Newspaper extracts from the years 1910 - 1919
| Date | Extract | Publication |
| 22nd March 1910 | Mr and Mrs Robert BUSH celebrated their Golden Wedding on Sunday the 13th instant, having been married in the Long Sutton Parish Church on the 13th March 1860, the officiating minister being the Reverend Henry G VEITCH. They received many hearty congratulations and expressions of best wishes from a large number of friends. | THE SPALDING FREE PRESS |
| 4th October 1910 | SEARCHING FOR GOLD AT MABLETHORP: An unusual sight was witnessed on the beach at Mablethorp (sic) on Saturday when policemen were to be seen digging and probing with iron rods. The explanation of the phenomenon was that REBECCA ALLCOCK, charged on Friday at Alford with stealing a cash-box containing Twenty-four Pounds in gold, postal orders and jewellery, (which was the property of Mrs F O BAUMBER of Utterby House, Mablethorp), had confessed that she took the box and had buried it on the beach at Mablethorp. She was brought to Mablethorp by Inspector HILL who located the place where the treasure was supposedly concealed, but a thorough search at the spot indicated, proved completely fruitless. | THE SPALDING FREE PRESS |
| 9th January 1913 | News Items: Among the passengers on SS ´Narrung´ were our Wesleyan fellow members, Mr. and Mrs. John W. GREENFIELD and their little girl. They only left their village home of Ulceby on December 23 1912 and sailed the following day. They encountered heavy seas in the Channel and 70-foot waves in the ´Bay´ and spent hours baling out thousands of gallons of water. Thanksgivings were offered but these friends only seek to start again. | THE METHODIST RECORDER |
| 26th June 1917 | Golden Wedding: LAWSON - HOLLAND: At Whaplode St Mary´s Church, by the Revd J F FRANCKLIN on 24th June 1867, Charles LAWSON of Holbeach St John´s, to Eliza HOLLAND of Whaplode. | THE SPALDING FREE PRESS |
| 26th June 1917 | Gedney Hill Diamond Wedding: Hearty congratulations to Mr and Mrs John JOLLY who have this week celebrated their 60th Wedding Day. They were married at Holbeach Parish Church June 25 1867, and fifty years of their married life have been spent in Gedney. Mr JOLLY, who was in the coal trade for forty years, retired some ten years ago owing to heart strain and serious illness. He was a native of Framlingham, in Suffolk whilst his wife, Betsey, who was a daughter of Mr W HARRIS was brought up at Holbeach Drove. They have two daughters, Mrs H. DALES and Mrs G FISHER of Whaplode Drove, three grandchildren, one of whom has been in France for the last two and a half years; also four great grandchildren. | THE SPALDING FREE PRESS |
| 17th July 1917 | CURIOUSLY WORDED WILL: THE MAN WHO DRIVES THE MAIL CART TO SPALDING In the Probate Court on Monday, before Mr Justice HORRIDGE, Mr WILLIS on behalf of ANNIE WRIGHT, asked for a Grant of Administration of the estate of the late WILLIAM CHEFFINS, a photographer of Holbeach who died on November 30th 1912. He made a Will on 18th November 1912, but appointed no Executor. Annie WRIGHT, a Beneficiary, desired to have a Grant made to her with the consent of the only other Beneficiary, Mr GEORGE WILLIAM MITCHELL, who, in the Will, was referred to as "The Man who drives the Mail Cart to Spalding." His Lordship made the Grant asked for. | THE SPALDING FREE PRESS |
| 17th July 1917 | Thurlby: Diamond Wedding: On July 14th 1857 Mr and Mrs Robert SAVAGE were married at Thurlby Church. They made their home in the house in which Mrs SAVAGE had lived up to that time, and the fact that she has never lived anywhere else makes the event of their Diamond Wedding doubly interesting. In this cottage Mr and Mrs SAVAGE have brought up a large family, all of whom, with the exception of two, are alive and doing well. The aged couple enjoy excellent health despite the fact that both are nearly ninety years of age. | THE SPALDING FREE PRESS |
| 16th October 1917 | Spalding Diamond Wedding Anniversary. Mr and Mrs William WILSON of 36a Holbeach Road, Spalding, celebrated their Diamond Wedding on Friday, 12th October. Sixty years of married life! The celebrations were somewhat marred by the serious illness of the aged Bridegroom who, on the previous Tuesday (9th October) had attained his 80th birthday. William WILSON and his wife Mary are both natives of Spalding and they were married !here on October 12th 1857. From that date to this they have lived in the Fulney district and for the past forty years they have lived in the house they at present occupy. ´Bill´ WILSON is just about as well known in Fulney as he is well respected and popular. Born practically on the land he worked for a large number of years as an agricultural labourer and well does he remember the days when he carried sacks of corn for long hours for the magnificent sum of two shillings per day. He can remember even more trying circumstances - days when he had no money and no food and had to live on wheat kernels all day whilst he worked and then ´sub´ his day´s pay to go home to provide a meal for his wife and family. For many years - and even today his interest is still active - he took the keenest interest in the old river which flows through Spalding and on the banks of which he has lived so long. He recalls the busy shipping days before the railways came and took away the commercial glory of the old Welland, For many years he possessed a small boat with which he earned many fares from pleasure parties desirous of a trip down the river. In those days he was a veritable watch-dog of the river, for he could tell you the history, cargo, port of registration and port of call of every vessel which came up the river. William WILSON and his wife have another praiseworthy record to their credit. They were blessed with seventeen children, of whom thirteen are still living. The old couple reared fourteen of their offspring in the house which they still occupy. There are some fifty grandchildren and many great grandchildren. Mr WILSON has always been a staunch Congregationalist and for practically the whole of his life he has been connected with the local Congregationalists. Ever since the Foundry Congregational Sunday School has been built, over forty years ago, he has been a teacher in its cause and hundreds of children, who have passed under his spiritual care during that time, are today spread about the world. His immediate family are today scattered in many parts of the country, but during the past week most of them have called on the aged mother and father to offer their congratulations on their rarely attained wedding anniversary. May we also offer our warmest congratulations, and hope that Mr Wilson will weather the storm of present illness and that they both live in the sunshine of a future unblurred by sorrow or pain. | THE SPALDING FREE PRESS |
