I UNDERSTAND that Captain Robert Ford, a Warden of the Hull Trinity House, and Mrs Ford, have left Dover in the Royal Netherlands steamer Crynssen for a voyage to the West Indies, ports on the north coast of South America, and the Panama Canal. The voyage will take about two months. »
Organised by the Royal Naval Division Association, a party of survivors of the Gallipoli campaign and their friends, left on the Duchess of Richmond last Friday for a cruise to the scene of those disastrous operations. I learn that among the passenger list there are several local names, among them being Captain and Mrs R. Ford. Captain Ford is an elder brother of Hull Trinity House, and a member o... »
IT IS SOMETIMES SAID that if you want to know about any places or things of interest in a city then you must ask a stranger. But this is definitely not the case as far as Coun. Mrs Eva Beecroft is concerned, as members of Hull Women’s Luncheon Club discovered yesterday when she spoke to them about Hull’s treasures. She took them on such a vivid imaginary tour of Wilberforce House, Trin... »
THE WARDENS, BRETHREN AND OFFICERS of the Corporation of the Trinity House of Kingston-Upon-Hull, 1935.—Left to right (back row): Captain Z. C. Pearson, Captain H. Montgomery, Captain R. L. Biggins, Captain S. R. M. Tyrer, Captain C. Barron. Middle row: Mr P. J. Walkington (warden’s clerk), Captain J.T. Cawthorn, Captain R. Ford, Captain G. E. Wood, Captain R. E. Tether, Captain W. A. Morris... »
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... »
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... »