RECEIPTS PUT FORWARD FOR THE 1935 JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS

                                           KING GEORGE V

                               Paid by the Blisworth Parish Council

This record is not particularly notable in terms of village history but nevertheless
conveys 1935 costs for food and services and suggests the extent of cooperation
in the village needed to put this event on.   The coloured-in picture above shows
the main class room at the school just before the children's party.  Below follows
the bills/receipts. 

At the corner of Stoke Road and High Street.  Much of this appears to be
objects for prizes.

The bakery next door to Jasmine Cottage, formerly in Stoke Road

A cottage in Stoke Road now known as No. 16.  When enquiring
about the whereabouts of this shop, the lady with the answer recalls
it very well - she was head girl at the school for a while and was given
the job of preparing tea for the teachers.  She would walk the longer
distance to Abbott's for the plain tea rather than use the specially
blended tea from Young's, which the teachers did not like!
The Abbott family extended to another house very nearly opposite
No. 16 and that is probably where their coal merchant business was
located.

In the Stoke Road on a large site which was formerly occupied by the
Westley bakery and first steam corn mill.

High Street - see main "Shops" section

A farmer with a small-holding at The Elm who rented many grass fields
along the Northampton Road - descendants are located at the Stoneworks
Farm.

Asplin was based at Home Farm which was demolished to make way
for Buttmead.

Next door to the Phillips newsagent, see the Shops section - note how
Walter Alexander uses Alfred's, ie. his father's, receipt book.

The shop next to present day Thackstone Cottage, Stoke Road ie.at
No. 21.

Thought to be opposite No. 16 Stoke Road.

The Burbidge family ran a sawmill and carpenters and wood fabrication business
opposite the Church in High Street - note the comment re. look for
alternative estimates for the three tree guards and note the next account
 which was accepted.

Garage, wheelwright and carpenter next to the post office.

The W Collings is almost certainly Winston Collings who is an uncle to Brian Collings
artist at Stoke Bruerne.  He was probably involved by having a starters pistol and
was prepared to use it - in peace.  There was a parish councillor W E Collins who
would surely be too well known for such a spelling mistake to occur.  Note there was
a ladies branch of the organisers who were not reserved in their choice of liquid
refreshment, if 'on expenses' - while at the dance, a more public affair, we are lead
to believe that only fizzy drinks were made available, free.  Pictures of both the
Committee and the Ladies group are image numbers 20-10 and 20-11.

This in relation to the use of Church and Chapel crockery etc.

This is an example from a couple of dozen individual helpers' expenses.

A band leader - obscure.  Evidently the W E Collins mentioned above was
responsible for some, if not all, of the accounts - making the above assignment
of the W Collings as Winston virtually certain.

200 Enamelled Jubillee Mugs £5/9/2 - these of standardised design were were given
to all children at the time - along with an aluminium medal.

Advertisements costs arranged for seven appearances in the Mercury - the ad. was to
call for tenders for a band at the event.

Such medals are a surprise - again, a picture of one will be included if it can be found.
It seems likely that there was a substantial sports meeting as part of the celebrations but
a quantity of 200 medals seemed excessive until someone who was a school boy at the
time pointed out that they were given to all school children.  Sam Brown, the Publican
who evidently was sports organiser (he reimbursed for the starting pistol caps), remained
at the Royal Oak until well into the 1950's.