1911-1934 William Saunders - farmer - Revision history

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 '''William Saunders died in 1934.'''
-'''1934  FETE''' with permission of the executors of William Saunders.  Reported by the Bucks Free Press.  This report is listed in [[Social Snapshots 1900-1968 inc]]
+'''1934  FETE''' '''with permission of the executors of William Saunders'''.  Reported by the Bucks Free Press.  This report is listed in [[Social Snapshots 1900-1968 inc]]
 click [[Celebrations]] for other similar events

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 Click [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/1931_Douglas_Brett_in_Lacey_Green 1931 Douglas Brett in Lacey Green] for more tales from Douglas.
-'''1931''' The following report was published in the Bucks Free Press - '''Glamorous Scene for a Fete'''.   '''Maypole Dancing at Lacey Green'''.   ''(this report is archived in Lacey Green [[Village Hall]]'' ).  This Fete is listed in [[Social Snapshots 1900-1968 inc]].
+'''1931''' The following report was published in the Bucks Free Press - '''Glamorous Scene for a Fete'''.   '''Maypole Dancing at Lacey Green'''.   click [[Celebrations]] for other similar events.  ''(this report is archived in Lacey Green [[Village Hall]]'' ).  This Fete is listed in [[Social Snapshots 1900-1968 inc]].
 '''Loosley Row and Lacey Green''' villages work as closely together as crossed fingers and on Saturday they combined to make a success of a fete which was held in the grounds of [[Stocken Farm]], Lacey Green, for the express purpose of aiding the funds of the [[Village Hall]] and the Women's Institute.

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 Click [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/1931_Douglas_Brett_in_Lacey_Green 1931 Douglas Brett in Lacey Green] for more tales from Douglas.
-'''1931''' The following report was published in the Bucks Free Press - '''Glamorous Scene for a Fete'''.   '''Maypole Dancing at Lacey Green'''.   ''(this report is archived in Lacey Green [[Village Hall]]'' ).
+'''1931''' The following report was published in the Bucks Free Press - '''Glamorous Scene for a Fete'''.   '''Maypole Dancing at Lacey Green'''.   ''(this report is archived in Lacey Green [[Village Hall]]'' ).  This Fete is listed in [[Social Snapshots 1900-1968 inc]].
 '''Loosley Row and Lacey Green''' villages work as closely together as crossed fingers and on Saturday they combined to make a success of a fete which was held in the grounds of [[Stocken Farm]], Lacey Green, for the express purpose of aiding the funds of the [[Village Hall]] and the Women's Institute.

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 '''William Saunders died in 1934.'''
-'''1934  FETE'''  ([[1934 Gala Fete Day]]) with permission of the executors of William Saunders
+'''1934  FETE''' with permission of the executors of William Saunders.  Reported by the Bucks Free Press.  This report is listed in [[Social Snapshots 1900-1968 inc]]
-'''1934 Stocken Farm was put up for sale''' by the executors of William Saunders
+click [[Celebrations]] for other similar events
 '''1934 Details of Stocken Farm taken from the Sale Catalogue''', as follows: --

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 Click [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/1931_Douglas_Brett_in_Lacey_Green 1931 Douglas Brett in Lacey Green] for more tales from Douglas.
-'''1931 click [[1931 Fete at Stocken Farm]]''' for full details
+'''1931''' The following report was published in the Bucks Free Press - '''Glamorous Scene for a Fete'''.   '''Maypole Dancing at Lacey Green'''.   ''(this report is archived in Lacey Green [[Village Hall]]'' ).
 '''William Saunders died in 1934.'''

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 '''The corn crops also needed much labour''', but getting it dry was not quite so critical.   It could be reaped and stooked (stood up in sheaves) until dry enough to bring into ricks. It would then be threshed at a convenient time.   Then the straw was available to sell.
-'''It was a long journey by horse and cart to London and dangerous'''.   William Saunders was particularly distressed when he was stopped during WW1 at Holtspur and his best horses taken for the army.  And to make matters worse he was left up the A40 (not the big road we know in 2020) with a loaded wagon and nothing with which to pull it.
+'''In 1916 William Saunders' horses were taken by the army'''. Reported by Mabel Janes  "It was a long, slow journey taking loads of hay and straw, by horse and cart to London    Dangerous at the best of times.   William Saunders from [[Stocken Farm]] did this regularly.  He also traded in horses there.
 '''1911.'''   Report from the South Bucks Fee Press  August 4<sup>th</sup> 1911.   Mr. H. J. Astley  was one of the competitors for the “Daily Mail” £10,000 prize.   On Friday he had started second but by the time he got to Nottingham he encountered several difficulties.

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	Click [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/1931_Douglas_Brett_in_Lacey_Green 1931 Douglas Brett in Lacey Green] for more tales from Douglas.		Click [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/1931_Douglas_Brett_in_Lacey_Green 1931 Douglas Brett in Lacey Green] for more tales from Douglas.
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		+	'''1931 click [[1931 Fete at Stocken Farm]]''' for full details

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 ''Research Note.''   ''Mr. Saunders lived at  [[Smalldean Farm]], Smalldean Lane at that time  and also had land at Saunderton Lee,  where the plane landed.   William Saunders was not one to miss an opportunity!  In 1911 William Saunders purhased [[Stocken Farm]]''
-'''1914 NO LIGHT. William Saunders taken to court.'''  Report in the South Bucks Free Press March 25<sup>th</sup> 1914.   William Saunders of [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Stocken_Farm Stocken Farm] was charged with having no light attached to a vehicle, and with no proper control over a horse and van at Monks Risborough.  Defendant pleaded guilty to both charges and a fine of 16 shillings was imposed.
+'''1914 NO LIGHT.  William Saunders taken to court.'''  Report in the South Bucks Free Press March 25<sup>th</sup> 1914.   William Saunders of [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Stocken_Farm Stocken Farm] was charged with having no light attached to a vehicle, and with no proper control over a horse and van at Monks Risborough.  Defendant pleaded guilty to both charges and a fine of 16 shillings was imposed.
 '''During WWI the Royal Engineers were billeted in the village.   The horses were stabled at Stocken Farm and exercises done in ‘Home Field’.'''   They also took the smaller schoolroom.   [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Mabel_Janes Mabel Janes] said the farm dining room was an army hospital and the old grain store their blacksmith’s shop.
 '''Douglas Brett, schoolboy from 1923-1931 wrote the following in his autobiography - " Mice For the Classroom.'''   Harvest time was a source of great excitement for the boys when the corn was cut and brought to the farm for thrashing.   [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Stocken_Farm Stocken Farm], above the school, was a favourite haunt and we would stand round in a circle with sticks and as the sheaves of corn were pitch-forked onto the thrashing machine out would tumble numerous rats and mice.  These we attacked with great gusto.   Sometimes we went in the dinner hour and put a few live mice in our pockets – these we took back to school to release in the classroom in mid–afternoon, to the consternation of teacher and the girls who stood squealing on their seats."

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 Leaving the aircraft in the field, Astley went home.   Mr Saunders charged people admission to see the monoplane, which remained there until Monday morning.   A police sergeant and a constable maintained a guard on the machine, as hundreds of sightseers came to see it.   Some apparently slept under the hedgerows to be sure to see it take off.
-''Research Note.''   ''Mr. Saunders lived at  [[Smalldean Farm]], Smalldean Lane at that time  and also had land at Saunderton Lee,  where the plane landed.   William Saunders was not one to miss an opportunity!''
+''Research Note.''   ''Mr. Saunders lived at  [[Smalldean Farm]], Smalldean Lane at that time  and also had land at Saunderton Lee,  where the plane landed.   William Saunders was not one to miss an opportunity!  In 1911 William Saunders purhased [[Stocken Farm]]''
-'''1914 William taken to court.'''   Report in the South Bucks Free Press March 25th 1914.   See [[1914 William Saunders guilty]]
+'''1914 NO LIGHT. William Saunders taken to court.'''  Report in the South Bucks Free Press March 25<sup>th</sup> 1914.   William Saunders of [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Stocken_Farm Stocken Farm] was charged with having no light attached to a vehicle, and with no proper control over a horse and van at Monks Risborough.  Defendant pleaded guilty to both charges and a fine of 16 shillings was imposed.
 '''During WWI the Royal Engineers were billeted in the village.   The horses were stabled at Stocken Farm and exercises done in ‘Home Field’.'''   They also took the smaller schoolroom.   [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Mabel_Janes Mabel Janes] said the farm dining room was an army hospital and the old grain store their blacksmith’s shop.