Frank Farndale
27 October 1901 to 1987
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London
1901
Frank Farndale, son
of Samuel and Pollie (nee Chesters) Farndale (FAR00475), was born in
Wandsworth (BR) on 27 October 1901
(1939 Register). Frank Farndale’s birth was
registered in Wandsworth District in the fourth quarter of 1901 (GRO Vol 1d page 721).
1911
Census
1911 – Kentwyns, Warwick Road, Thornton Heath, Croydon, Surrey
Samuel
Farndale, 44, admiralty accountant clerk
Pollie
Farndale, 39
Ethel
Chesters Farndale, 14, at home school evenings
Thomas
Henry Farndale, 11
Frank
Farndale, 9
Walter
Reginald Farndale, 5
Hilda
Margaret Farndale, 2
Lucy
Chesters, sister in law, 30
Although
only 11, could this have been F Farndale, whose father was a performer and
associated with Portsmouth? Portsmouth Evening News, 27 November 1913: LOCKS
SAILING CLUB. DINNER AND PRESENTATION. The annual dinner of the Locks Sailing
Club took place at the “Highland Arms”, Eastleigh, on Wednesday, 72 members and
visitors sitting down... Selections were given by the Red Orchestra String
Band... F Farndale … (concertina solo) ... contributed towards the
harmony of the evening.
Lewisham Borough News, 7 July 1920: FROM THE CRICKET
FIELD. … BROOKSIDE ‘B’ V MARLBOROUGH Marlborough:... S Morley, bowled
Farndale. …
He was an all round sportsman, as he was
also playing football for Brookside Athletic Reserves also on Mitcham Common,
at the same time:
Croydon
Times, 8 December 1920: THE RESERVES. In a keen and exciting game between Brookside
Athletic Reserves and All Saints, on Miteham Common,
the Saints won by the odd goal of three. Midway through the first half, F
Farndale, playing at centre half, dribbled through the Saints defence and
registered the only goal for the Brooks with a hard ground shot. Ten
minutes later the Saints equalised. There was no further scoring before the
interval. In the second-half the Saints had most of the attacking, their outside
left giving the Brooks defence considerable trouble, and Clements, at left
half, found him a rare handful. The Saints scored their winning goal whilst the
Brooks defence adopted a policy of waiting for the offside whistle. The
visitors tried hard to get on level terms, testing the home goalie with many
long shots, but without success.
1921
Croydon Times, 25 May 1921: WEST
CROYDON BAPTISTS V BROOKSIDE ATHELTICS 11. Played at Duppen
Hill on Saturday, Scores: West Croydon Baptists R Townhill, bowled Farndale
… 8 …
Croydon Times, 1 June 1921: BROOKSIDE
11. … F Farndale, bowled Seymour … 1
Croydon Times, 1 June 1921: LYNDHURST
UNITED V BROOKSIDE 11. Lyndhurst United opposed to their great local rivals,
Brookside 11, on Fulton Heath recreation ground on Saturday, and a most
exciting game resulted, the Brooks just got home with four runs to spare.
Lyndhurst batted first, and mainly through Dawson... managed to total 39. F
Farndale, of Brookside, bowled splendidly, taking eight wickets, and each time
he hit the stumps...
Croydon Times, 22 June 1921: BROOKSIDE
ATHLETIC 11 V PEMBROKE. Brookside Athletic 11... F Farndale, bowled Buckland
… Pembroke... Clements, bowled Farndale …Bowling analysis: F Farndale,
4-0-8-2...
Croydon Times, 9 November 1921: THE ‘B’ TEAM. Playing at Mitcham Common on
Saturday, Brookside “B” were defeated by Croydon YMCA.... Team:... F
Farndale...
Croydon Times, 23 November 1921: THE
‘B’ TEAM. The “Bs” met and defeated Emmanuel “B” in a friendly at South
Croydon. After 15 minutes of play, E Humphreys scored the Brooks first goal...
Brookside “B” … F Farndale ...
Brighton, Sussex
1921
census – 52 Montpelier
Road, Brighton, Sussex
Frank Farndale
was a boarder in the Baggaley House, working as a clerk engineer with Cubitts Engineer Co Ltd. He was 19. He was born
in 1901 in Streatham, London.
1923
Croydon
Times, 24 January 1923: THIRD DIVISION. BROOKSIDE ATHLETIC ‘A’. The game between
Brookside “A” and Kensley Elmswood 11, was eagerly awaited
by the Brooks in the hope of their revenge for the heavy defeat Kenley gave
them at home a fortnight previous... Team... F Farndale...
Bexhill on Sea Observer, 4 August 1923: POLEGROVE
AND FOOTBALL. ‘ARISTOCRATIC’ OBJECTIONS. UNITED ANNUAL MEETING. The annual
general meeting of the Bexhill Football Club was held at the Devonshire
Hotel on Monday evening.... The elections of officers was as follows...... were
elected on the committee, the remaining nine members... F Farndale
…, being re-elected in bloc...
Surrey
1925
But in 1925, with
his brother Walter Reginald Farndale:
Croydon
Times, 30 December 1925: LYNDHURST DASH. LYNDHURST 4, BROOKSIDE 3. On Christmas
morning Lyndhurst gave one of their best displays when defeating Brookside by
four goals to three. Shaw, Simmonds and Innes were absentees, but the
substitutes, F R Farndale, W R Farndale and E Grey proved worthy of their
selection….
1930
Frank Farndale, 28, a clerk, son of
Samuel Farndale (a retired civil servant) married Lily Nellie Laver,
30 on 6 September 1930 at St Stephen, Norbury and Thornton Heath, Croydon
District (St Stephen, Norbury and Thornton
Heath PR and letter).
Lily Nellie
Laver, the daughter of James Samuel Laver (1856 to 1923) and Eliza (nee
Williams) Laver (1863 to 1942), was born at Silvertown, Essex on 17 July 1899.
1937
Jennifer Farndale (FAR00950)
was born on 7 October 1937.
1939
1939
Register – 15 Whitehorn
Avenue, Coulsdon, Surrey
Frank Farndale,
born 27 October 1901, Brick Manufacture Accounts Clerk and Air Raid Patrol
Lily N Farndale,
born 17 July 1899, unpaid domestic duties
Third record not
available
1949
Worthing
Gazette, 31 August 1949: EARLY SURPRISE IN BOWLS TOURNAMENT. LOCAL CHAMPION
ELIMINATED. … SECTION B. FIRST ROUND. First round: … F Farndale (Capel,
Surrey) 21 …
1950
Dorking
and Leatherhead Advertiser, 7 July 1950: HORLEY 48, CAPEL 61. At Horley on
Saturday, Capel returned to winning form. Capel rinks... F Farndale...
Dorking
and Leatherhead Advertiser, 17 November 1950: BOWLING CLUB WINNERS. Winners of the 1950
competitions were: Men's open singles, F Farndale (runner up, A
Parsons);... bowl’s drive, Mrs Pyatt and F Farndale... CAPEL BOWLING
CLUB DINNER. Jovial company, good food and warm hospitality were enjoyed by
members and visitors alike at Capel Bowling Club’s dinner at the Kings Head on
Wednesday last week... The toast to the ladies was proposed by Mr F Farndale
who thanked the ladies for their untiring efforts in providing teas after
the play. It added so much to the enjoyment at the matches, both by visitors
and players alike. However, they did not want the ladies to be perpetual tea
makers and he hoped still more of them would join the ladies team which had such
a good record during the season...
Dorking
and Leatherhead Advertiser, 24 November 1950: CAPEL. … FOLK SONGS. Miss Vinall made
flattering remarks about the singing of the Women's Institute, when she
gave an interesting talk and demonstration on “English folk songs” at last
week's meeting. She told how Cecil Sharpe travelled through the British Isles,
collecting the songs handed down by generations of country
men. Mrs Farndale proposed a vote of thanks to Miss Vinall.
Nominations were then made for next year's committee. After tea, Mrs Vinall
helped her daughter to judge the competition for a home trimmed hat. The
winner was Mrs Farndale with Miss Forbes 2nd and Mrs King third.
Dorking
and Leatherhead Advertiser, 1 December 1950: CAPEL BOWLING CLUB. A wonderful spirit of
cooperation prevailed at the annual meeting of Capel Bowling Club, held at the
British Legion rooms on Monday.... A suggestion by Mr Farndale that
instead of a club captain being appointed, the selection committee should
select a captain for each match, was opposed by Mr stone. The motion was
defeated... Messrs F Farndale and G Hayward were elected to the committee
which is to combine the duties of selection and handicapping.
Dorking and Leatherhead Advertiser, 26 May 1950: BOWLS.
LEATHERHEAD, 71; Capel, 80. Capel won this game of four triples at Leatherhead
on Saturday by seven shots. Capel skips: 1. F Farndale 26-21;...
Dorking and Leatherhead Advertiser, 9 June 1950: BOWLS.
CAPEL 51; HORLEY, 49. This was Horley’s
first visit to Capel, and after an even game the home team run by two shots.
Capel rinks:... F Farndale...
1951
West
Sussex County Times, 6 April 1951: CAPEL. Members invited their husbands to
the March meeting and Mrs Harmon, president, made a presentation to Mrs Hooker.
A one act play was presented by the drama group, produced by Mrs Harmon and extremely
well acted by Mrs Farndale... Delightful singing came
from Mrs Farndale...accompanied by a picturesque dance by Miss Jennifer
Farndale. Miming game, in which some of the male visitors took part, caused
much amusement. Competition for a bowl of daffodils grown in fibre with won by
… .3. Mrs Farndale.
West
Sussex County Times, 29 June 1951: CAPEL. At the June meeting, Mrs Dale gave
a talk on “Old Capel”, which was particularly pleasing to the older members... Mrs
Farndale gave an account of her visit as delegate to the annual meeting at the
Albert Hall, and also a group meeting which she had attended at Headley....
West
Sussex County Times, 14 December 1951: OUTSIZE BOUQUET FOR CAPEL BOWLERS. An
outside bouquet for the club in general, and an equally large one for the lady
members, these were the main features of the Capel Bowling Club's recent annual
meeting... and when Mr F Farndale, treasurer, reported the highest ever
yearly expenditure, and a balance of only £14, the same indefatigable ladies
assured him that financial problems can usually be solved by the organisation
of a jumble sale!...
West
Sussex County Times, 28 December 1951: CAPEL. There was a good attendance at the
annual meeting when the secretary, Mrs Lumsden, read the report of the years
activities... Mrs Farndale gave a report of the annual group meeting,...
1954
West
Sussex County Times, 26 November 1954: CLOCK FOR RETIRING GROUNDSMAN. Mr W
Hayward, who has retired after being Capel Bowling Club’s groundsman for 11
years, was presented with a travelling clock... Replicas were presented
to... handicap: Mr and Mrs F Farndale, mixed pairs...
West
Sussex County Times, 2 April 1954: ANNIVERSARIES WERE CELEBRATED THIS MONTH.
Birthday celebrations were a feature of Institute activities last month... At
Capel an anniversary party was held to celebrate the Institute's 30th birthday.
Mr Don Cooper was an energetic and efficient MC, providing a nicely varied
programme of team games and dancing. Mrs Farndale gave a delightful
rendering of two Irish songs, “Cockles and Mussels” and “When Irish Eyes are
smiling”, the audience joining in lustily in the chorus. She was
accompanied by Mrs A Cooper, the pianist for the dancing being Mr H Ranger...
Surrey
Mirror, 4 June 1954: BOWLS COUNTTY MIDDLETON CUP TEAM 131, REIGATE BOROUGH, 84. At
Wiggie on Saturday, Borough rinks... F Farndale...
REIGATE PRIORY 77, EGHAM 59. At Priory on Sunday, Priory rinks... Farndale...
Surrey
Mirror, 3 September 1954: REIGATE PRIORY 79, NEIGHBOURING CLUBS 89. Reigate Priory
having no fixture arranged for Wednesday last week decided to invite one rink
from each of the neighbouring clubs to oppose the Priory in friendly combats...
After this most pleasant match all participants stayed to witness the finals
for the Priory championship singles and handicap singles. Both produced
excellent bowling and the results were... Championship... Handicap, W Cox,
19 beat F Farndale, 21. … REIGATE PRIORY 70, OLD COULSDON 101. At Old
Coulsdon on Saturday, Reigate rinks … 1. James, Pratt, Farndale, Lane...
1956
West
Sussex County Times, 13 July 1956: NARROW WIN FOR HORSHAM BOWLERS. Horsham
Bowling Club entertained a team from Homefield Park, Worthing, in an
interesting full rink game. Horsham won by five shots. F Farndale, 20...
West
Sussex County Times, 7 September 1956: MALTRAVERS LOSE BY 12 SHOTS. Maltravers
Bowling Club visited the Horsham green on Saturday and they were beaten by 12
shots... F Farndale (skip), 23...
Many other
bowling entries during this period.
1959
West
Sussex County Times, 7 August 1959: BOWLERS’ BUSY BANK HOLIDAY. On Monday all
the Horsham rinks were fully occupied with morning and afternoon competitions. The
two-wood singles was won by F Farndale with F V Mills the runner up...
1963
The
Surrey Advertiser, County Times, 27 April 1963: MANY CANDIDATES FOR PARISH
COUNCIL SEATS. Among the five parishes at Dorking and Horley rural district in
which parish council elections are due this year, only one, Leigh, has not an
excess of candidates over the number of councillors to be elected... … CAPEL
PARISH (nine seats) … Mrs Lily Farndale...
Walsham, Norfolk
1987
Frank Farndale, born on 27 October 1901, died
in 1987 and his death was registered in Walsham, Norfolk in the fourth quarter
of 1987 (GRO Vol 10 page 1682, Letter).
1990
Lily Nellie
Farndale, born on 17 July 1899, died in 1990, aged 91, and her death was
registered in Norwich in the third quarter of 1990 (GRO
Vol 10 page 1594).