Read all about it……. Echoes of our past NEWS
What was in the local
news this weekend in 1875?
MAIN NEWS –
*Valentine poem –
The following poem was alegedly found on the streets of Bakewell;
sadly the person who penned this love poem lost his message of adoration
somewhere along the ways in the village square at Bakewell. It was addressed to “…………. The fat Cook at the
………… Hotel, Bakewell”. The Derbyshire
Times printed the poem, but were discreet enough to leave the cooks identity
concealed, but I would imagine she had an inkling it was meant for her! Romantic? I am not sure, take a read and see
what you think!
Dear Cook, in love, I’m overdone,
Whilst thee I have been toasting,
For since thy kitchen love I won
In Cupid’s fire I’m roasting,
I’m dripping every hour away,
Consum’d in fierce desire;
While thy plump form remains so gay
My fat’s all in the fire.
Good joints of mutton, veal or beef,
To judge I’ll quickly learn;
If thou wilt give my heart relief,
We’ll make a joint concern.
Through heat and cold true lovers toil!
Chill’d when thy frowns I view;
At dinner I am in a broil,
At supper, in a stew.
Though run the gauntlet of each course,
Of ev’ry daunting tasting;
‘Twere well for better or for worse,
I lessons take in ……… basting.
If thou wilt be my Valentine,
Divided be our toast;
I’ll choose the joint on which we dine,
And thou shalt “rule the roast”
OTHER ITEMS –
*Overcrowded lodging house –
John Murphy ran a lodging house at Stonegravels; he was
in trouble this week after the Newbold Local Board Inspector named Mr W Birch
had called to view his home.
It was found that on the upper floor a room of small
dimensions contained 2 beds, but there were 5 lodgers in those beds and another
arrived to use the room whilst Mr Birch was present. This he worked out meant that each person
only had 168 “cubit feet of air” instead of the required 300 feet.
In the downstairs area, where John lived with his wife
and 4 children the room had one bed in the corner for them all to share. This room was slightly larger than the one
upstairs but it still equated to only 176 “cubit feet of air” per person.
The premises was also noted to be “one of the dirtiest” Mr
Birch had ever seen. John was ordered to
pay 30s which included the court costs.
There is no mention that he was told to clean his premises up however,
we would hope that this was the case though.
*Maintenance –
The Guardians of the Union Workhouse had brought a man
named John Sims to court requesting maintenance payments for the care of his
mother whilst she was resident in the workhouse.
John was a wagon builder who lived on Lordsmill
Street. His mother Ann Sims had been in
the workhouse since 20th June 1874.
John said that he was happy to contribute but he thought that his
brother was also responsible for the payments and thus they should be shared
together. The Guardian replied that his
brother only earnt around 13s per week and so this would be difficult for
him. John was not sympathetic, he replied
that it was his brothers own fault as he refused to remain sober.
John did not win his case and he was order to pay the sum
of 3s per week for the upkeep of his mother in the workhouse.
(There is a possible death for an Ann Sims at Lordsmill
Street on 3rd April 1877, if this is the correct Ann then it looks
as though John had his mother back to live with him and she may well not have
ended her life in the workhouse).
*Tragic death –
A young girl of around 2 years old had been fetching hot
water from boilers at Springwell nr Staveley.
Upon returning to her home she ran into one of the buckets which toppled
over and spilt hot water onto her chest.
Sadly the little girl was too badly scalded and he died the next
day. Her first name is not given but her
surname was Chambers.
*Veterinary Surgeons –
There were two practices advertising their services –
John Reynolds M.R.C.V.S.L. of 16 Saltergate had taken
over the practice which had previously been run by Mr G Martin. He would provide care to all types of animal
from horses, cattle and domestic pets.
The establishment also had livery stables attached.
Samuel Rawlins had taken the helm at his fathers practice
at 54 Holywell Street. He was thanking
his patrons for their continued support.
MARRIAGES –
*Mr Herbert Stead engineer to Miss Martha Parker of
Staveley on 7th February at Chesterfield
*Mr H N Forrest a watchmaker from Sheffield to Miss Kate
Green of Brampton at St Thomas’s Church, Brampton on 7th February
*Mr Robert Wright to Miss Hannah Houghton from
Holymoorside also at St Thomas’s Church on 8th February
*Mr H P Cragg to Miss Mary Elizabeth Fisher at Staveley
Church on 8th February
DEATHS –
*Harry Watson aged 2 years 4 months, only son of Henry
Watson and Charlotte smith of Queen Street on 6th February
*Sarah Newbold aged 15 years at Victoria Street on 8th
February
*Bernard Dixon aged 35 years on 10th February
*Sarah Heath aged 37 years on 5th February at
Stonegravels
*Hannah Bottoms aged 18 years at South Street on 6th
February
*Hannah Harvey aged 6 years at Stonegravels on 6th
February
SPORT –
*Staveley V Dore –
A football game was played at the Recreation Ground at
Staveley, with a large number of spectators.
The game was well fought by both teams and described as “very spirited”. Staveley however took the lead and won by two
goals to nil.
The Staveley team was captained by Mr Jarvis and the
umpires were Mr R Barlow and Mr T Gee.
Mr Taylor captained the Dore team.
AND FINALLY…
The Great Boot Emporium –
Tyler Brothers had a large advert advising the
townspeople of their autumn and winter stock.
They sold boots and shoes which were coloured and could have rosettes or
trimmings added. Even shoes for balls
and evening parties, Tyler’s sold a shoe for every occasion. They even carried out repairs on shoes and
boots.
Their shop was at 25 Market Place in the centre of Chesterfield
but Tyler Brothers was actually a “chain store”. They had another shop in Dronfield “opposite
the railway station” and a further 12 shops around the country.
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