Hopcrafts in the local newspapers

 

Click on the blue links to read newspaper reports of Hopcrafts 1816-1949

Courtesy of newspaper research by John Plumbe

1816	30 March	Suicide of William
1856	26 January	John advertises the sale of 100,000 drain tiles
1860	15 September	John is charged with calling Henry West 'a scabby rascal'
1863	14 February	Fire at Abel's grocers and butchers shop on the High Street
1890	23 April	Joseph's work shop hit by lightning & two men knocked down
1896	4 June	Alfred the water diviner available for a fee of three guineas
1918	1 August	A Banbury newspaper reports that Capt.Douglas Hopcraft has been awarded an MBE for wartime services in Italy
1920	22 January	Douglas is invested with his MBE by Prince Henry of Gloucester
1924	8 May	Spencer is charged with illegal movement of pigs during a Foot & Mouth disease outbreak
1930	16 October	Joseph removes a pig without a licence
1932	15 December	Alfred's obituary
1932	22 December	Alice (wife of J.W. Hopcraft) dies two weeks after falling down stairs
1935	27 February	Hopcraft farm has Foot & Mouth disease
1937	11 March	Tyre theft from Spencer's premises
1938	7 April	Report of Donald's death aged 14
1938	14 April	Report of Donald's funeral
1948	21 January	Douglas retires and sells the business to Messrs G.L. Walker of Oxford
1948	28 October	G.L. Walker notice of liquidation. A. Hopcraft & Son is for sale
1949	25 August	New owner Guy H Wilsden advertises under the name of A.Hopcraft & Son