The Rector referred to the fact that he had recently completed 20 years as rector of St John’s, and gave ...
CHANGES AT ST JOHN’S IN LATE VICTORIAN TIMES Although the new church had been built at the start of Queen Victoria’s ...
The Rector said that another important matter was the need of additional district visitors. As they knew, St John’s Parish had ...
In making his annual statement, the Rector paid a tribute to all who had assisted him in the work of ...
Albert and Stanley were brothers, the only children of Albert and Annie Margaret Hathaway nee Blunden. (Some records say Blundell). ...
Albert Pollard was the son of Horace Thomas and Florence Pollard, nee Hawkins. His uncle was Frederick Arthur who is ...
Albert was born on 10/10/1913 in Lewes, the son of Albert William and Minnie Davis, nee Burgess. At this stage ...
Albert was born in Birmingham on 23/12/1916, the son of Albert and Mary Ann Ellen Pugh, nee Kilmister. At the ...
Anthony, or Tony as he was known in the family, was born in Lewes in 1921, the son of Jack ...
Betty was born in Croydon on 29/08/1914, the daughter of Charles Bertram and Alice Ethel James, nee Willis. Charles was ...
We believe the information on Charles Simmons, below, to be correct but he has been a particularly difficult man to ...
Mr Plummer mentioned that last year at the annual meeting the need for new books for the choir was mentioned ...
Mr Plummer said he would like to explain the reason for the small choir on Sunday mornings. The elder boys had ...
The Rector condemned the use of St John’s churchyard as a playground by the “little hooligans of the parish.” He said ...
The Rector remembered that some two years ago when part of the churchyard wall collapsed, it was agreed that a ...
Claude was born in Sunderland on 15/11/1896, the third child of Louis and Eleanor Ridley. He had a privileged upbringing ...
Dennis was born on 18/01/1920, the son of George William and Gladys Evelyn Moppett, nee Gillett. He had two younger ...
The Rector reported that although they had got through 1939 very satisfactorily from a financial point of view, they had ...
Sir Cuthbert Sprawson asked how the parochial quota from St John’s compared with the amount required from other parishes? The Rector ...
Suggestions that the Diocesan quota, which amounts to £86 (about £4,000 today) and which was the assessment made some years ...
The Rector alluded to the fact that their diocesan quota was £86 per year, which he said, in these days ...
The Rector said that the St John’s Parish is not considered to be one of the plums of the diocese. This ...
The Rector appealed for more help, and mentioned that although 250 houses had been added to the parish in the ...
Donald was born in Lewes on 14/01/1920, the only child of Herbert Benjamin and Harriet Kate Cook, nee Wheeler. Herbert ...
Eric was born on 04/09/1908 at Whyteleafe, near Croydon in Surrey, the son of Frederick and Emily Ada Unsted, nee ...
