1860-08-05 | b. Derby St Alkmund, South Derbyshire | GRO index; censuses; William Pollard: 'Some Descendants of James and Mary Pollard', Ms book at West Sussex RO; Derbyshire Registrar's birth index |
1861 | living with his parents and a house servant at 6 Tenant Street, All Saints, Derby | TNA: RG 9/2498 f10 p15 |
1871/1874 | of Derby; at Ackworth School | List of the Boys and Girls admitted into Ackworth School 1779–1879 (1879) Ackworth School Centenary Committee, Ackworth |
1871 | scholar, of District Friends School, Ackworth, Yorkshire; there at the same time were his second cousins Bedford and Albert Pollard | RG 10/4642 f148 p11 |
1881 | traveller, of 99 Stock St, Cheetham, Manchester, one of three visitors with Mary Siddle, widow, and her mother and sister | RG 11/4023 f23 p39 |
1882/1884 | rubber stamp maker, printer and stationer, of 30 & 32 Ludgate Hill, London E.C. | The Friend |
1882-11-13 |
AGENTS for indiarubber stamps are invited to apply for terms and specimens. Best quality and finish, at lowest prices. The only maker who executes orders same day as received, giving my agents a great advantage. Arthur W. Pollard, Rubber Stamp Works, 30 and 32, Ludgate-hill, London, E.C. |
London Daily Telegraph & Courier |
1883-11-02 |
Y NOT ADD TO YOUR INCOME by accepting the Agency for my PERFECT RUBBER STAMPS. Terms and Specimens free. Agent's set of samples containing Three Brass Mounted Stamps, complete, 2s 9d CARRIAGE PAID.—Apply at once to ARTHUR W. POLLARD, the Improved Rubber Stamp Works, 30 and 32, Ludgate Hill, London, E.C. |
Shepton Mallet Journal |
1884-03-15 |
PRINT your Cards, Note-paper, Envelopes, Cheques, Invoices, Books, and all Short Notices, with the IMPROVED INDIA-RUBBER STAMPS, and reduce your printer's bills. Also Pocket Stamps, Darters, Linen Markets, Ticket-writing, Sets, etc. Cheapest, best, and promptest. Specimens free.—Write at once to ARTHUR W. POLLARD, Rubber Stamp Works, 30 and 32, Ludgate Hill, London, E.D. Agent Wanted. |
Waterford Standard |
1885-11-05 |
INCREASE of INCOME by the sale of an article in constant requisition by every class. No deposit required or outlay necessary. Liberal commission.—For particulars apply to Arthur W. Pollard, 30 and 32, Ludgate-hill, E.C. |
Christian World |
1886-05-09 | Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper | |
1888 Q1 | m. Annie Maria Albury (1861–1933, b. Upper Basildon, Berkshire, d. of Emanuel and Mary Ann Albury), in Bradfield RD | GRO index; censuses |
1888-03-27 |
POLLARD—ALBURY.—On the 27th inst., at Basildon, by the Rev. E. Sykes, Arthur W. Pollard, eldest son of A. W. and M. C. Pollard, Reading, to Annie M. Albury, younger daughter of Emanuel and Mary Ann Albury, of Upper Basildon. |
Reading Observer and Reading Mercury, 1888-03-31 |
Children: | Arthur Albury (1889–1967), Dorothy Katherine (1890–1975), Norah Mary (1894–1988), Otto Alfred Andrew (1897–1983), and Geoffrey Bastin (1899–1966), all b. Eastbourne, Sussex | GRO index; censuses |
1889-10-24 | nominated George Bambridge for election to Central Ward, Rye, Sussex | Sussex Agricultural Express, 1889-10-26 |
1891 | tobacconist, cigarette & rubber stamp manufacturer, employer, living at 86 Terminus Rd, Eastbourne, with his family and a general servant | RG 12/772 f105 p45 |
1893-07-14 |
A DISHONEST ERRAND BOY. ROBERT EDWIN VINCENT, 14, errand boy, was charged with stealing £3 10s. in gold and three cakes of tobacco, the property of Mr. Arthur W. Pollard, tobacconist, of Terminus-road. Money was missed, and some coins were marked by George Pankhurst (assistant) and Detective L. Parker. Prisoner took the money and tobacco and hid them in a cistern. Prisoner's father (a retired police-sergeant) was bound over for prisoner to come up for judgment when called upon. |
Eastbourne Gazette, 1837-07-19 |
1895-08-30 | commission merchant, of 61 Terminus-road, Eastbourne; as a creditor, gave notice of his service of a petition of bankruptcy against Andrew Jack and Co., wine and spirit merchants of Cardiff | The London Gazette, 1895-09-03 |
1897-08-23 | at Eastbourne borough bench: THE BIRCH FOR YOUNG RASCALS. "Alfred Ticehurst," 13, of Monceux street, and "Henry Herbert Gauntlett," 10, of Ashford road, were jointly charged with stealing three boxes of cigarettes and a quantity of cigars belonging to Arthur Whiting Pollard, of 13, Carlisle road.—This was an adjourned case, and the evidence of Miss Kathleen Mary Smith, William Kent, a news-boy, George Light, a cab-driver, Detective Rayward and P.C. Fred Ransom was read over and confirmed.—It was alleged that the lads went to the shop for empty card boxes, and when the assistant had turned took the cigarettes and cigars, and Light admitted purchasing some of the cigars and cigarettes. Ticehurst pleaded guilty, and Gauntlett not guilty.—The Mayor said the boys would be severely punished, and Ticehurst would receive six strokes with the birch-rod and Gauntlett four strokes.—The Chief Constable asked what action he should take in regard to Light, and the Bench advised that a summons should be issued against him. |
Tunbridge Wells Journal, 1897-08-26; a more detailed report is given in the Eastbourne Chronicle of 1897-08-28 |
1899-06-17 | son born at 'Essendine', Enys-road, Eastbourne | Sussex Agricultural Express, 1899-06-23 |
1900-09-14 | member of the jury for in inquest at Eastbourne Town Hall: "Mr. Arthur Pollard—I suppose that if the Sanitary Authority had known anything their Inspector would have interfered." | Eastbourne Gazette, 1900-09-19 |
1901 | market gardener (under glass), tobacconist, living at 99 Bryst Rd, Eastbourne, with his family, a general servant, and a nursemaid | RG 13/882 f84 p15 |
1902-02-18 | present at the second annual dinner of the Eastbourne and East Sussex Trade Protection Society, at the Royal Restaurant, Terminus-road | Eastbourne Chronicle, 1902-02-22 |
1903-02-27 | tobacconist, of 61 Terminus-road, Eastbourne (trading as Arthur and Co.); one of two creditors, gave notice of their service of a petition of bankruptcy against Frederick Ernest Layton, solicitor of Windsor | The London Gazette, 1903-03-03 |
1907-04-02 | present at a Cheshunt Vestry meeting | Waltham Abbey and Cheshunt Weekly Telegraph, 1907-04-05 |
1908 | of Ferndene, Churchgate, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire | Kelly's Directory |
1909-01-27 | competed for Cheshunt against the Enfield Rifle Club, at Cheshunt, scoring 45 | Middlesex Gazette, 1909-01-30 |
1911 | not found in census | |
1912-10-02 | director, of Cheshunt; with his wife, arrived New York from Cherbourg aboard the SS Oceanic | New York passenger and crew lists |
1914 | market gardener | National Probate Calendar [but reference not found, 2016-07-23] |
1915-02-20 | of Longfield-lane, Cheshunt; d. Warrington Lodge, Warrington-crescent, Middlesex | GRO index; National Probate Calendar; Find a Grave; Pollard: 'Some Descendants of James and Mary Pollard' |
bur. Cheshunt Cemetery, Cheshunt, Broxbourne, Hertfordshire | Find a Grave | |
1915-07-27 | will proved at London by Annie Maria Pollard, widow, Walter Henry Pollard, M.D., and Sydney Reginald Worley, chartered accountant; effects £40,791 11s. 10d. | National Probate Calendar |
of Longfield Lane, Cheshunt, Herts, nurseryman, of Pollard's Nurseries (Limited); net personalty £39,052 | The Scotsman, 1915-07-31 | |
Arthur Whiting Pollard: (scholar 1871–4), was the eldest son of Mary Catherine and the late Alfred Whiting Pollard, of Reading. After being three years at Ackworth he went to a private school at Weston-Super-Mare, conducted by Irwin, John and Isaac Sharp. Ackworth was a very different school forty years ago from what it is to-day, and neither A.W.P. nor his brother Frank retained very pleasant memories of their schooldays, but both expressed appreciation of the late Thomas Puplett, who was at that time in charge of the highest class. A.W.P. lived for many years at Eastbourne and Cheshunt, and as there were then no meetings of Friends within his reach, he severed his connection with the society, though always expressing a preference for Friends' mode of worship. He carried on with great success the business of a Horticulturist. He died at a Nursing Home in London, February 20th, 1915, aged 54 years. |
AOSA Annual Report 34, 1915 |
1862-03-16 | b. Derby St Alkmund, South Derbyshire | GRO index; William Pollard: 'Some Descendants of James and Mary Pollard', Ms book at West Sussex RO; Derbyshire Registrar's birth index |
1869-07-31 | of Derby; d. Reading RD | GRO index; Annual Monitor; Pollard: 'Some Descendants of James and Mary Pollard' |
1863-11-24 | b. Derby St Peter, South Derbyshire | GRO index; censuses; William Pollard: 'Some Descendants of James and Mary Pollard', Ms book at West Sussex RO; Derbyshire Registrar's birth index |
1871 | scholar, of Gadstone Road, Caterham, Surrey, living with the family of his uncle and aunt Edward and Cordelia Pollard and their family | TNA: RG 10/836 f85 p19 |
1873/1877 | of Derby; at Ackworth School | List of the Boys and Girls admitted into Ackworth School 1779–1879 (1879) Ackworth School Centenary Committee, Ackworth |
1881 | articled to photographer, living with his family and two domestic servants at 14 Kendrick Place, St Giles, Reading, Berkshire | RG 11/1306 f59 p8 |
1888-02-03 | photographer, of High Street[, Colchester]; gave evidence at Colchester County Court in a claim for damages arising from an accident involving a horse and trap | Essex Standard, 1888-02-04 |
1889-03-02 | of High Street, Colchester | Essex Standard |
1889-06-08 |
FRANCIS E. POLLARD, PHOTOGRAPHER, 11, High St., Colchester; and 46, High St., Braintree, Will be glad to receive Orders to PHOTOGRAPH EXHIBITS At the AGRICULTURAL SHOW, LEXDEN PARK. Artistic Results and Prompt Execution may be relied on. Having had considerable experience in Photographing ANIMALS, MACHINERY, &c., F.E. POLLARD hopes to be favoured with early orders. |
Essex Standard |
1890 | photographer, of 11 High street, Colchester, Essex | Kelly's Directory |
1890-09-05 | of Mill House, Cape Town, South Africa | The Graphic, 1891-10-03 |
1891 | photographer, employer, boarding at 11a High Street, St Peter, Colchester, with Louis Duprès, artist and photographer | RG 12/1410 f29 p2 |
1897-08-11 | of Elandsfontein, S.A.R. | The Sketch |
1900-09-14 | in Cape Town, South Africa | The Sketch, 1900-10-17 |
1901 | not found in census | |
1905-12-22 | of Colchester | Essex Weekly News |
1911 | photographic artist, living in 11 rooms at 5 Redlands Rd, Reading, with his mother and his sisters Bertha Maria and Mary Ellen, with a cook and a housemaid | RG14PN6595 RG78PN327 RD121 SD2 ED16 SN173 |
1921 | not found in census | |
1933-05-20 | of 24 Warwick-road, Reading; d. of cancer of the throat, in Reading RD | GRO index; National Probate Calendar; diary of Mary S.W. Pollard |
[ . . . ] Ella sent down to say Frank was very ill. He was taken suddenly worse on Thursday—I went to see her at 7.0 & he died at 11.0 p.m. quite peacefully. It is a mercy. He was at meeting last Sunday & played bridge on Monday, but went to the hospital in London on Thursday. Perhaps it is due to reaction from the treatment. Cancer is dreadful & his throat was terribly swollen, so one can only be thankful for the quick end.' |
diary of Mary S.W. Pollard | |
1933-05-24 | cremated at Reading crematorium, Berkshire | |
LOCAL ARCHÆOLOGIST'S DEATH. Mr. Francis Pollard's South African Experiences. The death occurred on Saturday, after an Illness of less than three days, of Mr. Francis Edward Pollard, at his home, 24, Warwick Road, Reading, in his 69th year. Mr. Pollard. who was a retired photographic artist, was a well-known member of the Berks Archæological Society and of the Athenæum Club, Reading. He was especially interested in the excavations of Colonel and Mrs. Rivers-Moore at Ladye Place, Hurley, and took a number of photographs which have been used to illustrate lectures on Ladye Place. When a young man, after studying in Germany, Mr. Pollard went out to South Africa and spent most of his life there. One of his most interesting engagements was that as photographer to a venturesome traveller in a trek across the veldt. He came back to England seven years ago and had resided since that time with his sister, Miss Pollard. His father was the late Mr. A.W. Pollard, who at one time was a familiar figure In Reading Temperance circles and who was a member both of the local Board of Guardians and the British School committee. THE FUNERAL SERVICE. The funeral service was held at the crematorium in Henley Road on Thursday afternoon, and was conducted by members of the Society of Friends, to which Mr. Pollard belonged. The mourners were Dr. W. H. Pollard (brother). Miss Pollard (sister). Dr. W.M. Childs and Mrs. Childs (brother-in-law and sister), Captain Childs (nephew), Mr. and Mrs. Albury Pollard (nephew and niece), Mr. and Mrs. Plincke (nephew and niece). Mr. Geoffrey B. Pollard (nephew), Mr F.E. Pollard, M.A. (cousin) and Mrs. Pollard, Mrs. C. May and Miss May. |
Reading Standard, 1933-05-26 | |
1933-06-20 | will proved at London by Mary Ellen Pollard, spinster | National Probate Calendar |
1865-09-18 | b. Derby St Peter, South Derbyshire | GRO index; censuses; William Pollard: 'Some Descendants of James and Mary Pollard', Ms book at West Sussex RO; Derbyshire Registrar's birth index |
1871 | of 19 Market Place, All Saints, Derby, living with her family, a governess, and two domestic servants | TNA: RG 10/3562 f91 p19 |
1881 | scholar; patient, resident at 29 & 31 York Rd, Birkdale, Lancashire | RG 11/3746 f36 p38 |
1891 | living with her sister Mary Ellen at 'Pendennis', [12] Castle Crescent, St Mary, Reading, Berkshire, with a cook and a housemaid | RG 12/991 f59 p15 |
1893-03-24 | admitted to The Retreat Age 26 years. Single. No occupation. Society of Friends. of Castle Crescent, Reading. Been affected more or less since childhood. Under private medical care at Reading. Supposed cause, after severe whooping cough. Not epileptic, suicidal or dangerous. No insane relative. Notice of death to father who signs petition:- Alfred W. Pollard, Castle Crescent, Reading. Medical statements:- She stated that she was going to the seaside tomorrow with Lily & Ethel Hart, that she was going with them to get lodgings for Mrs Hart &c. She did not know where she was going but it was a beautiful place. She said she should wish her governess good-bye tomorrow & when her Mother told her she would not see her governess, it did not seem to have occurred to her. All this is mere imagination & there is no reality as to her going at all. Both parents have told me that she has taken a violent fancy to Nora Hart. That after all the household were in bed she crept quietly downstairs & went into Mr Hart's house & nothing was known of it until one of the sons rang Mr. Pollard's bell to tell them she was at Mr. Hart's. Communicated by Alfred Whiting Pollard & Mary Catherine Pollard. There is a condition of childishness both as regards mental power, temper & tastes. She destroys clothes, books & other objects without adequate cause: breaks out into paroxysms of fury on slight provocation: suddenly takes strong likes & dislikes, both towards relations & strangers. Her parents:- An inability to learn to read or count except to an elementary extent: a tendency to wander about at night. Absence of brain power when attempts are made to educate her. State on admission:- She is short, of poor physique, shoulders round, abdomen very prominent, in poor bodily condition. Weight There are no signs of recent disease, back & shoulders covered with spots of acne. She has no marks of recent injury. Features regular. Complexion dark. Hair dark brown. Eyes brown. Pupils equal, reactive, slightly to light & accommodation. No physical signs of organic disease of heart or lungs. Abdominal organs apparently healthy. Tong large & slightly coated with whitish fur. Teeth fairly good. Pulse 100, of fairly good volume. She is suffering from 'congenital' imbecility. She is very foolish & childish in all her remarks, repeating the same thing over & over again. Her articulation is very defective. Soon after admission she tried to get away, saying the she must go to the station to meet some friends. She apparently has not the least idea where she is but seems to think that she is at the seaside or as she expressed it "at the salt water". She is very restless & timid & frequently bursts out screaming & crying for no apparent cause. She is apparently quite unable to carry on rational conversation. When the nurse prevented her from climbing the centre gate she began screaming & saying that she had pinched her. She says that she is "Jesus' little Bertha: Mother's darling little Bertha" etc. She took a fairly good tea on admission & a good supper. She is evidently not clean in her habits & told in a loud voice that she had wet herself. She has spent the evening in the centre. Sleeping in 4th Gallery dormitory. |
The Retreat Archive, RET/6/5/1/17/53, Case Book Females |
1893-03-25 |
She is reported to have passed a restless night, only to have slept about an hour & to have been noisy the greater part of the night. She has been noisy the greater part of the day screaming & crying. She is only able partially to dress or undress herself. She accuses the nurses & other patients of pinching her. She is at times abusive to the nurses calling them "devils". She has been unoccupied the whole day. All her actions & sayings are of a most childish nature. She has spent the day in the centre gallery & is to sleep again in the 4th Gallery dormitory. |
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1893-04-01 |
She is very childish & fretful, frequently bursting into tears for no apparent cause. Amuses her self with childish things dolls etc. At times noisy at night, screaming at the top of her voice. She is never occupied rationally. Quite unable to carry on rational conversation. In good bodily health. Ordinary diet. No medicine. |
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1893-04-07 |
During the early part of last night she was very noisy, screaming & crying & was frequently visited by the Chief nurse who attempted to quiet her. |
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1893-04-09 |
She makes constant charges against nurses & officials of hitting & pinching her without the slightest foundation. She is frequently very noisy screaming & crying without apparent cause. Complaining of toothache & various aches & pains all over her body without assignable cause. In good bodily health. No medicine. Ordinary diet. |
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1893-04-16 |
She remains in much the same condition. Frequently very noisy both night & day, screaming & yelling at the top of her voice for two & three hours at a time for no apparent reaon. She is at times very abusive to the other patients threatening to strike & kick them & stamping her feet at them. Occasionally she uses bad language, swearing at both patients & nurses. The last three nights she has had sulfonal gr xx each night, the first occasions she slept well, but last night she was very noisy the greater part of the nigh & kept all those awake who slept anywhere near her room. She amuses herself by playing with dolls & looking at children's books. She is destructive to books, tearing leaves out of them. She is very foolish & childish in manner & conversation & is quite unable to hold any rational conversation. She has written two or three letters, but they are quite incoherent & very illiterate. In good bodily health. Ordinary diet. |
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1893-04-23 |
She is still at times very noisy, shouting & screaming at the top her voice for no reason. She sleeps badly at night & is frequently very noisy & throwing herself about & hitting the walls. For this reason she was put to sleep in the padded room & has slept there for the past week. She takes her food in a disgusting manner, putting it out of her mouth onto her plate & on the table cloth. On one or two occasions she has faulty in her habits. Physically she has lost ground since admission. She is now taking mincemeat as she will not masticate her food. |
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1893-05-21 |
She is very noisy, screaming & shouting at the top of her voice for no apparent reason. She interferes with the other patients frequently, striking them without provocation. She is destructive especially to things belong to others, books, pictures etc. She is sleeping somewhat better. Appetite good. Bodily health fairly good. No medicine. Special diet. |
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1893-06-21 |
She is not changed mentally. Noisy, violent, exposing herself indecently in the wards & garden. Destructive to furniture & clothing. Her bodily health keeps fairly good. Treatment the same. |
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1893-07-16 |
Since the last note she has not varied much. She is at times very noisy & violent & when prevented from injuring other patients she strikes & kicks those who interfere, biting & pulling their hair. She is always complaining of aches or pains somewhere, head, teeth, chest & stomach. Her bodily health is good. |
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1893-08-13 |
Mentally she is not improved. Childish, fretful, frequently very noisy, shouting & screaming at the top of her voice for no reason at all. She is at times very violent, striking the other patients & throwing things at them, flowerpots, chairs etc, especially illtreating those who are not able to defend themselves. She is untidy & very destructive to her dress. Frequently swears & uses indecent language. Indecent in her behaviour, pulling up her clothes & exposing herself indecently. Dirty in her manner of taking food. Physically she is much improved since admission & her bodily health is good. |
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1893-08-16 |
The past few days she has been somewhat quieter on the prospect of leaving. She was this day taken away by her sister. Discharge August 15th 1893 Relieved. |
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1893-08-28 | admitted to Holloway Sanatorium Surrey; of Sidcup, Kent; Society of Friends; "Has not [been] seen No desire" | admissions to Brookwood and Holloway mental hospitals |
1893-09-28 | continuation of reception order | |
1901 | living at 12 Castle Cres., St Mary, Reading, with her parents, her sister Mary Ellen, and her nephew Arthur, with a cook, a housemaid, and a lady's maid | RG 13/1144 f80 p11 |
1911 | living in 11 rooms at 5 Redlands Rd, Reading, with her mother, her brother Francis Edward, and her sister Mary Ellen, with a cook and a housemaid | RG14PN6595 RG78PN327 RD121 SD2 ED16 SN173 |
1921 | not found in census | |
1934 Q1 | d. Windsor RD | GRO index |
1867-10-26 | b. Derby St Alkmund, South Derbyshire | GRO index; censuses; William Pollard: 'Some Descendants of James and Mary Pollard', Ms book at West Sussex RO; Derbyshire Registrar's birth index |
1871 | of 19 Market Place, All Saints, Derby, living with his family, a governess, and two domestic servants | TNA: RG 10/3562 f91 p19 |
1879/1883 | at Sidcot School | Hall, Kathleen and Chris Hall, eds (2001) Sidcot School. Register of Old Scholars 1808–1998. Sidcot Old Scholars' Association |
1881 | scholar, of Sidcot School, Winscombe, Somerset | RG 11/2423 f73 p23 |
1888-06-16 | had recently been one of the signatories to the 'Protest against Coercion by some members of the Society of Friends' | Reading Mercury |
1889/1894 | trained at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London | Hall and Hall, eds (2001) |
1891 | medical student, boarder with Grace Mason and her family at 112 Mildmay Rd, Islington, London | RG 12/174 f70 p13 |
1891-04-10 | of St Bartholomew's Hospital; passed the second examination of the Board in Anatomy and Physiology | Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 1891-04-13 |
1894 | MRCS, LRCP | Hall and Hall, eds (2001) |
1895 | MB | |
1895-05 | of St Bartholomew's Hospital; passed MB examination | South Wales Daily News, 1895-05-31 |
1895-09-14 | of Tollesbury, Essex; m. Ethel Maud Mary Gillett (1871–1947, of Littley Park, Chelmsford, b. Worcester, Worcestershire), at Felstead, Essex | GRO index; censuses; Hall and Hall, eds (2001); 1939 England and Wales Register (RG 101); Reading Observer, 1895-09-21 |
Children: | Olive Marjorie (1896–1976), b. Lollesbury, Essex; Wilfred Walter (1899–1918), b. Smethwick, Staffordshire; and another (b. & d. before 1911) | GRO index; RG14PN17919 RG78PN1093 RD383 SD3 ED9 SN29 |
1901 | medical practitioner, own account, living with his family and a general servant at 34 Bearwood Rd, Smethwick | RG 13/2818 f105 p18 |
1903-10-31 | one of the seconders of a candidate for Bearwood ward | Smethwick Telephone |
from 1905 | town councillor | Hall and Hall, eds (2001) |
1906-11-01 | had been elected unopposed as councillor for Bearwood ward, Smethwick | Smethwick Telephone, 1906-11-03 |
1907-05-14 | present at a meeting of the Smethwick Education Committee | Smethwick Telephone, 1907-05-18 |
1908-10-31 | proposer of a candidate for Bearwood ward | Smethwick Telephone |
1909-10-28 | had been re-elected for Bearwood ward | Smethwick Telephone, 1909-10-30 |
1911 | medical practitioner, own account, living with his wife and a general servant in 11 rooms at 343 Hagley Rd, Birmingham, Warwickshire | RG14PN17919 RG78PN1093 RD383 SD3 ED9 SN29 |
1912-11-02 |
Municipal Election, 1912. To the Burgesses of BEARWOOD WARD. Ladies and Gentlemen,—I much appreciate the honour you have shown me in giving me the privilege of serving you for the third time as one of your representatives on the Town Council. I shall endeavour to prove myself worthy of your renewed confidence. Yours faithfully, WALTER H. POLLARD. |
Smethwick Telephone |
1913-01-11 | to be a member of the new Local Medical Council | Smethwick Telephone, 1913-11-18 |
1914-11-21 | had donated £2 2s to the Bearwood Belgian Refugees Fund | Smethwick Telephone |
1915-07-27 | M.D.; co-executor of the will of his brother Arthur Whiting Pollard | National Probate Calendar |
from 1915 | Medical Officer, Auxiliary Military Hospital, Lightwoods | Hall and Hall, eds (2001) |
1916 | JP for Smethwick | |
1916-11-06 | Councillor Walter Henry Pollard, M.B., sworn in as a JP for Smethwick | Smethwick Telephone, 1916-11-11 |
1917/1919 | mayor | Hall and Hall, eds (2001) |
1917-11-10 |
The New Mayor and Mayoress Councillor Walter Henry Pollard is the eleventh Mayor of Smethwick, and the second member of the medical profession to occupy the civic chair. He is a native of Derby, and received his early education at Sidcot School, "in the heart of the Mendips," the same educational establishment that the late Sir Richard Tangye and Mr. George Tangye attended. Subsequently he went to Owens College, Manchester (now the Victoria University). From there he obtained an Entrance Science Scholarship at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, the oldest hospital in the Metropolis. After qualifying, Dr. Pollard spent a year in post-graduate work, and then took M.B., 1st Class. His first practice was in a country town in Essex. It is 24 years since he came to Bearwood, where, in addition to the claims of his profession, he has devoted much time to the social and public welfare. He has actively associated himself with most of the local institutions and public movements of a religious and philanthropic character. Dr. Pollard was elected a member of the Town Council eleven years ago as a representative of the Bearwood Ward, with which he has been more intimately associated, and where his public work is greatly appreciated by all sections of the community. His appointment a short time ago to the Commission of the Peace for the borough, was not only a worthy recognition of valuable service, but also a mark of the esteem in which he is held. Dr. Pollard married Miss Gillett, daughter of Mr. J.J. Gillett, of Brailes. She has taken a deep interest in her husband's public work, and has herself served on the committees of several local institutions. There are two children—a son and a daughter. Miss Pollard has just returned from France, where she has been working under the auspices of the War Victims' Relief Committee. The son is a cadet in the Royal Flying Corps. |
Smethwick Telephone |
1917 | of 343 Hagley Road, Birmingham | son's WWI service record |
1918 | of 343 Hagley Rd, Edgbaston, Birmingham | CWGC |
1918-11-09 | re-elected as mayor of Smethwick | Smethwick Telephone, 1918-11-16 |
1919-09-15 |
Smethwick Mayoralty. Dr. W.H. Pollard, of Hagley-road, Edgbaston, has intimated that he will not be able to accede to the unanimous with of his colleagues and continue the mayoralty of the borough of Smethwick for a third year. |
Birmingham Daily Gazette |
1920-03-27 | after a performance at the Municipal Technical School, "Dr. W.H. Pollard successfully appealed for a collection on behalf of the European Famine Fund." | Smethwick Telephone, 1920-04-03 |
1920-09-19 | long and detailed report of a meeting held at the Council House in Smethwick, in recognition of the services of himself and has wife as mayor and mayoress; presented with an oil portrait of himself, which he immediately presented to the borough; it was to be installed in the Council House | Smethwick Telephone, 1920-09-18 (includes a photo of the portrait, but it's too poor quality to be worth reproducing here) |
1921 | medical practitioner, own account, working at home; living with his wife and their daughter, with a domestic servant, in 10 rooms at 343 Hagley Rd, Edgbaston | RG 15/13883 RD383 SD3 ED31 SN52 |
1921/1922 | President Sidcot Old Scholars' Association | Hall and Hall, eds (2001) |
1922-08-09 | of 343 Hagley Rd, Edgbaston; inherited 500 shares in Great Western Railway 4% debentures, and 500 Consd ordinary shares, jointly with his sister Mary Ellen and Sylvanus Arthur Reynolds | Great Western Railway shareholders |
1922/1931 | living with his wife at 343 Hagley Road, Edgbaston | electoral registers |
shortly before 1923-12-01 | presided at a meeting of the Unionists, in Bearwood ward | Smethwick Telephone, 1923-12-01 |
1924-11-27 | attended the complimentary dinner given for W.H. Goodyear, JP, at the Blue Gates Hotel | Smethwick Telephone, 1924-11-29 |
1925-08-29 | had donated 10s. for the ex-servicemen's Flower and Poultry Show | Smethwick Telephone |
1926-09-18 | had donated 10s. to the Smethwick Ex-Service Men's Club, Limited, towards the prize fund for the annual poultry, pigeon, and rabbit show | Smethwick Telephone |
1927-02-15 | appointed as one of the Vice-Presidents of the Smethwick district Association of Boy Scouts | Smethwick Telephone, 1927-02-19 |
1928-11-03 | attended the Arts and Crafts Exhibition at Bearwood School, of which he was a vice-president | Smethwick Telephone, 1928-11-10 |
1929-10-20 | attended the Jubilee service of the Regent Street Baptist Church | Smethwick Telephone, 1929-10-26 |
1930-01-06 | among the mourners at the funeral of Dr Frank William Sutton | Smethwick Telephone, 1930-01-11 |
1932-02-03 | attended the funeral service for Cllr Clara Martineau | Smethwick Telephone, 1932-02-04 |
1936-05-30 | of Birmingham | Frank and Mary Pollard visitors' books |
1937-05-13 | attended the funeral of Sir Gilbert Barling, at Lodge Hill Cemetery | Smethwick Telephone |
1939-09-29 | retired medical practitioner now doing medical boards Ministry [ . . . ], living with his wife and a servant at 60 Fountain Rd, Birmingham, Warwickshire | 1939 England and Wales Register |
1941-08-23 | of Edgbaston; staying at the Lansdown Grove Hotel, Bath | Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette |
1947-11-09 | wife of 60 Fountain-road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, at the date of her death | National Probate Calendar |
1948-01-30 | retired medical practitioner; executor of his wife's will | |
1952-01-29 | of 60 Fountain-road, Edgbaston, Birmingham; d. Birmingham | GRO index; National Probate Calendar; Hall and Hall, eds (2001) |
OBITUARY Dr. W.H. Pollard The death has occurred at his home in Fountain Road, Edgbaston, of Dr. Walter Henry Pollard. He was 84. A friend of Dr. Pollard writes:— He started in practice in Bearwood upwards of 50 years ago. Later he removed to Hagley Road at the corner of Stanmore Road, Edgbaston, and continued in general practice there until about ten years ago, when he retired. In earlier years he was councillor for Smethwick, became a magistrate and was Mayor of Smethwick for a year after the first World War. For ten years and until four years ago Dr. Pollard was chairman of No. 5 Medical Recruiting Board in Birmingham. He was vice-president of the Birmingham Medical Institute for several years and was one of the first members of the Birmingham Panel Committee. |
Birmingham Daily Post, 1952-01-31 | |
bur. plot BD.28, Lodge Hill Cemetery and Crematorium, Birmingham | Find a Grave | |
1952-04-24 | will proved at Birmingham by Charles Beale, solicitor, and Janet Margaret Goldsmith (wife of Frederick George Goldsmith); effects £34,364 17s. 10d. | National Probate Calendar |
Dr. W.H. Pollard, 60, Fountain Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, former Mayor of Smethwick, £34,364 (£34,214 net: duty paid £7,207); left £100 to Mr. W.H.M. Sparks, manager of Barclays Bank, Bearwood; his stamp collection to Christopher Childs; £500 each to Dr. Ernest Bulmer, Dr. W.H.F. Cant, and Dr. J.P. Good, all of Birmingham; £250 to his gardener (Leslie Hollings). |
Birmingham Daily Gazette, 1952-06-24 | |
1953-01-14 |
Films give flashback to 1917 From Our Smethwick Correspondent TWO films which the staff at Smethwick Public Library knew were on their premises but did know what they were about have been found to be historical value to the town. "They will form an important contribution to Smethwick's pictorial civic record" said Mr K.W. Inskip, borough librarian, today The pictorial civic record contains more than 2,000 pictures but these are the first films to be added to it. One shows the Mayor of the time, Ald. W.H. Pollard, presenting medals to soldiers after the First World War in front of Smethwick Council House and the other depicts a procession through crowded streets on Civic Sunday in 1917. The films, which run for about seven minutes between them, will shown at the Gaumont, Smethwick, tonight as a "surprise item" when the Mayor, Aldd Mrs A.E. Lennard presented with a copy the newsreel containing of the Sunday Mercury Sunday Mercury Girl, Miss Elizabeth Rose, of 85, Woodlands Street, Smethwick, at the finals of the contest. |
Evening Despatch |
1869-02-09 | b. Derby St Alkmund, South Derbyshire | GRO index; censuses; William Pollard: 'Some Descendants of James and Mary Pollard', Ms book at West Sussex RO; Derbyshire Registrar's birth index |
1871 | of 19 Market Place, All Saints, Derby, living with her family, a governess, and two domestic servants | TNA: RG 10/3562 f91 p19 |
1881 | scholar, of 14 Kendrick Place, St Giles, Reading, Berkshire, living with her family and two domestic servants | RG 11/1306 f59 p8 |
1884-04/1886-12 | of Reading; at The Mount School, York; had earlier attended a private school in Reading | Sturge, ed. (n.d. [1932]); student register, Royal Holloway College |
1887-10-04 | of Kendrick Road, Reading, later of 12 Castle Crescent, and of 330 Woodstock Rd, Oxford; admitted to Royal Holloway College, where she studied music | student register, Royal Holloway College |
1888-07-07 | left Royal Holloway College with an open scholarship to Somerville Hall, Oxford | |
1891 | with her parents, boarding at 6 Ocean View, Ventnor, Isle of Wight, Hampshire | RG 12/895 f81 p34 |
educated at Somerville Coll. Hons Sch. Nat. Sci., Oxon; BSc (Hons) Zoo., Lond. | H. Winifred Sturge, ed. (n.d. [1932]) A Register of Old Scholars of The Mount School, York 1931–1932. Leominster: The Orphans' Printing Press | |
1891-12-23 | of Somerville Hall, Oxford; BSc, first division | Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer |
gained an Oxford first in natural science | Oxford Dictionary of National Biography | |
1892-01-09 | of Somerville Hall, Oxford; BSc in Zoology, third class | The Queen |
1895 | of Pendennis, Castle Crescent, Reading | information from Richard Keefe, citing Reading University Calendars |
1897-07-08 | lecturer in biology at the university extension college in Reading; m. William Macbride Childs, BA (1869–1939, b. vicarage, Carrington, Lincolnshire, son of Revd William Linington Childs, BA, and his wife Henrietta Fowles Child, née Bell), at St Mary's church, Reading | GRO index; censuses; Oxford DNB |
1897 | living with her husband at 21 Eastern Avenue, Reading | information from Richard Keefe, citing Reading University Calendars |
1898-06-08 | with her husband, had accepted the invitation to a luncheon at the Queen's Hall, at the opening of Reading College by the prince of Wales | Berkshire Chronicle |
Children: | Christopher (1899–1992), Roderick (1903–1993, b. Silchester), Hubert (1905–1997), and Patrick (1907–1994); all except Roderick b. Reading | GRO index; RG 13/1110 f88 p10; RG14PN5760 RG78PN262 RD93 SD5 ED11 SN39 |
"gave up an academic career of great promise to care for him and their four sons" | Oxford DNB | |
1901 | living at Oak Tree Cottage, Silchester, Hampshire, with her family, a cook, and a nurse domestic | RG 13/1110 f88 p10 |
1907-11-26 | present at the meeting in favour of Women's Suffrage, at the Small Town Hall | Berkshire Chronicle, 1907-11-30 |
1908-02-05 | with her husband, present at a meeting in the college to decide on forming a Reading and District Branch of the Historical Association | Reading Standard, 1908-02-12 |
1911 | with her husband and eldest child, boarding with Jacob and Nellie Harris in 14 rooms at Ingleston, Chale, Isle of Wight, along with two other boarders | RG14PN5760 RG78PN262 RD93 SD5 ED11 SN39 |
1915-02-18 | with her husband, attended a meeting of the Reading Education Committee | Reading Mercury, 1915-02-20 |
1917-01-06 | chairman of the joint committee of the Reading Health Society and the Reading Women's Suffrage Society; co-signatory of an appeal letter | Reading Mercury |
1920-04-10 | commandant, Sutherland Auxiliary Hospital, Reading; awarded an MBE | Reading Standard |
1921 | home duties; living at 'Wantage Hall', Upper Redlands Rd, Reading, with her husband (Principal of University College, Reading), their son Roderick, a general domestic servant, and the servant's husband, not in the Childs' employ | RG/15 06005 RD121 SD3 ED14 SN3 |
1926 | her husband became the first vice-chancellor of Reading University | Oxford DNB |
1928-03-17 | President of the new Reading Association of the British Federation of University Women; one of three signatories to a letter on the subject | Reading Standard |
1932 | work on cttees of Reading University; Commandant VAD (Berks. 50) and of Sutherlands Aux. Hosp.; lecturer in biology (7 years), University College, Reading; of Grimsbury Bank, Hermitage, Berkshire | Sturge, ed. (n.d. [1932]); Oxford DNB |
1939-08-17 | of Grimsbury Bank; co-executor of her husband's will | National Probate Calendar; Reading Mercury, 1939-09-16 |
1939-09-29 | unpaid domestic duties, private means, living at Grimsbury Bank, Wantage, Berkshire, with an Audrey May Childs | 1939 England and Wales Register (RG 101) |
1939-12-23 | had been teaching Pitman's shorthand | Reading Mercury |
1944-05-17 | elected a vice-president of the Friends of the University of Readiing | Reading Standard, 1944-05-19 |
1960-07-09 | of Thames Bank Nursing Home, Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire; d. Henley RD | GRO index; National Probate Calendar; Berkshire burial index |
Death of Mrs. C. Childs Widow of University's first Vice-Chancellor THE death occurred at Thames Bank Nursing Home. Goring-on-Thames, on Saturday. at the age of 91, of Mrs. Catherine Childs, MBE, widow of Dr. W.M. Childs. D.Litt, LLD, the first Vice-Chancellor of the University of Reading. Born in Derby in 1869 Mrs. Childs, who before her marriage was Miss Catherine Pollard, was educated at The Mount School, York, and afterwards became one of the first students at the newly-opened Holloway College. From there, in 1888, she won a science scholarship to Somerville College, Oxford, at a time when women students were only admitted to the University on sufferance. She was one of the first two women to become members of the Honours School of Zoology, and although Oxford did not then grant degrees to women students, she achieved the rare distinction of obtaining a first class in her Finals. She also took the degree of Bachelor of Science externally at London University. afterwards returning to Oxford to take up research work. Later, she studied for a time under Professor Butschli's direction at Heidelberg University, subsequently becoming the first woman lecturer at the recently created University Extension College at Reading. Iin 1897 she married Dr. Childs and was her husband's life-partner in his arduous task of achieving university status for University College, Reading. At the outbreak of the 1914-18 war, Mrs. Childs became Commandant of the Red Cross Berkshire 50 Voluntary Aid Detachment, and she was later responsible for organising and running Sutherlands Auxiliary War Hospital in Christchurch Road, Reading. For these services she received the MBE. When Dr. Childs retired from Reading University in 1929, they lived at Grimsbury Bank, Hermitage, where he died in 1939. At the end of the war Mrs. Childs returned to Reading and made her home in Northcourt Avenue, but latterly failing health made it necessary for her to be at Thames Bank. She is survived by four sons. The funeral service and interment of the ashes will take place at Hermitage Church. near Newbury, on Tuesday, July 19, at 2.45 pm. |
Reading Standard, 1960-07-15 | |
1960-07-13 | bur. [presumably cremated] at Henley Rd Crematorium, Caversham, Berkshire | Berkshire burial index |
1960-07-18 | "Catherine Childs died several days ago. She was a wonderful woman." | diary of Mary S.W. Pollard |
1960-12-07 | will proved at Oxford by Christopher Childs, company's general manager, and Roderick Childs, headmaster; effects £11,741 9s. 11d. | National Probate Calendar |
1870-06-16 | b. Derby, Derbyshire | GRO index; censuses; William Pollard: 'Some Descendants of James and Mary Pollard', Ms book at West Sussex RO; 1939 England and Wales Register (TNA: RG 101), giving 1870-06-17 |
1871 | of 19 Market Place, All Saints, Derby, living with her family, a governess, and two domestic servants | RG 10/3562 f91 p19 |
1881 | scholar, of 14 Kendrick Place, St Giles, Reading, Berkshire, living with her family and two domestic servants | RG 11/1306 f59 p8 |
1885-08/1887/12 | of Reading; at The Mount School, York | H. Winifred Sturge, ed. (n.d. [1932]) A Register of Old Scholars of The Mount School, York 1931–1932. Leominster: The Orphans' Printing Press |
1891 | living with her sister Bertha Maria at 'Pendennis', [12] Castle Crescent, St Mary, Reading, Berkshire, with a cook and a housemaid | RG 12/991 f59 p15 |
1901 | of 12 Castle Cres., St Mary, Reading, living with her parents, her sister Bertha, her nephew Arthur, a cook, a housemaid, and a lady's maid | RG 13/1144 f80 p11 |
1903-01-27 | witnessed her brother's wedding, at All Souls pc, St Marylebone | parish register |
1911 | living in 11 rooms at 5 Redlands Rd, Reading, with her mother, her brother Francis Edward, and her sister Bertha Maria, with a cook and a housemaid | RG14PN6595 RG78PN327 RD121 SD2 ED16 SN173 |
annual governor of University College, Reading, living with her mother at Sedgehill, Redlands Road, Reading | information from Richard Keefe, citing Reading University Calendars | |
1916-11-02/1919-02-14 | of Sedgehill, Redlands Road; worked about 270 hours for Berkshire V.A.D. 50, Sutherlands Auxiliary Red Cross, Sutherlands Hospital, Reading; member of Care and Comforts Committee—gave instruction each week in embroidery | British Army, British Red Cross Society Volunteers 1914–1918 |
1921 | independent; living with her widowed mother, and two domestic servants (one Austrian), in 5 rooms at Cranbrook [or Carnbrook], Mortimer, Stratfield Mortimer, Berkshire | RG 15/05948 RD120 SD2 ED2 SN64 |
1922-08-09 | Sedgehill, Redlands Road, Reading; inherited 500 shares in Great Western Railway 4% debentures, and 500 Consd ordinary shares, jointly with her brother Walter Henry and Sylvanus Arthur Reynolds | Great Western Railway shareholders |
1931-11-02 | had Mary S.W. Pollard to tea | diary of Mary S.W. Pollard |
1932 | of 4 Glebe Road, Reading | Sturge, ed. (n.d. [1932]) |
1933-06-20 | executor of the will of her brother Francis Edward | National Probate Calendar |
1933-07-01 | looked after Grimsbury Bank, Hermitage, while the Childs's were away | diary of Mary S.W. Pollard |
1933-08-19 | present at the wedding of Margaret and Reg Dale | Frank and Mary Pollard visitors' books |
1936-02-16 | of Warwick Rd[, Reading] | |
1936-08-30 | to tea with Mary S.W. Pollard | diary of Mary S.W. Pollard |
1937-12-28 | entertained Mary and Caro Pollard to tea | diary of Mary S.W. Pollard |
1938-12-22 | entertained Frank and Mary Pollard to supper | diary of Mary S.W. Pollard |
1939-02-26 | entertained Mary Pollard to dinner | diary of Mary S.W. Pollard |
1939-05-24 | twelfth yearly meeting of the Friends of the University of Reading, held in the university's senior common room; had accepted an invitation to the event | Reading Mercury, 1939-05-27 |
1939-09-29 | private means, living with a servant at 24 Warwick Rd, Reading | 1939 England and Wales Register (RG 101) |
1940-09-30 | with her cousin Mrs Newth, to tea with the Pollards | diary of Mary S.W. Pollard |
1940-11-21 | entertained Mary and Caro Pollard to tea; "She showed us interesting old things." | |
1942 | life member, Reading University, of 24 Warwick Road, Reading | information from Richard Keefe, citing Reading University Calendars |
1950-06-17 | "Tea at Ella's with Catherine to celebrate Ella's 80th birthday." | diary of Mary S.W. Pollard |
1959-04-06 | of 24 Warwick Road, Reading; d. Reading RD | GRO index; National Probate Calendar; Berkshire burial index |
1959-04-09 | bur. [presumably cremated] at Henley Rd Crematorium, Caversham, Berkshire | Berkshire burial index |
1959-06-05 | probate at Oxford to Barclays Bank Limited; effects £7312 14s. 1d. | National Probate Calendar |
1873-03-08 | b. Derby St Alkmund, South Derbyshire | GRO index; censuses; William Pollard: 'Some Descendants of James and Mary Pollard', Ms book at West Sussex RO; Derbyshire Registrar's birth index |
1881 | scholar, of 14 Kendrick Place, St Giles, Reading, Berkshire, living with his family and two domestic servants | TNA: RG 11/1306 f59 p8 |
1884/1889 | at Sidcot School | Hall, Kathleen and Chris Hall, eds (2001) Sidcot School. Register of Old Scholars 1808–1998. Sidcot Old Scholars' Association |
1891 | not found in census | |
1892-12-28 | in a production of Pinero's The Magistrate,
given by the Evesham Amateur Dramatic Society at the town hall: [ . . . ] Mr. Herbert B. Pollard at short notice played with much verve the part of Captain Vale [ . . . ] |
Worcestershire Chronicle, 1892-12-31 |
shortly before 1893-09-21 |
A most shameful conviction under the laws took place at the Evesham County Petty Sessions the other day. It seems that Mr. H. B. Pollard, a market gardener, occupies some land on the estate of the Duc d'Aumale, and, finding that his crops were damaged by rabbits, he set a trap. On August 30 one of the Duke's gamekeepers discovered that a partridge had been caught by the legs in the trap. The partridge was still alive, but the keeper did not, of course, put out of its misery. He concealed himself and waited for the in the tragedy of the sacred bird. Presently a labourer named Thould, employed by Mr. Pollard, came on the scene, and, noticing the partridge, released it from the trap and wrung its neck. This was what the keeper wanted, and due time he summoned Thould for having killed a partridge between February and September 1. The fact that Thould's employer himself set the trap for rabbits, the bird being caught by chance, did not weigh with Messrs. I. Averill, R.F. Tomes, J. Ashwin, and A.H. Martin, J.P.'s. In their eyes an offence against the game laws, even if it be of the most trivial technical nature, is unpardonable, and Thould was fined 10s. As he was also warned not to kill birds out of season again, it would appear that in the opinion of these magistrates he should have left the injured partridge to perish in the trap. Such decisions as this make it easy to understand the intensity of rural feeling against game preservers' justice. |
Gloucester Citizen, 1893-09-21 |
1894-08-20 |
EGG PLUMS, 30lbs 4s; 60lbs 7s 6d; Damsons, 30lbs 7s 6d; 60lbs 14s; carefully packed in lidded baskets when in best condition; Egg Plum Jam equals Apricot. List free, P.O.O. with order to H.B. Pollard, Evesham. |
Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough |
1895-08-03 |
EGG PLUMS.—30lb. 3s. 6d., 60lb. 6s., carefully packed in lidded hampers. Jam equal in flavour to apricot. List of plums on application.—Orders, enclosing P.O.O. or cheque and full address, to H.B. Pollard, Evesham. Kindly mention this Paper. |
Reading Mercury |
1895-09-23 | police raid at Marcliff, near Bidford, had led to the arrest of two men and some stolen property, including two guns: "It is thought that one gun may be one which was stolen from the hovel of Mr. H.B. Pollard, at Greenhill, Evesham, some time ago." | Worcester Journal, 1895-09-28 |
1896-07-21 |
FROM the ORCHARD to the HOME. H.B. POLLARD, Fruit Grower, EVESHAM, supplies 30lb. EGG PLUMS, carefully packed in boxes and carriage paid per passenger train to any part of England or Wales, for 4s. 6d.—cash with order; Scotland and Ireland 6d. extra. List of other kinds free. Kindly mention this paper. |
London Echo |
1897-12-07 | in a performance of the Evesham Amateur Dramatic Society, "Mr. H.B. Pollard had a funny part as Bartholomew, a shoemaker, but hardly made the most of it." | Evesham Standard & West Midland Observer, 1897-12-11 |
1898-04-04 |
FROM the ORCHARD to the HOME.—24lbs. Pershore Egg Plums (the best for cooking and preserving) sent carefully packed in boxes and carriage paid per pass. train to nearest station in England and Wales on receipt of 4s.; 2 boxes, containing 48lb., 7s. 6d. To Scotland, Ireland, &c., 6d. extra per box. List, particulars, and testimonials free. Kindly mention paper.—H.B. POLLARD, fruit grower, Evesham. |
London Evening Standard |
1899-05-08 | market gardener, of High Street, Evesham; at Evesham County Sessions, fined 6d. and 7s. 6d. costs for riding a bicycle without lights | Evesham Standard & West Midland Observer, 1899-05-13 |
1900-07-23 |
FROM the ORCHARD to the HOME.—Good, well-packed plums, tomatoes, &c. are supplied in 12 and 24 lb. boxes direct to the consumer, carriage paid per passenger train when in best condition. For dessert, bottling, and preserving. Before ordering your fruit elsewhere you are invited to send for illustrated list containing prices, particulars of packing testimonials, press notices, and useful receipes [sic] for preserving and bottling plums, &c., which will be sent post free to those mentioning this paper by H.B. Pollard. Fruit Grower, Evesham. |
Belfast News-Letter |
1901 | fruit grower and market gardener, employer, boarding with Ann Pearce and her sisters, with one other boarder, in his own 2 rooms in High Street, Evesham, Worcestershire | RG 13/2789 f80 p18 |
1901-04-09/-10 | played Mr Bulger, in two performances of Pinero's Sweet Lavender, with the Evesham Amateur Dramatic Society, at the town hall | Gloucester Citizen, 1901-04-11 |
1902-08-06 |
FROM THE ORCHARD TO THE HOME.—As will be seen from our advertising columns, Pershore egg plums are being offered at very cheap rates by Mr. H.B. Pollard, fruit grower, Evesham. The advantage of getting fruit direct from the orchard can be fully appreciated. The plums are sent by passenger train, as far as possible, so as to avoid any delay, and by this means fresh-plucked fruit is placed within the reach of everyone. A price list, containing all information, can be had on application to Mr. Pollard |
Belfast News-Letter |
1903-01-27 | fruit grower, of 88 Great Portland Street, St Marylebone, London; m. Emily Drummond (1860–1942, of The Bank, Hertford, Hertfordshire, b. Hertford, d. of Charles Drummond, accountant), at All Souls pc, St Marylebone, after banns | parish register; GRO index; Hall and Hall, eds (2001) |
1904-08-02 |
FROM THE ORCHARD TO THE HOME 24 LBS. PERSHORE EGG PLUMS SENT during August, when in best condition for Cooking, Bottling, and Preserving, carefully packed and carriage paid per passenger train to any station in England and Wales, for 4/-; in Scotland, Ireland, &c., 4/6. A customer writes:—"Care in packing is very important to your distant customers, and my experience shows you excel in this." Full particulars of these and other Plums and Tomatoes sent post free to all mentioning the "Belfast News-Letter."—H.B. POLLARD, Fruit Grower, EVESHAM. |
Belfast News-Letter |
1905-08-04 |
From the Orchard to the Home.—24lbs. Pershore Egg Plums sent during August, when in best condition for cooking, bottling, and preserving, carefully packed and carriage paid per passenger train to any station in England and Wales, for 5s; in Scotland, Ireland, &c., 5s 6d. A customer writes:—"Care in packing is very important to your distant customers, and my experience shows you excel in this;" an interesting booklet giving full particulars sent free to all mentioning this paper.—H.B. Polllard, F.R.H.S., Green Hill, Evesham. |
Belfast News-Letter |
1905-10-10 |
HARDY PERENNIALS.—Now is the time to plant these most satisfactory flowers. Send for my list, which contains a splendid collection at very low prices, or order Collection A, 12 hardy flowers in 12 varieties, 3s. Carriage paid. Money back if dissatisfied. Not low priced rubbish. Kindly mention paper.—H.B. Pollard, F.R.H.S., Market Grower, Evesham. |
London Daily News |
1906-03-16 |
A GARDEN EVER in BLOOM by planting my HARDY PERENNIALS; 12 varieties 5s., carriage paid; satisfaction guaranteed; list free.—H.B. POLLARD, F.R.H.S., Evesham. Kindly mention paper. |
London Evening Standard |
1906-11-02 |
A GARDEN EVER IN BLOOM is easily and cheaply obtained by planting HARDY PERENNIAL FLOWER ROOTS, which I supply at Lowest Prices. The following Collection are given as a sample:— 12 Hardy Plants in 12 choice varieties, 3/-; 12 Hardy Plants in 12 choice varieties, one for flowering each month of the year, 4/-; 100 Hardy Plants in 100 choice varieties, 21/-. All packed and carriage paid for cash with order. Cash returned in full if you are dissatisfied and return plants. Illustrated List free to all, mentioning this publication. H.B. POLLARD, F.R.H.S., Market Grower, EVESHAM. |
London Evening Standard |
1907-11-19 | member of a deputation to the Board of Agriculture, on behalf of the Evesham Fruit Pest Committee | Evesham Standard & West Midland Observer, 1907-11-23 |
1908-11-19 |
"A Garden Ever in Bloom" is the happy title given by H.B. Pollard, F.R.H.S., of Evesham, to a dainty catalogue of plants. He evidently well knows the direction in which public taste is going when he says: "The interest in and love of gardening increases yearly, and this development is further marked by the more extensive use of cut flowers for house decorations. To secure best results at lowest cost, hardy perennials should be planted. These plants give a continual profusion of beautiful flowers from February to November, and require very little attention. Many garden-lovers have been discouraged from planting these hardy flowers, either owing to the high prices charged, or the failure of the poor-quality plants purchased at throw-out prices. Nothing is more disappointing than to find that a season is lost through planting poor, stunted plants, even if they survive." |
Daily Telegraph & Courier |
1909-04-10 | member of the management committee of the Evesham and District Market Gardeners' and Fruit Growers' Association | Cheltenham Chronicle |
shortly before 1910-03-05 | at the annual meeting of the National Fruit
Growers' Federation: Mr. H.B. Pollard, of Evesham, also spoke, and said what they wanted was good markets for their fruit. The English markets were intended primarily for the English growers, and something ought to be done to prevent, when the home-grown fruit was ready, the markets being swamped with foreign fruit. |
Evesham Standard & West Midland Observer, 1910-03-05 |
1911 | fruit grower and nurseryman, employer, living with his wife and a servant in 6 rooms at The Cottage, 40 Green Hill, Evesham | RG14PN17692 RG78PN1082 RD379 SD1 ED10 SN334 |
1912-04-01 | present at a general meeting of the Evesham and District Market Gardeners' and Fruit Growers' Association | Worcester Journal, 1912-04-06 |
1913-06-11 | with his wife, present at a meeting to discuss a memorial to the Rev. H.A. Holmes | Evesham Standard & West Midland Observer, 1913-06-14 |
1914-11-30 | elected as Assistant Hon. Secretary to the Evesham and District Volunteer Training Corps | Evesham Standard & West Midland Observer, 1914-12-05 |
1915-12-16 | re-elected as Assistant Hon. Secretary to the Evesham Platoon of the Worcestershire Volunteer Regiment, at the Town Hall | Evesham Standard & West Midland Observer, 1915-12-18 |
1916-09-15 | Pte H.H. Norledge, a former employee of his, admitted to hospital in France, suffering from gas poisoning | Evesham Standard & West Midland Observer, 1916-10-07 |
1917-04-21 | present at the annual Easter Vestry meeting for All Saints, Evesham | Evesham Standard & West Midland Observer, 1917-04-28 |
1918-05-21 | present at a meeting at the Northwick Arms Hotel, Evesham, to discuss further restrictions in traffic | Evesham Standard & West Midland Observer, 1918-05-25 |
1919-01-30 | elected to the committee of the Evesham and District Market Gardeners and Fruit Growers' Association | Evesham Standard & West Midland Observer, 1919-02-01 |
1920-07-14 | on the platform at the garden party in Evesham, in aid of the RSPCA | Evesham Standard & West Midland Observer, 1920-07-17 |
1921 | fruit grower & nurseryman, own account, working in Worcester Rd & Green Hill, Es'am; living with his wife in 6 rooms at 40 Greenhill, Evesham | RG 15/13699 RD379 SD379-1 ED11 SN1 |
1921-05-24 | member of the bench at Evesham Borough petty sessions | Evesham Standard & West Midland Observer, 1921-05-28 |
1922-06-09 | member of the bench at Evesham Borough Police-court | Gloucester Citizen, 1922-06-10 |
1923-06-02 | present at the funeral of Mr J. Bracher, at All Saints' Church | Evesham Standard & West Midland Observer, 1923-06-09 |
1924-07-25 | of Green Hill, Evesham; won a Royal Agricultural Society award in class 5 | Gloucestershire Echo |
1925-01-26 | elected to the committee of the Evesham and district Market Gardeners' Association | Evesham Standard & West Midland Observer, 1925-01-31 |
1926-02-20 | elected vice-chairman of the Evesham and District Market Gardeners' and Fruit Growers' Association | Cheltenham Chronicle |
1927-02-12 | elected chairman of what now became the Evesham and District Market Gardeners' Association branch of the National Farmers' Union | Cheltenham Chronicle |
1927-06-23 | with other members of the Worcestershire Farmers Union, paid a visit to the Long Ashford Research Station | Western Daily Press |
1928-11-11 | attended the remember service at the Evesham War Memorial | Evesham Standard & West Midland Observer, 1928-11-17 |
1929-06-04/-06 | his Evesham fruit farm among Worcestershire farms visited on the annual NFU tour | Northampton Mercury, 1929-05-10 |
1930-07-10 | took the chair at Evesham Police Court | Tewkesbury Register, 1930-07-12 |
1931-02-07 |
FOR SALE, WOOD BUILT SHEDDING, comprising Office, Packing Shed and Stores, with Cart Shed adjoining, and TWO BRICK BUILT HOVELS, situate in Worcester-road, in the occupation of Messrs. H.B. Pollard and Shurmer. To be removed by the purchaser.—Particulars from Dicks & Badham, Auctioneers, Evesham. |
Tewkesbury Register |
1932-03-05 |
H.B. Pollard, of Evesham, in a list of hardy plants gives a useful table of the best perennial flowers for cutting, and which keep on blooming. |
Daily Herald |
1933-02-24 | appointed by the Evesham and District Market Gardeners' and Fruit Growers' Association as one of the two delegates to the National Farmers' Union County Fruit and Vegetable Committee | Tewkesbury Register, 1933-03-04 |
1934-03-17 | with his wife, present at the funeral of Miss M. New, at Evesham Cemetery | Evesham Standard & West Midland Observer, 1934-03-24 |
1935-03-12 | on the bench at the Police Court | Gloucestershire Echo |
1936-07-11 | funeral of Alfred George Beech, a retired gardener who "was employed for a considerable number of years by Mr. H.B. Pollard as a nurseryman and was considered an authority on flowers." | Evesham Standard & West Midland Observer |
1937-05-04 | chairman of the bench, at Evesham Police Court | Gloucestershire Echo |
1937-11-30 |
CASE DISMISSED Solicitor's Submission at Evesham Margaret Campbell, of Gillsland-road, Edinburgh, was summoned at Evesham Police Court yesterday for failing to give precedence to a person on a pedestrian crossing while driving her motorcar. She pleaded not guilty. The case was dismissed on payment of costs. Mr. Herbert Bastin Pollard, J.P., of Greenhill, Evesham, described how the defendant's car "came straight at him" while he was using the pedestrian crossing near the Town Hall corner. He had to jump back on the pavement. P.C. Isaacs said defendant made no effort to give Mr. Pollard precedence on the crossing. Mr. A. Howell Davies, who appeared for defendant, submitted that had Mr. Pollard continued to cross over the road instead of turning back there would have been no danger. The case was dismissed on payment of 4s. costs. |
Gloucestershire Echo, 1937-12-01 |
1938-05-06 | attended the funeral of the Evesham police chief | Evesham Standard & West Midland Observer, 1938-05-07 |
1939-09-29 | fruit grower – own a/c, living with his wife at 40 Greenhill, Evesham | 1939 England and Wales Register (RG 101) |
1940-04-02 | on the bench at Evesham petty sessions | Tewkesbury Register, 1940-04-06 |
1941-04-12 | chaired the borough petty sessions | Gloucestershire Echo, 1941-04-16 |
1942-11-02 | wife died at her home, 40 Greenhill, Evesham | Evesham Standard & West Midland Observer, 1942-11-07 |
1943-07-20 | chaired the borough sessions | Tewkesbury Register, 1943-07-24 |
by 1944-09-30 | had donated £5 5s. to the Mayor of Evesham's Services Welfare Fund | Evesham Standard & West Midland Observer, 1944-10-07 |
1945-03-31 | had been on the bench at the borough sessions | Evesham Standard & West Midland Observer |
1948-08-07 | had donated £10 to the Evesham Bell Tower Restoration Fund | Evesham Standard & West Midland Observer |
shortly before 1951-07-28 |
A Roman bronze coin in an unusually good state of preservation was found last week-end by Mr. C.F. Westwood, of 22, Mill-street, Evesham, on land in Greenhill, occupied by Mr. H.B. Pollard, for whom Mr. Westwood is foreman. Nearby an old dagger was recently found. |
Tewkesbury Register, 1951-07-28 |
1953-04-05 |
By instructions from Mr. H.B. Pollard, J.P., who is retiring from business. EVESHAM TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION by E.G. RIGHTON & SON At the ROSE & CROWN Hotel, EVESHAM On MONDAY, MAY 4th, 1953 at 5 o'clock in the afternoon subject to conditions to be then read All that Valuable Holding of FREEHOLD LAND containing 9A 2R 34P or thereabouts, with the Fruit Trees, Plants, Currant Bushes and Shedding thereon, known as HIGH BRICK-KILN GROUND situate in BLAYNEY's LANE, Evesham, with a frontage thereto of about 315 yards with 3 entrances therefrom and being part of O.S. 176 in the parish of Norton and Lenchwick, and now in the occupation of Mr. H.B. Pollard, who will give, VACANT POSSESSION on completion of the purchase The attention of Market Gardeners and others, particularly those who wish to extend an existing business or to commence business, is drawn to this opportunity to purchase an easily-worked Holding in exceptionally good and well-maintained condition. The goodwill of the established business carried on by Mr. H.B. Pollard for nearly 60 years is included in the sale. The property is freehold. Land Tax £1.7.10. To view, apply on the premises, or to Mr. H.B. Pollard, 40, Greenhill, Evesham. For further particulars apply to the Auctioneers at Evesham, or to New & Saunders, Solicitors, Evesham. |
Tewkesbury Register, 1953-04-04 |
1953-06-07 | of The Cottage, Green Hill, Evesham; d. at The General Hospital, Evesham | GRO index; National Probate Calendar |
MR H.B. POLLARD A well known market gardener and horticultural businessman, Mr. Herbert Bastin Pollard, of The Cottage, Greenhill, Evesham, died at Evesham General Hospital on Sunday after a short illness. He was 80. He came to Evesham about 60 years ago and was a pupil of the late Mr. George Jones, a leading market gardener and fruit grower. After finishing his apprenticeship, Mr. Pollard started in business on his own account and before the 1914-18 war had built up a large mail order business. Mr. Pollard also began a horticultural business principally concerned with growing and delivering perennial flowers. He had land at Greenhill, Wickhamford and Evesham, but sold his land at Greenhill only a few weeks ago. He was a regular worshipper at All Saints' Church and for a number of years was one of the trustees of the Church House. For many years he served as a J.P. on the Evesham Bench until his retirement five years ago. He is survived by two sisters. His wife died in 1942. The funeral service takes place at All Saints' Church this (Friday) morning followed by cremation at Cheltenham. Undertaker: W.E. Williams, Swan-lane, Evesham. |
Evesham Standard & West Midland Observer, 1953-06-12 | |
DEATH OF MR H.B. POLLARD Former Evesham Magistrate Mr. Herbert Bastin Pollard, of The Cottage, Greenhill, Evesham, died at Evesham General Hospital on Sunday, following a short illness. Mr. Pollard, who was 80 years of age, came to Evesham about 60 years ago as a pupil to the late Mr. George Jones, who then had a large market gardening and fruit growing business in Evesham. On completing his apprenticeship Mr. Pollard started on his own account and before the 1914-18 war had built up a large mail order business in connection with the direct supply of fruit to the public, specialising in the sale of 12lb. chips of fruit delivered package free in exchange for a two-and-sixpenny postal order. He also began and created a large horticultural business principally concerned with the growing and sale of perennial flower plants direct to the public. In addition, he had a holding of about ten acres of fruit-growing land at Greenhill and the exceptionally good order in which this was kept was well known in the district. After the first world war, Mr. Pollard reduced his activities in respect of the sales of fruit and plants and ultimately disposed of his land at Wickhamford and near Evesham station, but continued as a fruit grower until this year, the completion of the sale of his land at Greenhill being effected only a few weeks before his death. He married Miss Emily Drummond, who predeceased him in 1942. There were no children and Mr. Pollard's surviving relatives are two sisters, Mrs. Childs and Miss Pollard, who live at Reading, and the children of Mrs. Childs and of a deceased brother. Mr. Pollard maintained a lifelong association with and interest in the activities of All Saints' Church and was always keenly interested in all its affairs. He was a regular worshipper until a few months before his death. For a number of years he was one of the trustees of Church House and other properties provided for the Church by a former Vicar, Dr. James Manders Walker. Mr. Pollard was appointed a Justice of the Peace for the Borough in 1920, and served on the Evesham Bench until his retirement about five years ago. He was always particularly interested in historic matters relating to the town. The funeral takes place today (Friday) at 11.30 a.m., when a service at All Saints' Church will precede a private cremation at Cheltenham. |
The Tewkesbury Register, and Agricultural Gazette, 1953-06-13 | |
1953-06-12 |
The funeral service of Mr. H.B. Pollard, of The Cottage, Greenhill, Evesham, took place at All Saints' Church on Friday last and was conducted by the Rev. P.E. Blagdon-Gamlen. Cremation followed at Cheltenham Crematorium. Family mourners were: Mrs. Childs (sister); Mr. P. Childs, Brig. Childs and Mr. A. Pollard (nephews). Also in the church were: Miss Clements, Mr. and Mrs. C.F. Westwood (former employees), Mr. S. Idens, Mr. and Mrs. H.J. Saunders and Mr. W.H.N. Saunders. Undertaker: W.E. Williams, Swan-lane, Evesham. |
Evesham Standard & West Midland Observer, 1953-06-19 |
1953-06-25 | will proved at Gloucester by Henry James Huzzey Saunders, solicitor; effects £777 19s. 3d. | National Probate Calendar |
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