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'''Connie Baker, nee Gomme,''' remembered The Salmon where Dr Hamilton lived 1918ish
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Research by Joan West
  
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'''In 1931 Kelly's Directory lists Miss Hamilton''' as a private resident at Salmon Cottage.
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'''The Salmon was for many years a public house in Foundry Lane, next to The Sprat public house in Loosley Row'''
  
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'''1939 Register (census)'''. The Salmon.   Louisa Hamilton born in Edinburgh in 1874, retired Physician.  
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'''1851 census.'''  The Salmon. Jonah Lacey 29, Jane C Lacey, 24, Lucy 4 months, Solomon Keen 40 slept in barn.
  
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'''Louisa Hamilton died at The Salmon in 1948'''.   Probate to solicitors £21,254 -17s -1d.
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'''1861 census.''' The Salmon. Jonah Lacey 37 publican, Jane C Lacey publican' wife, Lucy 12, L? 10, Priscilla 4, John 2, Sarah Steel, 23 relative.
  
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'''The following is an excerpt from the article [[1956 Rita Probert (Autobiography)]]'''
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'''1871 census.''' The Salmon.  Jane C Lacey widow 44 beer seller.  Priscilla 14, John 12. William & Eliza Harvey & Lucy 1, lodgers.
  
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'''In the 1950s here was still a 'class divide''''.  At ''[https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/The_Salmon The Salmon]'', Loosley Row lived Mr and [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Mrs_Isdell-Carpenter Mrs Isdell-Carpenter], they, too, were kindly, but we ‘knew our place’ – they were upper class.   Their daughter Sally was one of the last Debutantes to be presented at Court.     They also had ''servants'', which was very impressive.
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'''1881 census.''' The Salmon. Jane C Lacey widow 53 beerseller.   John 22 iron moulder, Jabez Lacey, boarder farm labourer
  
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'''Mrs Isdell-Carpenter started a sewing circle,''' then later thought it would be good to have a club for the older residents of Loosley Row & Lacey Green – '''thus the [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/81st_Club 81<sup>st</sup> Club] was formed'''.   My mother became a helper and later, when elderly herself, a member.
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'''1891 census.''' The Salmon. Jane C Lacey widow 63 beer retailer, Priscilla Harvey 13 granddaughter, Edwin James 64 lodger.
  
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'''Ianthe Blake, then Brownrigg living at The Salmon, Loosley Row, described Lacey Green School''' in a questionnaire at a school reunion organised by [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Lacey_Green_History_Group Lacey Green History Group]
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'''1901 census.'''  The Salmon.  Harry Gomme 23 publican and cattleman on farm, Sarah Gomme 23, Harry W Gomme 3, Frank Gomme 2.  
  
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'''Started school 1966.'''   Family moved away in 1969.  
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'''Connie Baker, nee Gomme,''' remembered Dr Hamilton at The Salmon.  Connie said that Dr Hamilton was a keen gardener, who worked at the Elizabeth Carrot Anderson Hospital in London and that she came here at weekends.
  
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'''Headmaster was Mr Anthony,''' other teachers Miss Agnew and Mrs Stansfield.  The vicar was The Reverend Horton.  Car or walked to school.  I had school lunch.  The toilets were inside.  We played British Bulldog, French skipping and Grandmother's footsteps.
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'''In 1931 Kelly's Directory lists Miss Hamilton,''' as a private resident at Salmon Cottage.  
  
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'''Additional Information.'''   My first teacher used to keep a tin of sweets.  If you did something good you would stand on a chair at the front of the class & choose a sweet.
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'''1939 Register (census)'''.  The Salmon.  Louisa Hamilton born in Edinburgh in 1874, retired Physician.  
  
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'''I knocked out my two front teeth''' falling over in the playground - a traumatic childhood memory.
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'''Louisa Hamilton died at The Salmon in 1948'''.  Probate to solicitors £21,254 -17s -1d.
  
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'''Hand writing lessons were always a worry to me'''.  We used nibbed ink pens and as I am left-handed I broke a lot of nibs in my time.
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'''The following is an excerpt from the article [[1956 Rita Probert (Autobiography)]]'''
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'''My mother would collect me''' from school in our mini-traveller. I remember the number plate - PPP257D.  If I couldn't find the number plate by the end of the line of cars I'd burst into tears and start my walk back to Loosley Row,
 
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'''I have vivid memories of my first few days at school.'''  The head teacher, Mr Anthony, would have to carry me in kicking and thumping over his shoulder!
 
  
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This all sounds a bit on the negative side but I have very happy memories of friends and games, especially British Bulldog which the whole school seemed to play at lunch break & very fond memories of my teachers.   
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'''In the 1950s here was still a 'class divide''''.  At ''[https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/The_Salmon The Salmon]'', Loosley Row lived Mr and [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Mrs_Isdell-Carpenter Mrs Isdell-Carpenter], they, too, were kindly, but we ‘knew our place’ – they were upper class.   Their daughter Sally was one of the last Debutantes to be presented at Court.     They also had ''servants'', which was very impressive.  In the gardens of the Salmon in [[Foundry Lane]] which extended right up to Lower Road and incorporated a tennis court and a small wooden property called 'Crab Hall'.  This had been constructed by the then owners Mr and Mrs Isdell Carpenter for the use of their children and friends.  When the couple retired and moved to Surrey, that area of the former gardens, the tennis court and Crab Hall were demolished for housing.
  
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'''Ianthe Brownrigg was living at The Salmon in 1966, the family moved away in 1969.  She stated this''' in a questionnaire at a school reunion organised by [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Lacey_Green_History_Group Lacey Green History Group.]  click [[1969 School memories by Ianthe Brownrigg]]
 
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Latest revision as of 18:26, 23 January 2025

Research by Joan West

The Salmon was for many years a public house in Foundry Lane, next to The Sprat public house in Loosley Row

1851 census. The Salmon. Jonah Lacey 29, Jane C Lacey, 24, Lucy 4 months, Solomon Keen 40 slept in barn.

1861 census. The Salmon. Jonah Lacey 37 publican, Jane C Lacey publican' wife, Lucy 12, L? 10, Priscilla 4, John 2, Sarah Steel, 23 relative.

1871 census. The Salmon. Jane C Lacey widow 44 beer seller. Priscilla 14, John 12. William & Eliza Harvey & Lucy 1, lodgers.

1881 census. The Salmon. Jane C Lacey widow 53 beerseller. John 22 iron moulder, Jabez Lacey, boarder farm labourer

1891 census. The Salmon. Jane C Lacey widow 63 beer retailer, Priscilla Harvey 13 granddaughter, Edwin James 64 lodger.

1901 census. The Salmon. Harry Gomme 23 publican and cattleman on farm, Sarah Gomme 23, Harry W Gomme 3, Frank Gomme 2.

Connie Baker, nee Gomme, remembered Dr Hamilton at The Salmon. Connie said that Dr Hamilton was a keen gardener, who worked at the Elizabeth Carrot Anderson Hospital in London and that she came here at weekends.

In 1931 Kelly's Directory lists Miss Hamilton, as a private resident at Salmon Cottage.

1939 Register (census). The Salmon. Louisa Hamilton born in Edinburgh in 1874, retired Physician.

Louisa Hamilton died at The Salmon in 1948. Probate to solicitors £21,254 -17s -1d.

The following is an excerpt from the article 1956 Rita Probert (Autobiography)

In the 1950s here was still a 'class divide'. At The Salmon, Loosley Row lived Mr and Mrs Isdell-Carpenter, they, too, were kindly, but we ‘knew our place’ – they were upper class.   Their daughter Sally was one of the last Debutantes to be presented at Court.     They also had servants, which was very impressive. In the gardens of the Salmon in Foundry Lane which extended right up to Lower Road and incorporated a tennis court and a small wooden property called 'Crab Hall'. This had been constructed by the then owners Mr and Mrs Isdell Carpenter for the use of their children and friends. When the couple retired and moved to Surrey, that area of the former gardens, the tennis court and Crab Hall were demolished for housing.

Ianthe Brownrigg was living at The Salmon in 1966, the family moved away in 1969. She stated this in a questionnaire at a school reunion organised by Lacey Green History Group. click 1969 School memories by Ianthe Brownrigg

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