After hearing the report on the annual conference given by Mrs Ball (president), members of the Soroptomist Club of Walsall listened to an interesting and amusing talk given by Mrs. J. L. C. Dilcock on her work as a writer. Mrs Dilcock, whose work is published under the pseudonyms of Jill Christian and Norrie Ford, has 24 novels, innumerable short stories and serials to her credit. She stressed th... »
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Norrey Ford discovers Britain in the pleasantest way Like Napoleon’s army, my memory marches on its stomach. A sniff of baking day, and I am miles away in time and space, and itching to rummage out two scuffed pairs of walking shoes. Towards four o’clock one of us would say ‘Isn’t it about tea-time?’ and we’d look out for one of those boards, home-painted in str... »
Robert Ford of Hull, born 1866 and eight years old, nursed an overriding ambition. Steam. His father, another Robert, sailing his own brig coastwise out of the Humber, argued that steam was a passing fad. “Stands to reason, son. Who’d charter a vessel half full of mucky coal before a ton of cargo can be put aboard? The cost of coal alone would send freight charges sky high. Owners will... »
The French Convent of the Canonesses Regular of St. Augustine was built around 1914 and demolished in 1975. The roadside walls and gate still exist on Park Grove and a book about the school was published in 1991 by Irene Megginson. Noreen Ford went to school here. »
Robert Ford and Sarah Ann Aspinall had 37 grandchildren: Ernest Shutwell Holmes (1878-1955), chemist. William Robert Ford (1878-1944), railway clerk. Seymour Augustus Ford (1879-1968), fish buyer. Served in Yorkshire Regiment. Beatrice Elizabeth Ford (1880-1957) Ethel Emily Holmes (1881-), dressmaker Walter Thomas Holmes (1882-1883) Robert Ford Holmes (1884-1962), marine engineer Harold Holmes (18... »
Capt. Robert and Mrs Ford, Who celebrated the 50th anniversary of their wedding on Monday. Captain Ford has had a long career on the high seas, and captained ships for 48 years. Captain and Mrs Ford, who are at present residing at Trinity House, were married at Holy Trinity Church on July 25th, 1849, and they have had twelve children born to them, three of whom are master mariners. In turn they ar... »
TWO LIVES LOST Captain John Carey, of the s.s. Redland, of Hull, made a statement to the Custom authorities at Hull about the loss of his ship when on a voyage from Hull to Berwick. He said the Redland left Hull on Thursday night at 8 p.m. The weather was hazy. About 10:30 they called at Grimsby Pier and landed a passenger. He then cleared No. 4 buoy and steered E. for five minutes, and then shape... »
Robert Ford was born on 23 January 1826 in Beverley, Yorkshire – the fourth son of John Ford and Mary Hamilton of Hull. In 1834, he went to sea as a cabin boy and received his merchant seamen ticket 11 years later. According to this document, he was living in Hull, was 5′ 7″ tall, had dark brown hair, dark complexion and hazel eyes. In 1849, aged 23, Robert married 18-year-old Sarah An... »