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1943 Poppy Day Collection
The Poppy Day collection of 1943 was a success: over £510 raised in Brentford reported the Marylebone Mercury 27 November 1943. The newpaper recorded details of collections made in pubs, factories and by street collectors.The collection amounts often end .5d - this was a halfpenny, 48 of these were equivalent in today's money to 10p. The farthing (half the value of a halfpenny, a fourth part or quarter of an old penny) was still in circulation until 1960 but does not feature in the list; was it too small an amount to give, or was it not possible to print this fraction?
The lists do not include forenames but you may recognise a family member with a distinctive surname below.
The three lists have been sorted by name: first public houses, then factories and finally street collectors.
29 public houses held collections - a big reduction in numbers following closures in the early 1900s. There are histories of many of the following: search on the home page to find text and images.
| Public House | Amount |
|---|---|
| Albany Arms | £1 16s d |
| Barge Aground | 12s 11.5d |
| Brent House | £1 3s 6d |
| Bricklayers Arms | £1 2s 0.5d |
| Bull | 4s 8d |
| Conservative Club | £1 7s 1d |
| Duke of York | £2 18s 1.5d |
| Express | £1 2s 9.5d |
| Feathers | 9s 1d |
| Kings Arms | 14s 3.5d |
| Magnet | 10s 9d |
| Magpie and Crown | £1 11s 6d |
| New Inn | £1 3s 8d |
| North … | faded |
| Princess Royal | £3 5s 10d |
| Red Lion | 9s 10d |
| Six Bells | 17s 10d |
| The Beehive | 15s 7.5d |
| The Globe | £1 0s 7.5d |
| The Griffin | 13s 10d |
| The Guardsman | 17s 11d |
| The Nelson | £1 10s 7.5d |
| The Plough | 13s 1.5d |
| The Rising Sun | £1 13s 5.5d |
| The Royal Oak | £1 3s 6.5d |
| Waggon and Horses | 13s 9d |
| Watermans Arms | £1 4s 5.5d |
| White Horse | 6d |
| Windmill | 6s 0.5d |
The site has interesting photos, memories and press items about some of the factories listed here - try searching on the home page.
| Factory | Amount |
|---|---|
| Airducts | £13 3s 11.5d |
| Alfa Laval | £2 18s 7d |
| All Tools | £7 12s 7.5d |
| Barclays Bank | 6s 7d |
| Beldems | £3 5s 6d |
| Brentford Soap Works | 12s 4.5d |
| Commercial Ignition | £2 10s 5.5d |
| Coty's | £4 9s 8.5d |
| County Office (Mrs Lovell) | £2 7s 2.5d |
| Fox's Bedding Co. | £1 15s 10d |
| Gas Accumulator | £1 18s 3d |
| Henleys | 15s 6d |
| London Aeroplanes | £18 5s 9.5d |
| Pullens | £7 7s 6.5d |
| Ranton and Co. | £1 15s 8.5d |
| Scientific Projectors | £7 7s 5.5d |
| Simmonds | £20 5s 4d |
| Smiths Crisps | £5 15s 9d |
| Sperrys | £32 1s 1d |
| Tecalemit | £2 2s 2.5d |
| Thompson and Norris | £2 2s 5d |
| Trico Folberts | £5 18s 1.5d |
| Names of street collectors | Title | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Atkins | Miss | £2 0s 11.5d |
| Baker | Mrs | £9 8s 2d |
| Beeson | Mrs | £5 1s 7d |
| Benn | Mrs | £5 18s 7d |
| Blackwell | Mrs | 16s 2d |
| Blackwell | Mrs | £2 15s 1d |
| Blake | Mrs | £2 2s 9d |
| Brentford Hospital Nurses | £2 13s 1.5d | |
| Buss | Mrs | £2 14s 11.5d |
| Butterfield | Mrs | £3 18s 10d |
| Camp | Mr | £4 5s 10d |
| Challenge Cup | £1 4s 10.5d | |
| Charlton JP | Mr | £1 1s |
| Clark | Mrs | £6 15s 1d |
| Collins | Mrs | £4 8s 9.5d |
| Connor | Mr | £2 10s 10d |
| Cook | Mr | 17s 0.5d |
| Cook | Mrs | £2 17s |
| Davis | Mrs | £5 6s 6d |
| Depot | £1 1s 1.5d | |
| Duboire | Mr | £7 16s 3d |
| Ealing Road Infants School | 18s 10d | |
| Ealing Road Mixed Junior | £2 2s 1d | |
| Ellis | Mrs | £3 0s 4d |
| Flewitt (for Gunnersbury Park Knitting Club) | Mrs | £2 2s |
| Gardener | Miss | £46 16s 4.5d |
| Garratt (cheque) | Mr S | £2 2s |
| Gilpin (with Miss Gardener) | Miss | : |
| Goddard | Mrs | £5 0s 7d |
| Goddard | Miss | £7 10s 5d |
| Green | Mr | £1 8s |
| Gregory | Mrs | £5 6s 8.5d |
| Griggs | Mrs | £5 0s 6d |
| Harding | Miss | £2 |
| Harris | Mrs | £1 2s 11d |
| Herbert (for Arnos) | Mr | 13s 9d |
| Houston | Mrs | £2 4s 8d |
| Howe | Miss | £1 12s |
| King | Mrs | 8s 7.5d |
| Law | Mrs | £3 9s 7.5d |
| Leslie | Mrs | £1 17s 7d |
| Letts | Mr | £2 9s 7d |
| Lewis | Miss | £1 8s 10d |
| Lionel Road School | £4 15s 3.5d | |
| Luffrum | Mrs | £3 7s 11d |
| Mannell | Mrs | £2 6s 4.5d |
| Marley | Mrs | £6 11s 11d |
| McMillan | Mr | £20 0s 7.5d |
| McMullins | Mr | £10 12s 3d |
| New Road Church | 14s 4d | |
| Newcombe | Mrs | £2 15s 4d |
| Newens | Mrs | £3 9s 10d |
| Norgett | Miss | £2 13s 2.5d |
| Oats | Miss | £2 6s 6d |
| O'Leary (for Brentford Market) | Mr | £2 5s |
| Palmer | Miss | £13 7s 9.5d |
| Perry | Mrs | £5 14s 4d |
| Perry (for the Triangle Club) | Mrs | £1 11s 8d |
| Phillips | Mrs | £6 14s 6d |
| Phillips | Mrs | 7s 3d |
| Prince | Miss | £3 10s 11.5d |
| Reed | Miss | £6 8s 10d |
| Rikley | Mrs | £1 16s 4.5d |
| Sargeant | Mrs | £5 1s 9d |
| Sargeant Ltd | F | £1 1s |
| Scientific (Car Poppies) | 10s | |
| Shields | Mrs | £3 7s 7d |
| Simmonds | Mrs | £1 0s 7d |
| Skillman | Miss | £4 4s 3d |
| Smith | Miss | £1 6s 3d |
| Spoker | Mr | £13 9s 2.5d |
| St Georges Church | £1 17s 8.5d | |
| St Georges School | £10 15s | |
| St Pauls Hall | 15s 4d | |
| St Pauls School | £1 8s 6d | |
| Thames | Mrs | £1 18s 11.5d |
| Thames (for Office Box) | Mr | £2 17s 5.5d |
| Thurlow | Mrs | £1 13s 8d |
| W.V.S. | 10s | |
| Ward | Mrs | 17s 7d |
| Winch | Mrs | £1 18s 10d |
| Windmill Road Church | 15s 5d | |
| Wmyss | Mrs | £2 18s 0.5d |
| Woods | Miss | £4 7s 9.5d |