Sir John Bennet Lawes – 1814-1900 Sir John Bennet Lawes was born at Rothamsted Manor in 1814. He was educated at Eton and Oxford but left without a degree. He turned one of the bedrooms in the manor into a laboratory and conducted experiments on fertilisers using bones, guano, potash and superphosphates. In 1843 he
William Brewer with his children. one of whom is possibly Gladys Wakeford
Can you help fill in the missing names in this picture….? Top Row, L-R: Shirely Davey, Joan Clark, Miss King, Sylvia Davey Middle Row, L-R: Peter Iveson, (…..Goodwin?), Charlie Hussey, Lily Hussey, Maureen Stone, Alan Little, Eddie Gibbons, Bottom Row, L-R: (……….?), Rosemary Iveson, Maureen Langford, Gloria Goodwin, Ethel Bones, Victor Bones, Paul Syvrett.
Charabanc outing from Creekmouth (circa 1950’s) Can you recognise anyone? Dave & Beat Crabtree, (…….Sedge?), Shirley & Sylvia Davey, Reg Turner, (………….?), (………….?). The annual charabanc outing from the village began, as always, with a drink in the Crooked Billet whilst the coach waited, with engine running, for the revellers to climb on board and
Charabanc outing to Southend? (late 1940’s) – Reg Turner, Nell Davey, (………….), Dave Crabtree, Bea Crabtree, (………….), (………..), Sylvia Davey, Betty Davey, Tommy Hill, Ivy Martin (Dinsdale), Ann Marton, Cora Hughes, (…………), (………….), (………….), Bob Dinsdale, Jack Hughes, ( Who is sitting on the bus?)
