Mrs Effield Bogle breathed her last at the Old Bank House, Long Street, Sherborne, on 28 May 1905. A few days later the following obituary appeared in the Western Chronicle: ‘The death is recorded of Mrs Bogle, widow of the late Major Bogle, V.C., a very old resident of the town, who passed away at … Read more
Winifred Spooner was born at Woolwich in Kent on 11 September 1900, the fifth child and only daughter of Major Walter Boulton Spooner and Annie (née Kirk). From 1916 to 1918, Winifred attended Sherborne Girls’ School, boarding at Aldhelmsted West. After briefly studying domestic science at Reading University she worked for a short time at a … Read more
On the afternoon of Saturday 4th November 1933, a football match was played on the Fairfield in Sherborne between the female employees of the Sherborne Laundry and a ladies’ football team from Yeovil. The match was held as part of Sherborne Carnival’s fundraising week, which, after a lapse of ten years, saw a procession through … Read more