Some Newspaper Articles mentioning Horsley
1785-1935
Collated by Trevor Owen, © Copyright 2002, &c.
The Derby and Chesterfield Reporter, Friday, July 4th, 1902
This article was kindly contributed by Trevor Owen, who discovered it amongst the
possessions of his late mother-in-law Mrs Phyllis FUTTER, née YEOMANS
(1910-1998) who lived in French Lane, Horsley. She had lived in the village nearly
all her life, and took a keen interest in its history.
CORONATION FESTIVITIES - HORSLEY
At this pretty village, as elsewhere, the festivities arranged to celebrate the Coronation
were not carried out according to the original programme. On the first receipt of the
sad news of the King's illness, the committee met and decided to postpone everything
except the tea, but afterwards, as the news of his Majesty's condition became more
favourable, this decision was not adhered to, and eventually most of the arrangements
were carried through, the finishing touch being added by the lighting of the bonfire on
Tuesday night.
The proceedings were inaugurated by a service in the parish church at 2 pm on
Thursday. It was largely attended by the inhabitants of both Horsley and Kilburn, and
the special intercessory prayers were offered and a very touching address given by
Canon Prior, who previous to the singing of the National Anthem expressed his desire
that the congregation would sing it as a prayer that God would indeed bless our
Sovereign and restore him to health.
The children's tea was held at 3-30, and all the adults had a substantial knife and fork
tea at 5-30. Cricket was indulged in during the day, and swings were erected for the
use of the children in Mr Barnard's field.
On Friday afternoon sports were held in the Dovecote, kindly lent for the occasion by
Mr F K Brown, as follows:-
Sports for those under 14:
Boys six-a-side football contest, won by A Team;
| Thread-needle race for girls, | 1 Emily Seal | 2 Alice Fake | 3 H Yeomans |
| Girl's quarter mile race, | 1 Sallie Annable | 2 H Yeomans | 3 E Seal |
| Boy's half mile race, | 1 Sidney Dreunin | 2 Willie Hall | 3 John Walters |
| Girl's Potato race | 1 S Annable | 2 Clara Selby | 3 H Yeomans |
| Boy's obstacle race | 1 John Walters | 2 John Slack | 3 Willie Walthall |
Adults' sports:
| Six-a-side football contest, | draw E and D Teams (prize divided) | |
| 50 yards barrow race, | H Foulk and T Slack | |
| Potato race for women over 14, | 1 G Allsop | 2 W Dreunin | |
| Potato race for women over 40, | 1 Mrs Gregory | 2 Mrs Cordon | |
| Egg and spoon race, | 1 Mrs J Annable | 2 Mrs Meynell | |
| Best decorated horse ridden in procession | 1 Wm Yeomans | 2 Alf Whilton |
| | 3 John Brown | |
| Best decorated bicycle ridden in procession | 1 John Harrison | 2 Mrs A Foulk |
| | 3 A Harrison | special G Waltham |
| Best decorated turn-out used for business purposes (prizes given by Mr Maurice H Barnard, |
| 1 15s., 2 10s., 3 5s.) | 1 Mr Knifton | 2 Mr E S W Sitwell |
| | 3 Mr S M Richardson | |
On Saturday afternoon two chestnut trees, obtained for the occasion were planted in
the presence of Canon Prior and a small company of parishioners. The tree at the site
of the old village cross was planted by Misses Madge Barnard, Margaret Prior, and
Nellie Peat. The tree in the churchyard was planted by Masters Geo Mosedale and
Sammy Howitt, the only two Coxbench children present, each tree being
representative of one of the two townships comprising the parish of Horsley.
On Sunday the members of Canon Prior's Sunday afternoon class for men held their
first church parade, marching from Kilburn School, headed by the Kilburn Brass
Band. The service was largely attended, and special hymns were sung, and an
appropriate address delivered by Canon Prior, who, in the course of his remarks,
expressed his earnest hope of future gatherings of a similar character. As the bonfire
had been left unfinished, and could not be completed by Monday night, it was lighted
on Tuesday at 9.40 pm by Mrs Sneap and Mrs Crooks, the wives of the two leading
members of the Bonfire Committee. A good muster of the inhabitants of Horsley and
Coxbench gathered round the blaze, and heartily joined in singing the National
Anthem and other patriotic songs until about midnight.
Editor's Note:
‘H Yeomans’, who was awarded 3rd prize in two Girls' under 14 sport events was most probably
Harriet Yeomans born circa 1889, a member of one of the families Trevor is researching.
Information contributed by Trevor Owen from various sources, 2002.
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