PARTON PARTY ON, 1945 (etc.) NOTES
WN= Whitehaven News; WCT= West Cumberland Times
1940- evacuees
- Whitehaven Record Office, SRDE 1/2/2/2: Ennerdale RDC Register of billeting payments from 2/3/1940
- [other relevant records also available in the same collection]
1945
WN* 4 Jan 1945
- Football, Cumberland Junior League: Parton Youth Club played 5, won 1, lost 4. Latest match Boxing Day, beat Murray Boys' Club away 1-5.
- Parton Methodist Sunday School, + Hospital Cttee, + Methodist Church, p2
- Parton Women's Fellowship report, p7
WN* 11 Jan 1945
- [Sale of materials from ex Army camp at High Mill, Egremont, p1]
- Football: Cumberland Cup. Parton 5- Clifton Utd. 2, p2
- Wedding of John Richardson of White's Row, p5
- Parton Home Guard dance, p8
WN* 18 Jan 1945
- [Dance at Nethertown Camp- officers/civilians 1/6; forces 9d, p1]
- Football, West Cumberland League, Parton v Distington- Distington failed to show.
- [Bizarre knife incident in Eskdale, p3]
- [Death of Isaac Graves, founder of Graves cinema chain, p3- +article p4]
- [Note that filming of "Brief Encounter" is about to start, p4]
- Parton Parish Council meeting, p6
WN* 25 Jan 1945
- Home Guard Homecoming Fund Dance, Parton, ad p1
- Football, County Cup competition: Kells 14, Parton 0 (referee failed to show)
- West Cumberland League table: Parton 3rd from bottom (of 15), p14, w3, d3
- West Cumberland Junior League table: Parton Y.C. 2nd from bottom (of 8), p4 l4- next match away to Frizington, Sat
- [Modern youth complaint, p4]
- Parton Amateur Follies, p7
WN* 1 Feb 1945
- Parton Amateur Follies Homecoming Fund dancing, p1
- Football: W. Cumb. Senior League, Parton 7 Clifton Utd. 0, p2
WN* 8 Feb 1945
- Another Home Guard homecoming fund dance at Parton
- Football, W. Cumb. League: Parton 5, Winscales 2, + report, p2 (now 6th from bottom, p16, w5, d3)
- Junior League: next match, home v Frizington, Sat
- Moss Shield schoolboys' football: 1st round, Parton at home to Frizington Council Sch. (winner away to Montreal in 2nd round)
- Concert by Parton Amateurs at Lowca, p5
- Indecent language at Parton, p7
WN* 15 Feb 1945
- Football: Clifton Utd. v Parton, 1-1, after a "strenuous battle"; Parton now p17, w5 d4.
- Junior league: Frizington 5, Parton YC 0, + report p2
- West Cumberland Billiards Association- no Parton or Whitehaven teams mentioned, p3
- Inquest on body washed ashore at Parton, p5
WN* 22 Feb 1945
- p1, Parton Amateur Follies at Egremont ad.
- Football, Moss Shield (schools) Parton 3- Frizington Council 0 (at Briscoe Bank), p2
- Death of Mary Higgins, shortly after leaving Parton, p2
- More from inquest on fisherman washed ashore at Parton, p3
- Parton sergeant routs Germans, p5- para. on events of night of Sep 18-19, in report of last year's Arnhem battle, in which was a battalion of the Border Regiment.
WN* 1 Mar 1945
- Football, W. Cumberland league: Parton 3- Risehow & Gillhead 3 "Not many teams will leave Parton with a win, or even a draw" (but Parton now 5th from bottom)
- Parton to play Kells at Kells in 2nd round of Cumberland Schools Shield, p2
WN* 8 Mar 1945
- Football: W. Cumb. League, Risehow 0- Parton 2, + midweek Winscales 1- Parton 1 "Secretary Youdale must have imparted some useful hints gained at the course at Kells" (Parton now 8th from bottom)
- Note in report to troops "the eleven-a-side code has certainly flourished whilst Rugby Union and Rugby League have been languishing."
WN* 15 Mar 1945
- Football, W. Cumb. League: Parton "won easily" at home v Sellafield, p2
- Funeral of Miss Jane Milburn, p2
WN* 22 Mar 1945
- Football, West C. League: Scalegill 2- Parton 2
- Parton donation for hospital, p7
WN* 29 Mar 1945
- Home Guard Homecoming Fund dance at Parton, + Amateur Follies charity notice, + P.A.F. Homecoming Fund dances, ads p1
- Football, West Cumb. League: Parton 3- Celtic 5 "a clever win at Parton". (Parton still 8th from bottom- p22 w7 d6) p2
- No Parton team in W. Cumberland Table Tennis league. Whitehaven, Workington, Harrington & Moresby all in. p2
- [Salutation Hotel, Ambleside, sold by private owner to Wm. Younger, p4]
- [Ammunition wagon explosion at Bootle, p5]
WN* 5 Apr 1945
- Football: W. Cumb. League: Parton 0 -Lowca 5 p2
WN* 12 Apr 1945
- Football, W Cumb. League: [Cleator Moor] Celtic 3- Parton 1, + Parton 7- Distington 0, + Parton 1- Haig 0 ( Parton 7th from top- p28 w9 d7)
- Parton not in Moss Shield final
- Parton boy on probation for theft from pit
- WCT* 14 Apr 1945
- ads for Grand Theatre, Cockermouth (films); Ritz (films); The Oxford (films); Opera House (live); Empire, Maryport (films); Carlton, Maryport (films) [all last 5 in same ad]; Palace, Wigton; Palace, Aspatria; + Lonsdale Park greyhounds, Workington Town RL etc.
- p8: Funeral of Mrs Annie Lynn of Parton
WN* 19 Apr 1945
- Home Guard Homecoming Fund dance at Parton, ad p1
- Football, W. Cumb. League: Parton 1- Scalegill 3, + Parton 4- Clifton A 2 [Parton 8th from top, p30 w10 d7- no more to play]
WN* 19 Apr 1945 ctd.:
- p7, Parton win at snooker, + 2 deaths
WN* 26 Apr 1945
- Parton Follies Homecoming Fund dance, + Whitehaven concert, p1
WN* 3 May 1945
- Parton Home Guard Homecoming Fund Dance, p1
- Bowls? at Parton, p2
- 2 Parton POWs return, p4
- [NB At this time many bitter comments from returning POWs]
WN* 10 May 1945
- Bowling: Harrington Welfare v Frizington, p2
- Maintenance order, p7
WN* 17 May 1945
- Home Guard Homecoming Fund dance, Parton, p1
- Football: Parton end up 8th from bottom of W. Cumb. League
- Various reports of VE Day celebrations, but not Parton.
- Parton Nursing Assn. AGM, p6
- Parton Hospital Cttee. Whist Drive, + another Parton POW returns, p7
WN* 24 May 1945WN* 31 May 1945
- Home Guard Homecoming Fund dance, Parton, ad p1
- Wedding of Frank J. Norman of Kent & Maisie Norman SRN (daughter of Mr & Mrs J. Norman of Briscoe Crescent, Whitehaven), p4
- Divorces granted at Cumberland Assizes inc. Mrs Florence Lithgow of 5 Main St., due to desertion by her husband. Granted costs. p5
- Report from Moresby homing pigeons Crewe race, but not Parton.
WN* 7 Jun 1945
- Parton Follies Homecoming Fund dance, p1
- Bowling on Parton green, Sat?, in southern section of the county "Trio Championship". Green in good condition; steward Mr J. Pattinson; Parton 3rd place (team W. Winter, J. Johnston, J. Southward) equal top with 15 points, p2
- Also Harrington Welfare v Chapel Bank, Fri at Parton. Home team (inc. J. Pattinson) won by 90-70
- Wedding- Hanry Fisher & Alice Jackson, both of Parton, p7
WN* 14 Jun 1945
- Home Guard Homecoming Fund dance, Parton, p1
- Bowling at Whitehaven, trio championship 5th round: Winter, Johnston & Southward of Parton only scored 7, so eliminated.
- Homing pigeons: reports from Whitehaven, Distington, Moresby, Cleator & West Cumberland, but not Parton.
- Moresby Church Ladies' Guild forces' comforts fund, p5
WN* 21 Jun 1945
- PAF Homecoming Fund Dance, Parton, p1
- Frank Anderson election meetings inc. Parton (25 Jun, 7pm, Boys' School) [& Ravenglass] p5
- Wing Cmdr. Hill (National Conservative Candidate) election meetings inc. Parton (28 Jun, 6.30pm, Boys' School) [& Ravenglass etc.] p5
- Pigeon racing, no Parton mention (even in W. Cumb. Federation open race), p5
WN* 28 Jun 1945
- Home Guard Homecoming Fund dance, Parton, p1
- p2, Whitehaven & District Bowling League (individuals)
- p2, Cumberland Football Assn. AGM report (background info only)
- [General de Gaulle & the Hadfield-Spears mobile hospital, p4-]
- Parton Methodist Sunday School anniversary services, p4
- [Story of death in concentration camp of Maryport-born Mrs Engles, p5]
- Pigeon racing, Moresby & Lowca but no Parton, p5
WN* 5 Jul 1945
- Drama productions at Parton, ad p1
- Grand Parton Follies dance ad, p1
- Hound trails sometimes held at Lowca & Moresby, never Parton.
- Lifeboat Day collections, p5
- [Capture of Werner von Braun by Ismay, p5]
- Short notice on Parton drama, p7
WN* 12 Jul 1945
- Parton victory celebrations postponed, p1
- County Bowling Championship report, p2
- Further ad for drama at Parton, p5
- Short notice on drama, p7
WN* 19 Jul 1945
- PAF Homecoming Fund dance cancelled, p1
- Bowling: Harrington Welfare v Moresby at Parton, Sat., p2
- First demobilisation of a Parton serviceman, p7
WN* 26 Jul 1945
- Parton Follies Dance ad, p1
- [p6: timber homes to be imported from Sweden]
WN* 2 Aug 1945
- Home Guard Homecoming Fund dance ad, + Parton Follies dance ad, p1
- Reports of general election this week- all Cumberland seats Labour except Penrith & Cockermouth- 1 Tory. p3
- DSM award to Norman Wilson of Parton, p3
- George Moore Education Trust scholarship for Parton boy, p3
- [Story of Harrington magnesium plant revealed, p6]
WN* 9 Aug 1945
- [death of Beatrix Potter's husband, p5]
WN* 16 Aug 1945
- PAF Homecoming Fund dance ad, p1
- VJ Day- no mention of Parton celebrations, p5
- p8, Weddings: Jonathan Henney (Brisco Crescent) at Hensingham, + Frances Burns (Foundry Road) at Moresby
WN* 23 Aug 1945
- Impromptu VJ Day celebration at Bransty, but no mention of Parton, p7
WN* 30 Aug 1945
- Parton Follies Doo, p1
- Thanks ads from victory celebration organisers in verious neighbourhoods, not Parton, p1
- West Cumberland Federation pigeon racing, no Parton entries, p2
- Marriage at Whitehaven of Annie Moffat, formerly of Parton, p5
WN* 6 Sep 1945
- Home Guard Homecoming Fund dance, Parton, p1
- p2, Football, Bowthorn 0- Parton 3
- p2, Bowling in the dark
- p2, Junior football, Parton 2- Moresby 1
- Bowling in dark editorial, p4
- Pigeon racing, no Parton entrants, p5
WN* 13 Sep 1945
- Football: Parton 5- Bowthorn 0, p2
(next week away to Kells)
- Junior Football: Moresby 4- Parton 1 (next week home v Frizington)
- Parton bowling final, p4
- Parton victory celebrations, p5
- Pigeon racing, no Parton entrants, p7
- Parton Back Gardens victory party thanks, + Amateur Follies dance ad, p8
WN* 20 Sep 1945
- Foundry Road victory party thanks, p1
- p2, Football: Haig v Parton abandoned
- Junior football: Parton 1- Frizington 6 (already 5 ahead at half-time)
- Parton man among POWs released from Jap camps, p4
- More Parton victsry celebrations, p5
- Whitehaven Hospital Cup first round draw: Parton Utd. to play RAF Nethertown, 29 Sep, p5
- Presentation to William Twentyman, former Parton stationmaster, p5
- Flag day for servicemen, inc. Lowca/Parton area collection, p5
- [Fox shooting controversy, p6]
WN* 27 Sep 1945
- Parton Follies dance ad, p1
- p2, Football, Parton v Haig replay + return leg
- p4, Parton Follies concert for Whitehaven OAPs
- Whitehaven & District Billiards Assn. to be revived after 6 years inactive, p7
WN* 4 Oct 1945
- p2, Football, Whitehaven Hospital Cup, Parton 4- RAF 4
- Junior football, no match. So far Parton p4 w1 l3, 5th from bottom
- Parton Follies Homecoming Fund results, p3
- Home Guard Homecoming Fund dance ad, p5
- Parton Methodist Church harvest festival, p6
- [Gypsum Royalty between St Bees & Whitehaven to let, p8]
WN* 11 Oct 1945
- p2, football, HMS Macaw 4- Parton 3
- Parton maintenance non-payment case, p3
WN* 18 Oct 1945
- p2, Football, Junior League, West Seaton B.C. 7- Parton 1 ("minus a few regular players").
- Death of Parton-born Workington optician & photographer William Robertson, age 76, p3
- to end
WN* 25 Oct 1945
- PAGES 2-3 MISSING: supplied from Carlisle hard copy:
- p3, Hospital Committee whist drive report
- p2, Football: Junior League v West Seaton
- W. Cumb. League south section v Celtic
- p2, Whitehaven Billiards Assn. league
- [p6, "Canal defence light" + A-bomb letter]
- p7, Return of Parton POW
WN* 1 Nov 1945
- Parton Old Folks Reunion dance ad, p1
- p2, football, Whitehaven Hospital Cup
- Parton prisoner gives dance, p8
WN* 8 Nov 1945
- Parton Amateur Follies dance ad, p1
- p2, Football: Parton 2- Scalegill 0
- [St Bees woman's story of life in a Japanese prison camp, with photo, p5]
- Whitehaven Billiards league, inc. Parton, p5
- Parton Parish Council entertain children, p6
WN* 15 Nov 1945
- p2, football, Scalegill 1- Parton 2 (Next Sat, Parton v Lowca "the match of the season", in Hospital Cup 2nd round "anyone wishing to see thrilling football should make their way to Parton on Saturday")
- Parton Herb Depot, p4
WN* 22 Nov 1945
- PAF Homecoming Fund dance ad, p1
- Parton Follies show at Kells Community Centre, ad p1
- Football: Hospital Cup quarter final match at Parton, with long report (semi final to be v HDA or Pica)
- Demolition of defensive shelters beginning (no places named), p4
WN* 29 Nov 1945
- Old time dance at Parton, p1
- Home Guard Homecoming Fund dance, Parton, p1
- p2, Football: County Shield
- p4: No Parton team in W. Cumb. Table Tennis league
- Moresby House for sale, p8
WN* 6 Dec 1945
- Parton Old Folks' Fund dance ad, p1
- Variety & Grand Dance at Parton, p1
- p2, Football: W. Cumb. League
- p2, Whitehaven Billiards Assn. league: Parton 1 from bottom, p36, w12 3880 points
- NB local cinemas at Whitehaven (Gaiety, Queen's, Empire), Kells, Egremont, Frizington
WN* 13 Dec 1945
- Ad for J.B. Mossop, demolition, p1
- Home Guard Homecoming Fund dance, Parton, p1
- p2, Football: Hospital Cup surprise
- p2, Whitehaven Schools League table [football or rugby?]
- p4: Wedding at Parton Congregational Church, Mary Burns- Bainbridge
- p4, Ennerdale RDC comment
- NB Cartoons featured in the W. News from here on, usually p5
WN* 20 Dec 1945
- Hospital Cttee. Whist drive at Parton, p1
- Home Guard Hoemcoming Fund grand dance, Parton, p1
- Parton Follies Homecoming Fund Xmas dance, p1
- p2, Football, Moresby v Parton
- p2, Cumberland Cup 1st round draw: Parton v Kells, 5 Jan
- Parton man drunk in charge of lorry, p5
WN* 27 Dec 1945
- Parton Follies homecoming fund gala, p1
- Parton Schools Xmas festivities, p4
- Parton old folks' victory tea, p7
1946 disaster
- Articles by Frank J. Carruthers in WN* 10 Jul 1975 (p15); 24 Jul 1975 (p7)
- contemporary evidence reprinted in "The Lowca No. 10 Pit disaster, December, 1946" published by the Friends of Whitehaven Museum