SSJ Issues 15-18

Sandwich Society Journal - Volume 2, Number 15 (2016–2017)

Introduction – John Hennessy, Chairman
The Mayor’s Civic Award 2016 – John Hennessy
Tributes
- Susie Thatcher: The Girl With The Golden Hair – John Hennessy
- Robert James Calcutt: ‘Knobs and Knockers’, The Man Who Polished Sandwich – Christian Taylor
- Robert Raymond ‘Bill’ Chesterfield: A Life of Public Service – John Bragg OBE
- Ernie Lockwood: A True Friend of Sandwich Town – Paul Carter
- Patricia Mary Ponting: A Formidable Character – Ann Harrison-Brooks
- Cllr Joe Trussler: A Man of ‘Perfection and Passion’ – John Bragg OBE
- Sandwich Guildhall Archivist, Ray Harlow, Retires – Frank W. G. Andrews
New Publication:
- A Review of The 1830 Farm Labourers’ Riots in Kent by T. L. Richardson – Elizabeth Edwards
Scaling the Heights: St Peter’s Church Tower – Ann Harrison-Brooks
View From the Tower – Line Drawing by Jan Cooper
Sandwich Roofscape – Line Drawing by John Hollyer
Guardians of our Haven: Sandwich Port and Haven Commissioners – Robert Holden
The Battle of Sandwich, 1217 – Richard Linning
Two Sandwich Fascists in the 1930s – Clare Ungerson
Breakfast Haven – Ron Coleman
A Sandwich Character: My Father Albert Waters – Tony Cooper
Chaucer’s Man of Law: Frederick Spencer Cloke – Michael Steed

Introduction – John Hennessy, Chairman
The Mayor’s Civic Award 2017 – Ann Harrison-Brooks
Tribute:
- Alan Harrison – Ann Harrison-Brooks
A New Novel: Legacy by Val P Gould – Ann Harrison-Brooks
Sandwich Conference: The Battle of Sandwich and its Significance – Richard Linning
Let There Be Light: Procession to St Bart’s – John Hennessy
How Sandwich Lost its Limbs – John Bragg OBE
Speaker’s Day – John Bragg OBE
A Heritage Strategy for Dover District – Alison Cummings
The Railways of Kent – Frank W. G. Andrews
Sidney Greenstreet: the ‘Fat Man’ from Sandwich – Robert E. Dunay
Dancing with Juliet: a Perceptive Poet – Ann Harrison-Brooks
Drawing: The Rope Walk – John Hollyer
Viewing St Clement’s – Margaret Leeson
The Flemish and French Refugees in Sandwich – John Hennessy
The Sandwich Chimes – John Hennessy

Introduction – John Hennessy, Chairman
The Mayor’s Civic Award 2018 – Ann Harrison-Brooks
Tributes:
- Christine Mary Wells: A Woman Much Missed – Ann Harrison-Brooks
- Delia Creedy: Stalwart Supporter of Sandwich – Paul Graeme
- Nick Matthews: A Memorable Man – Margaret Simpson
- Lt Col A. C. Newman VC: A Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Essex Who Became a Man of Kent – Simon Leith
World War One: The Battle’s Over – Ann Harrison-Brooks
A Potted History of Sandwich: ‘The Settlement on the Sand’ – John Hennessy
Showing Off the Jewels of Sandwich – Dr Mike Vaile
Sandwich in Bloom – Carole George
Establishing the East Kent Coalfield – Darran Cowd
Sandown Road – John Hollyer
A Walk in Sandwich – Ann Harrison-Brooks
The Bevin Boys – Dr Ann Kneif
Sandwich and an Imperial Medieval Marriage – Professor Louise Wilkinson
A Severed Thread: Goodbye to Emmerson & Co After Three Hundred Years – Richard Linning
The Sandwich Delf – Dr Stephen Fuller

Introduction – John Hennessy, Chairman
The Mayor’s Civic Award 2019 – Ann Harrison-Brooks
Tributes:
- Phil Birch: Outstanding Family Man, Entrepreneur and Educator – Peter Walkerley
- Howell Bowen Griffiths MA (Cantab): Sportsman and Educator Extraordinaire – John Hennessy
- Baroness Trumpington: A Feisty and Fearless Peer – John Hennessy
Farewell to the Fruit Bowl – Ann Harrison-Brooks
Nostalgic Sandwich: A Facebook Success Story – Carole Philpott
“Curiosities of Sandwich”: A Short Film Gem – Ann Harrison-Brooks
Sixty Years of Wyman Electrical Ltd – Anthony Wyman
Publications
- Tudor Sandwich – A Social History (T. L. Richardson)
- How It All Began (Val P. Gould)
Cricket at Sandwich – John Websper
St Peter’s Church Gardens Project: One Year On – Chris Day
VADs: The Very Adorable Darlings of WW1 – Richard Linning
Dated Houses in and Around Sandwich – Gordon Taylor
Birdwatching at Sandwich Bay – John Hollyer
The Quadriptych and the Visit of a Queen in 1672 – John Hennessy