left, when looking straight at the picture.

 

 

Agnes Maria Heath
Agnes Maria Heath
William Egerton Hine 1852-1926
William Egerton Hine 1852-1926

 

Heath/Richardson photograph - possibly Agnes with her mother?
Heath/Richardson photograph – possibly Agnes with her mother?

 

Agnes Mary Heath
Agnes Mary Heath

 

Agnes MaryHeath with daughters, Florence and Maud
Agnes MaryHeath with daughters, Florence and Maud

 

Albert Hodsoll Heath
Albert Hodsoll Heath

 

 

Maud Heath
Maud Heath

 

Albert Hodsoll Heath
Albert Hodsoll Heath

 

Florence Heath in Study at Woods
Florence Heath in Study at Woods

 

 

Agnes Maria Heath
Agnes Maria Heath

 

Edith Hine - nee Heath
Edith Hine – nee Heath

 

Fred Faircloth, with grandson, Bob Hinge ca 1948
Fred Faircloth, with grandson, Bob Hinge ca 1948

 

Barbara Faircloth in middle; with Mr Moon - and his war effort girls. Approx 1942.
Barbara Faircloth in middle; with Mr Moon – and his war effort girls. Approx 1942.

 

Mary Stubbins, daughter of Bert Stubbins ca 1960?). She married Ben Fagg.
Mary Stubbins, daughter of Bert Stubbins ca 1960?). She married Ben Fagg.

 

Wedding of Frank Older and Margaret Wallis 7 Dec 1940

 

George Grevatt 1896-1976
George Grevatt 1896-1976

 

Golden Wedding of Frank and Margaret Older 1990

 

Harry Faircloth 1856-1929
Harry Faircloth 1856-1929

 

Alfred Sales 1837-1928
Alfred Sales 1837-1928

 

Rt Hon Lord Hollenden officiating at Leigh British Legion Children’s Sports 10 July 1948

 

Godfrey Hine in uniform

 

Samuel Morley (from painting – artist unknown)

 

Wedding of Frank (Albert Frank) Humphrey and Nancy Levett 7 April 1934 in Buxted, Sussex.

 

Annie Humphrey and son Frank, Leigh Green

 

 

Golden Years Group sent to the Society by Jennie James, descendant of Albert Charles Humphrey

 

Leigh Green August 1940. L-R: William Wilkins – father of Emily Fitzjohn and Phoebe Card; u/k; Mr Wells; Mr Ike Ingram

 

Leigh Church School ca 1931 – given to the Historical Society by Margaret Pyle, niece of J Fitzjohn who is shown in the picture.

 

John and Sarah Hounsom who lived at Rose Cottage

 

William Denny, father of Margaret Pyle – whose mother was Peggy Fitzjohn – taken near front gate of Park Cottage – Rose Cottage is in the background.

 

L-R: Miss Minnie Brooker; Mrs Emily Fitzjohn; Mrs Penny Brooker

 

Left: Mrs Phoebe Card; right: Mrs Emily Fitzjohn

 

Emily Fitzjohn with daughters: Peggy, standing and Ethel ca. 1917

 

Fred and Emily Fitzjohn at 1 Park Cottages, High Street, Leigh ca. 1947

 

Leigh ca. 1890: James and Susan Fitzjohn with son Frederick born June 1883: taken at 1 Park Cottages, Leigh.

 

 

Eric Bridgen and Lord Geoffrey Hollenden

 

Charley King working in Leigh Forge, 1958. (Father of Peter King)
James Henry Jones and wife, Polly nee Rumley), licensees of The Fleur de Lis Hotel 1911-1921

 

 

 

Back row, left to right: C or T Lee; unknown; unknown; Frederick Fitzjohn (foreman); Mr Hills (under manager)
Front row, left to right: Charlie Hayter (tester); Mr Evelyn (manager); unknown; unknown
Note: on the photo, as is usual in this period, the working men are given christian names and managers are called ‘Mr’.
John Evelyn was the manager of the whole gunpowder mills from 1920 until 1934 when the works were moved by ICI to Scotland. John Evelyn and a few of the other workers moved to Scotland.

 

Barry Gardiner

 

Farewell Party held for Rev. John Bounds in the Large Village Hall. Some of the people in the picture (from left to right): Juliet Houghton (red skirt), ? (boy in brown sweater), Mary Bounds (tall lady), lady, lady, man, Rev John Bounds, Betty Crawford, Vera Ingram, Geoff Hitchcock, Harry Lucas

 

Laying the Foundation Stone for the new Vicarage on 9 December 1961 by Lord Hollenden. Some of the people present were (from left to right): Marie Tansley (in woolly hat), Rosemary Magmill (headscarf), Betty Crawford, Val Kinch (in coat), Hilary Maginns (hands on hip), ? (man with umbrella), Rev Bounds, ? (churcman), Lord Hollenden, ? (young man at back), Harry Lucas, ? (man leaning forward), Eddie Crawford, (in dark suit), Christopher Bounds, ?other Bounds children. Photograph published by Kent and Surrey Courier

 

Leigh Cricket Club, Isaac Ingram, 1938

 

Leigh Cricket Club, about 1899

 

 

Back row: C. Dyson H. Lucas W. Gibbons (Headmaster), A. Denton, F. Clark, K. Frost, L. Lucas A. Humphery, S. Clifton, G. Nixon
Front row: G. Hitchcock, F. Older, D. Jenner, F. Selden, R. Brooker, V. Fry

 

Charlotte Bourner, pictured on the stairs at Forge Square

 

Leigh Fire Brigade, circa 1947
Back Row (L to R): Fred Holden, Arthur Hall, Charlie Ingram, Fred Faulty
Front Row (L to R): Bert Stubbins, Bill Fairclough, Lil Pankhurst, Bernard Pankhurst, Bill Sellings

 

PC George Cornelius (born 1897)
Photo c.1921 when first made a Police Constable, with his first world war medals
Leigh Police Constable c1937 -48

 

PC Philip W Stevens

 

 

Rev Octavius Walton, vicar of Leigh 1906-1918, a keen photographer wins and loses a game of chess!

 

 

 

Thomas Sturgess, churchwarden 1859-1901

 

Mrs Selden at church

 

Norman, Stanley and Violet Greyland, late 1920s

 

Part of the Broad family

 

Gladys Axtell feeding the ducks

 

Gladys Axtell washing milk buckets in old kitchen at Great Barnetts.

 

Leigh Royal British Legion Table Tennis Club Team D won Division Two, Tonbridge and District League and promoted in year 2001/02
Graham Eade, Clive Harding, John Batchelor

 

Leigh Royal British Legion Table Tennis Club Team C won Division Two, Tonbridge and District League, 2000
Malcolm Coles, Andrew Everett, Andrew McCarthy, John Knock

 

Leigh Royal British Legion Table Tennis Club Team B in Division Two, Tonbridge and District League, 2000
Toby Massey, John Butler, Ted Houghton

 

Leigh Royal British Legion Table Tennis Club Team A in Division One, Tonbridge and District League, 2000
Roger Pingram, Mike Anderson, Paul White

 

Juliet and Andrew Houghton playing table tennis for England v Japan, 21 January 1986

 

Prefabs at Charcott with Jill Sheldon

 

PC Bob Woolett with an unexploded bomb found on Hever Golf Course

 

Bell ringers, 31 October 1931, probably taken to celebrate the installation of the sixth (treble) bell. From left to right: Bernard Pankhurst, Charlie Ingram, Stan Denton, Miss Lillian Passingham, Wliiam Card, Bert Stubbings

 

Rev and Mrs Octavius Walton. Photograph from the album of Rev. Octavius Walton (vicar of Leigh 1906-18)

 

Lily Passingham 1913, taken by Rev. Walton. The trick image of the two "Lilys" was created by the Rev. Walton
Lily Passingham 1913, taken by Rev. Walton. The trick image of the two “Lilys” was created by the Rev. Walton

 

Wedding of Bernard Pankhurst and Lily Passingham 1932 (surrounded by members of Leigh Fire Brigade)
Wedding of Bernard Pankhurst and Lily Passingham 1932 (surrounded by members of Leigh Fire Brigade)

 

 

Photograph - unknown - given to Society by Gill Walters, granddaughter of Douglas Pankhurst. If you recognize this image, please let the society know.
Photograph – unknown – given to Society by Gill Walters, granddaughter of Douglas Pankhurst. If you recognize this image, please let the society know.  Contact the Society.

 

Photograph given to Society by Gill Walters, granddaughter of Douglas Pankhurst. People and event unknown. If you recognize any of the people or for what event the cup was awarded, do please let the society know.
Photograph given to Society by Gill Walters, granddaughter of Douglas Pankhurst. People and event unknown. If you recognize any of the people or for what event the cup was awarded, do please let the society know. Contact the Society.

 

Ken Parritt, who used to run the village shop before the Johnsons, selling ice cream on the village green. (Photo given to Society by Sandra Nichols)
Ken Parritt, who used to run the village shop before the Johnsons, selling ice cream on the village green.  He always went on the Green to selling ice creams if there was a village event going on, such as cricket. (Photo given to Society by Sandra Nichols)