Norwood News- Friday 8 January 1926 / New Neals company
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Norwood News- Friday 8 January 1926
COMPANY NEWS. PARTICULARS OF NEW REGISTRATIONS. The undermentioned particulars of new Icompanies recently registered are taken from the daily register compiled by . Jordan and Sons, Ltd., Company Registration agents, 116-118, Chancery-lane, London, W.C.2.
. . . R. Neal and Sons, Ltd., The Nurseries, Trinity-road, Wandsworth Common, 5.W.18. To carry on the business of nurserymen, landscape and market gardeners, etc. Nominal capital: 5,000 in 1 sham. Directors: A. R. Neal, Heathfield-road, Wandsworth Common, 5.W.18; V. J. Neal, Heathfield-road, Wandeworth Common, 8.W.18.
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"Westminster & Pimlico News — Friday 15 January 1926 / Sir Bruce Bruce-Porter on schoolboys and health
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Westminster & Pimlico News — Friday 15 January 1926
THE SCHOOLBOY.
Sir Bruce Bruce-Porter's Views. Sir Bruce Bruce-Porter has been educating the head masters. He is wellknown in S.W. London. For several years be was the commandant of the 3rd General Military Hospital at the Patriotic School, Wandsworth Common. sore recently be had taken an active intervet in social welfare work at Tootag. Last week at the euildhall Sir Bruce Bruce-Porter gave a heart to heart talk to members of the Head 'limiters' Association. He said there was nothing more sad, wise* boys or girls had passed for valuable posts, than that they were found on medical examination to be quite unfit to take up the post for which they had , qualified mentally. He had not infrequently been consulted about eases, and in the vast majority had only been able to confirm the opinion given. The first essentials of health were attention to four primary rulesfresh air, fresh water, fresh food, and a good drainage system. Most of the ills which were found in C 3 people could be traced to neglect of one or more of these rules.
Eye Strain. Eye strain was the commonest cause headaches. Any child holding his took at an awkward angle, or too close or too far, should be brought to the notice of the school medical officer, as it would cause nervous irritability to muse the eyes without glasses in these cases, and mild defects were often worse, as the strain was cumulative. The habits of health, like those of morality, were the results of early training. He would to see arrangements for a substantial midday meal for all children who come from districts too great to allow of them ring home for a meal. Money spent in ensuring feeding and care in childhood would be saved a hundredfold later in life. He might be asked where all the money was to come from. Sarkis Ills answer was they would save it later their hospitals and Poor Law costs and earn it in the increased efficiency of the next and rising generation. There were many hundreds of thousands to-day in our land incapable of earning enough to keep themselves because of mental and physical deprivation in childhood. .Referring . to the _ -question of children with heart — disease, he said it was serious to allow boys who had had rheumatic fever to go in for violent games. It was essential that boys should play games, even when they had heart defects. but they must be supervised and graduated cording to to the effect. The desks and seats in schools should be of to suit the pupils, and should be adjustable. Nothing was worse than to allow children to crouch over low desks on uniomfortable seats. They would produce stooping shoulders, cramped chests, and curvature of the spine.
Can't Sit Still. The length of the class would depend to some extent on the subject, and should never extend beyond the tie' in which the average normal child's attention could be fixed. It was very 'liflicult for any healthy child to Mt still long, and for tbe average class and this average child 30 minutes was the limit. Homework depended on the child and the home. It was cruel to set home tasks to a child who lived in a poor neighbourhood. where the housing problem was so great that there was not a quiet spot for the child to study in. If a child's health were to be maintained and be was encouraged to keep physically fit, he would be brighter and more capable of absorbing his teaching, and if be joined some boys' movement like the Scouts or :pent some time out of school learning some hobby, which would be a godaend in his adult days it would be of far greater than home lessons. Ho often met man past middle life who could not give up liminess because he had been taught nothing else; he had no single bobby. Many men made themselves a nuisance in business, which they might hand over to somebody else, but they could not do so bethey had S not been taught a bobby.
Ni Late Hours. All late hours, whether in boys' clubs or cinemas, were bad. Children required lunch more sleep than grownups, and should always go to bed early. Children were horn with no moral seam. Moral sense was a matter of training, and so games were essential in the formation ef character.
Replying to a question on the subject of smoking by boys, Sir Bruce Bruce-Porter said he began smoking when he was a boy, with the result that he had to give it up for 20 year, when he would have liked very to hare done it. Boys should not be told it was wicked to smoke. It was not wicked, it was simply silly. It was foolish to begin smoking young, because it did undoubtedly make the heart ver7 irritable. Boys would do anything if they were treated as creatures of intelligence and given reasous for doing or not doing things. If told that if he smoked " fags " or brown paper it would spoil his wind and stop him from getting into the school team, a boy was most likely to let smoking ahine.
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1926115Fulham Chronicle — Friday 9 April 1926
TRAGEDY OF THE HOURS' ANOMALY. Fulham Girl's Story. --- SCENES IN A CROWDED CARRIAGE. The death of Frederick John Muddle, aged 44, a road sweeper in the of Battersea Borough Council, and who lived at 49 Beaufoy-road, Battersea. the subject of an inquiry opened by Mr. Othlie at Battersea Coroner's Court cm Tuesday. On the night of Good Friday deeemed received an injury to his bead at Wandsworth Common station and died while being taken to Bt. James's Infirmary close by. 'Lily Condon, 30 Carniratii-road, Fulham, stated that she was a kitchen maid, and had been out of employment for seven months. She was not receiving the dole. On Good Friday night she was in the "Falcon," Clapham Junction, till 9 o'clock, closing time. She then went by train to Victoria. Detective-Inspector Berrett : The closing time in Westminster that day was 10 o'clock. The Coroner (to Condon): went with you? Witness: A girl, Emily Smith, and a male friend known to me as " Darky." Who at Victoria. Where were you drinking at at Victoria ?At the American Bar in Al!Wigton-street. We remained there till 10. What were you drinking all the tillle ?Stollt. Then you went to Victoria Station soon after Io.Yes, the three of us. Any other friends ?No. You got into a carriage.Yes. about 20 people were in it, several being more or leas drunk. Two were on the racks.Yes. There was a good deal of noise, singing and disturlianoe.Yes. Amongst the 20 people were there any you knew ?--Six altogether in addition to our party. These six men had also gone from the " Falco." They made a practice on Saturdays and Sundays. 1 What did they know you as?l'm generally known as Lily Cole, my mother has been married twice. Can you give the names of any of the six ?Mike Guest, Duksey Ward, Johnny Pelham, Buller Morgan, his brother George Morgan, and Thomas Simpson. You have not *eon the body here. Do you think you could recognise him if he is the men who sat next you in the train ?Yes. Witness was taken down to the mortuary. On her return she said, " lie is the man." Proceeding with her evidence she said that when the train went out from Victoria deceased tried to put his hand down her chest. She tried to get up but he held her down with one arm round her neck. Deceased and several others then tried to their hands up her clothes. She was not drunk. She started screaming and Simpson kicked her in the stomach. Buller Morgan then eat on her lap to protect her. With the exception of about six all got out at Clapham Junction. She tried to get out hut was pulled back. Her friend Smith, near the door, got out. Buller Morgan said to the other men, If you don't pack it up I'll fight the 'hest man among vou.' They all got out at Wandsworth Common Station and went through the barrier for train back to Clapham Junction. Witness added "We went down to No. 2 platform from No. 1. Three fellows there tried to cause trouble with four strangers. The dead man crossed the line lack to No. I. Iturned round and said, 'That's one who done it for a cert,' referring to those who had assaulted me. With that the three men ran up the staircase from No. 2.. , Simpson was with me, the other Morgan (George) and a stranger who had been in the carnage but had not assaulted me, and the other man (deceased) ran up from No 1. The next Iheard was a terrible hang as if someone was falling down a lot of stairs of No. 1, where he was going up. The men came down again and said, ' We've hit him, we're greasing,' and went over the bridge. Witness remained with Buller Morgan. The Coroner: Had either of those men got a bottle? Witness: No. Or sticks PNo. Were they wearing overcoats? Two were. Might there have been a bottle in one of the overcoats ?There might have been. I couldn't see. The coroner said deceased was found unconscious on a staircase at Wandsworth Common Station. A lot of rowdy drunken people were about. Deceased was found to have a fractured skull and died in a short time. The evidence showed it was a very serious case, and he hoped that anyone who could throw any light on the matter would give what help they could to the police. He hoped the press would publish the description of the stranger in the dark grey suit and muffler, so that he could come forward and give his explanation. He would adjourn the inquiry till 2 o'clock on Monday afternoon, April 26, when the evidence already taken would be read over to a jury, who would be summoned.
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Fulham Chronicle — Friday 18 June 1926
James Wedlake 1214 a seaman cook, 34 Ascalon-street, Battersea, was again before Mr. Cousins at the South Western Polite Court on Tuesday charged with the manslaughter of Frederick John Muddle (44) . a Battersea Borough Council road sweeper, who lived at 49 Beaufoy-road, Lavender Hill. During a disturbance at Wandsworth Common railway station on Good Friday at about 10.40 p.n. deceased struck by someone. He fell on a staircase and fractured his skull. An inquest was held on Monday. June 7, and the jury returned verdict of Manslaughter" against Wedlake. Mr. Wallace. opening the case on ITuemilay. said that probablv all the i men in the parts drunk with the excei.tion of prisoner, who wad i a teetotaller. Dr. Allan Piggott. At. James's Infirmary. deposed that deceased died from fracture of the skull. He found no obvious of alcohol in dereseed's stomach. Lily l'ondon, a kitchen maid, 30 Carnwath-road, Fulham. said that on Good Friday evening she went to Vietoria, and 'after drinking in a publichouse there till closing time she re'turned by train. di Me Pared The carriage was full. People were standing in it and two were on the parcel racks. She knew five men who were in the carriage. Deceased and others behaved improperly towards her. A man named Buller Morgan took her part and stopped them. At Clapham Junction she tried to get out, but some of the men pulled her back. At Wandsworth Common they all got out and went from No. 1 platform to No. 2. Deceased crossed the lines back to No. 1. Witness said, "That's one of them who did it for a cert." Prisoner, George Morgan, and Simpson went up the stairs and crossed to meet deceased. George Morgan, hawker, 6 Lithgowstreet Battersea, said prisoner struck deceased on the jaw. Deceased fell down the stairs and prisoner said, " I've killed him." Thomas Simpson, a hawker, 10 Umwick-road, Battersea, said they met deceased on the stairs. made to kit Wedlake. They both shaped up and Wedlake hit 'him Deceased fell and the three of them ran away. He and George Morgan were stopped by a Ipoliceman. William Henry Ballard, 61 Deadystreet, ISa!horn, a ticket _collector, said that about 16 semi-drunken men in two gangs arrived by train from Victoria. A fight between the two gangs took place on the landing leading from the platform. Witness went for the police, and when he returned he found deceased lying on the stairs leading to No. 1 platform. William Waterworth, a club night porter. 2 Althorps-road, Wandsworth Common, said he was at the station land saw prisoner and other men. Prisoner shouted to deceased, "You interfered with my girl." Prisoner, George Morgan, and Simpson ran up the stairs from No. 2 platform and deceased ran the stairs from No. I. Afterwards witness heard a fall. The three returned to No. 2 and prisoner said, "That's put that one out. an do it when Ilike." Reed P.C. Turner, 769 W. who took deceased to hospital, stated that he found LIT in notes in his pockets. Mr. Walls": And be is a road sweeper . sir. Prisoner, who said " I did not do it,' committed to the Central Criminal Court for trial. Bail was allowed.
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"THE BARON."
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Cut and pasted from Emanuel School, Portcullis, 98, 1926
Is it for real, or entirely imaginary? Isuppose it could be real. Was "The Baron" working on a W African plantation / he refs to cocoa-nut palms and bananas? Ukelele bands?
"19268"Westminster Gazette — Wednesday 15 September 1926
HOUSING FOR LONDONERS.
L.C.C. SAFEGUARDS MANY SITES.
A large area of London land mouth of the River Thames, including parts of Battersea, Camberwell, Deptford. Greenwich, Lambeth, Lewisham, and Wandsworth, have been protected from any but publicly approved development under the Town Planning Act.
The London County Council have, by means of legal process, made it obligatory for any who desire to use the land to submit plans. If these run counter to the L.C.C. plans, the Council can prevent their operation. The reason for this action of the L.C.C. is that in these thickly-populated boroughs it may be very necessary in the future to build dwellings, and until private enterprise builders or the municipalities are ready to build, the land is saved from other uses.
Most of the boroughs concerned have no waste land, the Council's action having reference to sites on which leases are running out. In Battersea and Wandsworth the areas include the grounds of Emanuel School and a small part of Wandsworth Common. In Camberwell the only building land is the ground of the old Ivy Cricket Club, where 100 houses a year are being erected.
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{PB: WHAT'S THIS ABOUT? Leases running out on Emanuel School's grounds? A small part of WC? Town Planning Act?"1926915
Fulham Chronicle — Thursday 23 December 1926
WESTERN EXITS OF LONDON SOCIETY
Meeting of Fulham Committee.
A special meeting of the Fulham committee of the Viestern Exits of London society. convened for the purpose of considering the Royal Commission', report (which supported the society's proposed), was held sit the Fulham Town Hall on Wednesday evening, December 15. The Mayor of Fulham (Alderman W. J. Waldron) presided, supported by Lieut.-Colonel Vaughan Morgan, M.P. (the chairman of the society), Colonel R. E. Crompton C.B. and Councillor E. H. Frit&aid. imong the audience was Dame Beatrix Hudson-Lyall, L.C.C., and oeveral Fulham Borough councillors.
The Commissioners's Report
Respecting the western exits of London the Royal Commission reported:
Traffic difficulties in Western London are aggravated . . .
built, with the road connecting them across the Casteluau peninsula, and a connexion made on the west with the new Merbthey Road and on the east with the Fulham Palace-road. We also assume that from the junction of the new Chertsey Road and Hogarth-lane. Chiswick, a thoroughfare to link with the Great West Road The Oesandesion's Repert. will be constructed, but this is a common and essential feature of both
Respecting the western exits of Lou-chem., under consideration. The don the Royal Commission reported: — linking up of the Dorset Wharf bridge Traffic &Scotties in Western London with the western end of Cromwell-road are aggravated both by the lack of reeds by means of a bridge over the railway capable of coping with the increasing at the latter point is not an immediate volume of traffic, and by the madenecessity (although we consider that quscy of the bridges, especially in such this should ultimately be effected in districts as Fulham. the Castelnau order to complete the scheme), ma, peninsula, and the Chiswick-Barnes much as Lillie-road already provides Ares, which are somewhat isolated by stems to the new river creasing. Mean the bends of the river, while we are in favour of the proposal, Schemes have been brought before us which we understand is already under by the Ministry of Transport and by contemplation by the London County the Western Exits of London Society Council. to widen Lillie-road to 60ft. which aim at providing a new and un The Proposed new roadcross the obstructed way out of London, and at Caatellian peninsula, connecting the the same time give more convenient two bridges. may involve some re-planand; direct access to the districte above flifl of the housing scheme of the mentioned. i London County Council. but we do anticipate that this will be a serious ' The scheme of the Ministry of Transport, which is explained at length on When this westan exits scheme is page 40 of the first annual report of it will be possible to tabs the London and Home Counties Trtfin hand the reconstruction of Hansfie Advisory Committee, antaila ape Hammersmith Bridge, a task which would, construction of a new road from the! otherwise present serious difficulties, ' west end of Cromwell-road leading by ss whilst the work was in progress a new bridge over the railway to the there would he no alternative crossnew Chertsey road. This would un river route in this area, except Put doubtedly afford relief to King-street, "y Bridge. w hi c h i"ire, d, very conHammersmith Broadway and Ham"; gested and itself requires rebuilding. meremith-road. all of w ich are at prei Wandsworth Bridge. sent much congested. The proposed bridge over the railThis iron girder bridge was built in way at the west end of Cromwell-road 73. It has s carriageway of 18 feet would have the additional advantage of and two footways of five feet 10 inches each. It has a weight limit of five constituting a route alternative to Kensington High-street and Kensingtons. The Ministry of Transport and the ton-road, which are both very conpolice authorities are agreed that, gestalt and it would also relieve the were it not for this limit and the some traffic block at Addison Bridge. At its w western end the new thoroughfare is hat steep approaches (1 in 27), it intended to link up with the Greet could take 100 per cent, more traffic. West Road. The total cost of this We re g ard the improvement of this scheme is estimated at about bridge as an important and urgent C 2,000,000. matter and recommend that it should be reconstructed as a four-line heidipi to take all classes of traffic, provided that the approaches on the south side are simultaneously improved so as to provide adequate access to Trinity road at Wandsworth Common.
The total cost of the bridge . as estimated by the Ministry of Transport, would he about t 600,000. To this should, in our opinion. be added a sum of approximately 400,000 for the improvement of the approaches, making 1,000,000 in all. The alternative route proposed by the Western Exita of London Society is also designed to continue Cromwell road westward, but it would bridge over the railway in a south-westerly direction, and proceed by way of Greyhound-lane to the river which would be crossed by a new bridge near Dorset Wharf. The new road would then continue the positionliar to Chiswick Ferry, where a second new bridge would take road across the river to form a link with the Chert ey Road and the Great West Road. At present the cross-river traffic which passes through Fulham must use either Hammersmith or Putney Bridge. The proposed new bridge near . The Mayor said the society and Lieut.-Colonel Vaughan-Morgan in particular, were to be highly congratulated on the fact that the Royal Commission had concurred with the society's suggestions in tato. Their weather had along at the pryoological moment, and Cromwell-road bridge, which they had been waiting for since 1870, was on the horizon. They now had to centralise public opinion in order to get the schemes fulfilled. Creamll-road bridge was the most urgently needed of the three bridges, and he suggested that Fulham should collaborate with Kensington to press for the construction of the bridge. (Applause.)
It was also necessary to get into touch with the Wandsworth authorities, for only by united effort would they get a new Wandsworth Bridge. Fulham Hammersmith. Wandsworth. and Kensington should co-operate in making a strong official deputation to the Ministry of Transport. pressing forward the West London scheme. (" Hear, hear.") no Rest of Landon's Problem's. Lieut Tau ghan-Morgan . M.P., said he had written to the Minister of Transport with regard to his receiving a deputation from the localities concerned . and the reply was that the Government were seriously considering the recommendations in the Royal Commiraion's report. Continuing, he said if Fulham was nos careful Hammersmith's needs would lead in point of interest. Hammersmith was largely concerned with their interests, and he hoped Fulham would not be behind in seeing that their tauntwere properly safeguarded. The problem of London's comminhestions was at the of London's great social problems. The proposals of their society weft to spend more money on construction than on compensation. The launching of their propoials would materially benefit grOst usdastriao. and would take many peethe dole. The proposal of the Royal Cass= that a central authority should be established by which various schemes could be considered would involve legislation, and legislation spelled time. Having considered the financial aspeot the schemes should be placed at the disposal of the Ministry of Transport, with the cooperation of the local authorities concerned. The cost of the whole London scheme had been estimated at 27} million pounds, 75 per cent, of which would come from the Road Fund, The Commission rquired 20 million pounds for interest. and a sinking fund over a period of 60 years. London should oertainly be allowed the million pounds a year for the scheme; they deserved three, but they would be prepared to compromise on two million pounds. It was reasonable to expect the local authorities concerned to contribute something towards the cost, and London's contribution, as suggested by the Commission. would Uso on a basis of ono-fourth of the sum. With regard to the suggested delaying of the Cromwell-road bridge he thought it advisable to press for the simultaneous undertaking of the whole scheme. (" Hear, hear.") aroma Rod Bridge. Colonel Crompton, chairman of the Kensington Committee, said it was necessary that the Cromwell-road bridge proposals should be carried out forthwith. ("Hear hear.") Without that bridge, the other new bridges would be isolated. (" Hear, beer. ") Councillor Miss Packer asked if the Coal Commission's terms of reference could be widened, arid if not, could they approach the difficulty POMO other Iway. Colonel Vaughan-Morgan said the terms could not be altered, but the document wy, with the general pubaarcral. a widely conceived one. Coufffilllor Pratt asked if the Commission had taken into consideration, when estimating the cost of the scheme at 29 millions, the unemployment it would do away with. Colonel Vaughan Morgan: There is no doubt that probably threequarters of the coat of the scheme would be spent on new construction and labour. Dame Beath: Lvall, expressing confidence in the scheme, said that probably some of the bcrotighs would start grumbling at having to contribute to the cost of the proposals. She pointed out that, with the building of these new bridges and roads, the rateable value of the boroughs concerned would go up.