William George Deakin MC

The Wedding of Capt. William George Deakin MC to Dorothea May Burrow, 10 August 1918

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From the Evesham Journal, 17 August 1918: The interest of very many friends of both families centred in the wedding of Captain William George Deakin, M.C., R.H.A., to Miss Dorothea May Burrow, at Highbury Congregational Church, Cheltenham, on Saturday, and there was a large party present to witness the ceremony, conducted by Rev. S.S. Shrubsole, B.D. The […]

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1919: A Spate of Jam Thefts from the Toddington Jam Factory

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In April 1919, following a spate of jam thefts from the Toddington Jam Factory, a number of Deakin’s employees appeared in the Winchcombe Court. Alfred Willett, aged 15, appeared in the Children’s Court before Capt. H.A. Case, H. Dent Brocklehurst, and J.A. Oakey, charged with stealing a tin of jam on 2 April 1919, valued

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