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References for Hobbs of Henley (the book)

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(Please note that the full list is still being compiled and some references are still to be confirmed)

INTRODUCTION

  1. Page 4, poem: Hickman and Kinch, A Guide to Henley and its Vicinity (Henley-on-Thames, 1838).
  2. Page 4, genealogical study: Family tree in the possession of the Hobbs family. The author did his own separate study in order to search for some of the ancestors.
  3. Page 4, 1621 agreement: Balliol College archive (E.12. Hambleden, 67b.) George, Archbishop of Canterbury, Francis Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Albans, Sir Edward Coke and Nicholas Bacon, executors of Dame Elizabeth Pyriham, to Thomas and William Hobbs, assignment of same 1621.
  4. Page 4/5, information on William Hobbs and his family: D. V. Palmer, ‘History of Burrow Farm’ (unpublished, 1994), pp. 36-9, 46-7 and 111-4.
  5. Page 5, Posse Comitatus: The Buckinghamshire Posse Comitatus (1798) (http://www.bucksrecsoc.org.uk/BRS-VOLUMES/brs-vol-22.pdf)
  6. Page 5, Margaret Hobbs: Death certificate of Thomas Hobbs in the Buckinghamshire Record Office.
  7. Page 5, last wharfinger: 1861 Census.
  8. Page 5, Thacker: F. S. Thacker, The Thames Highway: Volume II: Locks and Weirs (London, 1920), Aston Ferry.
  9. Page 5, obituary of Henry Hobbs: Bucks Herald, 7 June 1890.
  10. Page 5, Mill End Wharf: Ann Flinders Petrie, ‘Yewden Manor and Greenlands’ (Henley Archaeological and Historical Group). 
  11. Page 5, death of William Hobbs: Reading Mercury, 28 March 1840.
  1. Page 6-7, family tree: Parish records (birth, marriage and death certificates) and census material.
  2. Page 8, contract: see number 3 (above).
  3. Page 9: Burrow farm map: Balliol College archive, map of Burrow Farm, Hambleden (E.12.74 and 75).
  4. Page 10: Emily Climenson, A Guide to Henley-on-Thames (Henley, 1896).
  5. Page 11, photo of Harry Hobbs: Hobbs of Henley (copyright).
  6. Page 12, photo of Old Ship House: Simon Wenham (copyright).
  7. Page 12, licensing record from the Oxfordshire Record Office and Henley Advertiser, 1 April 1871 (granting a hold over the licence by the town’s bench on 27 March until the next transfer day), 29 April 1871 (confirming transfer by town bench on 24 April).
  8. Page 12, almshouse: Henley Standard, 30 October 1903.*
  9. Page 12, 1892 date: Ed Burrow and Co Ltd, Henley-on-Thames: official guide (Cheltenham, 1936), p. 46.
  10. Page 12: 1870 date: Oxfordshire Directory 1958-9, p. 275, Hobbs of Henley archive (advert in the office), c. 1900 (it says ‘Five Minutes from Station’ and mentions telegrams to ‘Marian’, which the firm was doing from at least 1899).
  11. Page 13, Heywood: Abel Heywood, Guide to Henley-on-Thames (Henley, 1882), p. 16.
  12. Page 13, trains: S. Townley, Henley-on-Thames: Town, Trade and River (London, 2009), p. 141.
  13. Page 13, Thames Conservancy: Thames Conservancy, The Thames Conservancy 1857-1957 (London, 1957), p. 9.

Chapter 1

  1. Page 14, opening quote: www.thames.me.uk/s01010.htm (accessed 28 August 2019).
  2. Page 14, riverside taverns: S. Wenham, Pleasure Boating on the Thames: a History of Salter Bros Ltd, 1858-Present Day (Stroud, 2017), p. 22.
  3. Page 14, upper Tidal Thames: D. Blomfield, ‘Tradesmen of the Thames: Success and Failure among the Watermen and Lightermen Families of the Upper Tidal Thames 1750–1901’ (Kingston University PhD thesis, 2006), pp. 90–2, 259–61.
  4. Page 14, pilgrimage for anglers: C. Dickens, Dickens’ Dictionary of the Thames (London, 1885).
  5. Page 14, punts moored up: A. Heywood, Abel Heywood’s Guide to the Thames (London, 1882), p. 12.
  6. Page 14, fisherman: E. Climenson, A Guide to Henley-on-Thames (Henley-on-Thames, 1896), pp. 78-80.
  7. Page 14, A. E. Hobbs: See numerous references in The Fishing Gazette in the early twentieth century and the collection of fish held in the River and Rowing Museum in Henley.
  8. Page 14, Webb’s Wharf: Kelly’s Directory of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire (1887), p. 639 (he is not mentioned in 1891).
  9. Page 14, steam tugs: E. Climenson, A Guide to Henley-on-Thames (Henley-on-Thames, 1896), pp. 81.
  10. Page 15, no mention: A. Heywood, Abel Heywood’s Guide to the Thames (London, 1882).
  11. Page 15, statistics showing the popularity of the river: See S. Wenham, ‘Oxford, the Thames and Leisure: a History of Salter Bros, 1858-2010’ (Oxford University DPhil thesis, Michaelmas term 2012), pp. 119-34.
  12. Page 15, Abel Heywood: A. Heywood, Abel Heywood’s Guide to the Thames (London, 1882), p. 12.
  13. Page 15, population: Census returns for 1881 and 1901.
  14. Page 15, Molesey Lock: J. and E. R. Pennell, The Stream of Pleasure: a Month on the Thames (London, 1891), p. 125.
  15. Page 15, Boulter’s Lock: see Wenham, ‘Oxford, the Thames and Leisure’, p. 124.
  16. Page 15, The Thames Trip: see Wenham, ‘Oxford, the Thames and Leisure’, pp. 134-159.
  17. Page 15, Tensions: see Wenham, ‘Oxford, the Thames and Leisure’, pp. 137-8.
  18. Page 15, Leslie: G. D. Leslie, Our River (London, 1881), p. 123. ‘Bean-feasters’ were those who attended an annual outing provided by a company for its employees, where typically beans and bacon were eaten.
  19. Page 15, Camping: see S. Wenham ‘The River Thames and the Popularisation of Camping, 1860–1980’, Oxoniensia LXXX (2015), pp. 57-74.
  20. Page 15, Bisham Abbey: The Standard, 10 June 1884.
  21. Page 15, Thames Preservation Act: The Law Reports: the Public General Statutes Passed in the Forty-Eighth and Forty-Ninth Years of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria 1884-5, vol. 21 (London, 1885), p. 393.
  22. Page 15, Pall Mall Gazette: The Pall Mall Gazette, 1 October 1886.
  23. Page 16, 12 companies: E. Climenson, A Guide to Henley-on-Thames (Henley-on-Thames, 1896), pp. 60-1.
  24. Page 16, Interwar work: See various editions of Salter’s Guide to the Thames, e.g. J. H. and J. A. Salter, Salter’s Guide to the Thames (Oxford, 1923), p. ixxviii.
  25. Page 16, Evening News: quoted in Henley Standard, 4 August 1922.
  26. Page 16, 1925 advert: Hobbs’ Archive, Hobbs & Sons Limited, Henley-on-Thames [advert].
  27. Page 16, 1940: Hobbs’ Archive, Directors Book, 13 April 1940.
  28. Page 17, punts being the most popular at the regatta: G. E. Mitton, The River Thames from London to Oxford (London, 1902), p. 92. See also stock mentioned in 1925 advert and Burrow’s Guide to the Thames (London, 1920), p. 43.
  29. Page 17, Evening News: quoted in Henley Standard, 4 August 1922.
  30. Page 17-8, Lock to Lock Times: Lock to Lock Times, 4 July 1891.
  31. Pumping station reference 1902: A discussion on improving the system in Henley Advertiser, 13 March 1908.
  32. Page 18, 4am: Henley Advertiser, 4 July 1885.
  33. Page 18, magistrates wanting to reduce drinking hours: Henley Standard, 28 February 1980.
  34. Page 18, Wigglesworth: N. Wigglesworth, The Social History of English Rowing (London, 1982), p. 96.
  35. Page 18, prices ruling high: Abel Heywood’s Guide to Henley-on-Thames (1882), p. 12.
  36. Page 18, 1909 fees: Henley Standard, 17 December 1909.
  37. Page 18, Marian at the regatta: see for example Henley Standard, 12 July 1902.
  38. Page 18, E. Climenson, A Guide to Henley-on-Thames (Henley-on-Thames, 1896), p. 71.
  39. Page 18: Royal Engineers: At nearby Wargrave Hall, see https://www.henleystandard.co.uk/news/clubs-and-associations/102144/wargrave-local-history-society.html.
  40. Page 18, end of WW1, Henley Standard, 15 November 1918.
  41. Page 18, air-raid sirens: Henley Standard, 25 May 1945.
  42. Page 18-19: S. Wenham, Pleasure Boating on the Thames: a History of Salter Bros Ltd, 1858-Present Day (Stroud, 2017), pp. 97-9.
  43. Page 19: Swimmer canoeists: Interview with Tony and Jonathan Hobbs, 20 May 2019.
  44. Page 19-20, Sunrise Serenader, http://www.wargravehistory.org.uk/B-17.html
  45. Page 20, Stuart Turner: Henley Standard, 11 May 1945.
  46. Page 20, Second golden age, S. Wenham, ‘Oxford, the Thames and Leisure: a History of Salter Bros, 1858-2010’ (Oxford University DPhil thesis, Michaelmas term 2012), pp. 209-12.
  47. Page 20, 1970 fleet: Reading Evening News, 29 January 1970.
  48. Page 21, Townley: S. Townley, Henley-on-Thames: Town, Trade and River (London, 2009), p. 173.
  49. Page 21, Marsh Lock: Thames Water Statistics 1976, p. B6.1.
  50. Page 21, Britons defeated: J. H. B. Peel, Portrait of the Thames (London, 1967), p. 14.
  51. Page 21, Thames Water Authority, Henley Standard, 22 December 1978.
  52. Page 21, Exploiting tourism: see for example Henley Standard, 8 February 1980.
  53. Page 21, McKeever: Henley Standard, 27 June 2003.
  54. Page 21, Thames Waterway Plan: Thames Waterway Plan 2006-2011 (2005), p. 56
  55. Page 21, Steamboats: see chapter on passenger boats.
  56. Page 21, Thames guidebook: Royal Thames Guide (London, 1899), p. 137.
  57. Page 21, Rosetta: R. L. Wheeler, From River to Sea: the Marine Heritage of Sam Saunders (Newport, 1993), pp. 67-9. .
  58. Page 21, Petrol Storage: Henley Standard, 29 April 1910.
  59. Page 21, The late 1920s: Advert 1927.
  60. Page 21, ‘Spivs’: Henley Standard, 13 August 1954.
  61. Page 21, 1984 incident: Henley Standard, 18 May 1984.
  62. Page 22, 1970: Reading Evening News, 29 January 1870.
  63. Page 22, Rivertime: https://www.hobbsofhenley.com/information-services
  64. Page 22, Financial Times: Financial Times, 4 October 2013.
  65. Page 22, Olympics: https://www.hobbsofhenley.com/information-services
  66. Page 22, Proudlock: Henley Herald, 19 December 2018.
  67. Page 22, Henley Boat Club: https://www.hobbsofhenley.com/information-services
  68. Page 23, 1985 date (should be 1958): Hobbs Archive Directors Book, 9 August 1958, 2 March 1963 and 1 May 1964.
  69. Page 23, 1968 season: Hobbs Archive Directors Book, 27 May 1969 (reporting on the previous year).
  70. Page 24, hot weather: Henley Standard, 15 July 1994.
  71. Page 24, hot weather the following year: Henley Standard, 25 August 1995.
  72. Page 24, marine caravanning, S. Wenham, ‘Oxford, the Thames and Leisure: a History of Salter Bros, 1858-2010’ (Oxford University DPhil thesis, Michaelmas term 2012), p. 161-3.
  73. Page 24, Salter’s Steamers Ltd Archive, A Minute Book of the Thames Hire Cruiser Association 1956-1964.
  74. Page 24, 1959: Hobbs’ Archive, Directors Book, 30 May 1959.
  75. Page 24, Girl Lutena, Henley Standard, 26 April 1968.
  76. Page 24, Thames Cruising Guide: The Thames Cruising Guide, pp. 6-19.
  77. Page 24, White Merlin, Henley Standard, 10 July 1953.
  78. Page 24, Explosions: Henley Standard, 27 April 1973.
  79. Page 24, Le Sabot: Hobbs’ Archive, Directors Book, 18 July 1973.
  80. Page 26, Fire: Henley Standard, 30 July 1976, 25 July 1997 and 24 May 2009.
  81. Page 26, Hoseseason’s: S. Wenham, ‘Oxford, the Thames and Leisure: a History of Salter Bros, 1858-2010’ (Oxford University DPhil thesis, Michaelmas term 2012), p. 161-3.
  82. Page 26, Tony on licence fees: Henley Standard, 14 December 1979, 5 December 1980.
  83. Page 26, Linssen cruisers: Henley Standard, 4 March 2013, 21 May 2015.
  84. Page 27, famous people: Interview with Peter Herbert, 4 May 2019 and with Tony and Jonathan Hobbs, 20 March 2019.

Chapter 2

  1. Page 28, initial quote: Climenson, Guide to Henley, p. 1.
  2. Page 28, coxing: Families of competitors often had younger members as coxes, because they were lighter in weight. The Salter family of Wandsworth (and later Oxford) are another example of a family of rowers whose younger members coxed for their older sibblings.
  3. Page 28, professional rowing: N. Wigglesworth, The Social History of Rowing (London, 1992), p. 40.
  4. Page 28, Bill (W. A.) Hobbs obituary, Henley Standard, 31 August 1945.
  5. Page 28, Bill’s regattas, Henley Advertiser, 28 August 1880, Reading Mercury, 18 July 1914, and Henley Standard, 29 August 1885 and 31 August 1945. He was Deputy Captain of the Henley United Rowing Club (Henley Advertiser, 23 April 1887)
  6. Page 28, Arthur’s rowing career: see his obituary for example, Henley Standard, 31 October 1952.
  7. Page 28, John Arlett: Henley Standard, 9 April 1913.
  8. Page 28, tilting of canoes: Henley Standard, 29 August 1913.
  9. Page 29, Ernest and Frederick: see for example, Henley Standard, 21 August 1903.
  10. Page 29, Dick’s rowing career: Henley Standard, 22 March 1946 (asset), 20 August 1947, 27 June 1951, 20 August 1951, 2 October 1953, 16 April 1954.
  11. Page 29, Jonathan’s rowing career: Interview with Jonathan Hobbs, 4 April 2019.
  12. Page 29, setting up Henley United Rowing Club: Henley Advertiser, 9 and 23 April 1887.
  13. Page 29, Bill and Ernest (Bill was Deputy Captain by 1887 and Ernest voted to the Board in 1893): Henley Standard, 23 April 1887 and 24 March 1893.
  14. Page 29, Waterman’s and Fisherman’s Regatta: Henley Standard, 1 November 1907.
  15. Page 29, Olympic regatta: Henley Standard, 31 July 1908.
  16. Page 29, Honorary Trustee: Interview with Tony and Jonathan Hobbs, 20 May 2019.
  17. Page 29, constructing the regatta course: R. Burnell, Henley Royal Regatta (London, 1989), p. 8 and interview with Tony Hobbs, 20 May 2019.
  18. Page 30, Harcourt Gold: Henley Standard, 19 and 26 June 1903.
  19. Page 30, umpire launch contract: see Chapter 3.
  20. Page 30, canoes used by Oxford University Boat Club: ‘Thames Boatyards 8: Hobbs of Henley’, The Boater, March 2000 and records from the Thames Vintage Boat Club.
  21. Page 31, current contract with Henley Royal Regatta: Interview with Tony and Jonathan Hobbs, 20 May 2019.
  22. Page 31, leading racing boat constructors: see Wenham, Pleasure Boating, pp. 25-9.
  23. Page 31, Arlett and Locke: Salter’s Guide to the Thames, 24th edn (Oxford, 1923), p. lxxx (mentions Jack Arlett and Sons and their boats winning over 200 Challenge Cups, Gold Medals and Presentation Prizes), Henley Standard, 3 July 2017 (Arlett history), 7 May 1982 (Locke winning a design award), 24 August 1984, 3 July 1992 (feature), 3 July 2017, and Leander News (Spring 2019), p. 14 (mentioning Locke’s rowing).
  24. Page 31, Gardner: Henley Advertiser, 24 August 1895. The earlier record was reported in Jackson’s Oxford Journal, 15 May 1824 (the time was 15 hours and 25 minutes, which was not beaten until 1971 according to Rowing, April 1971, pp. 30-1).
  25. Page 31, presentation of the gig: Henley Standard, 17 May 1902.
  26. Page 31, Henley Rowing Club: Henley Standard, 17 May 1901, and Henley Advertiser, 14 April 1884 and 8 September 1893.
  27. Page 31, Upper Thames Skiff Club: Advert on a card (showing address), 1908.
  28. Page 31, Henley Rowing Club premises: Henley Standard, 18 September 1970.
  29. Page 31-2, Ernest: Henley Standard, 8 November 1929.
  30. Page 32, dragon boat: Henley Standard, 12 August 2019. The firm has provided boats for a number of other organisations too (for fundraising events).
  31. Page 32, Cyril swimming: Henley Standard, 31 July 1914.
  32. Page 32, bank holiday weekend: Henley Standard, 11 August 1933.
  33. Page 32, appropriate attire: Henley Standard, 2 August 1929, 9 June 1933 and 17 August 1934.
  34. Page 32, Arthur, Ernest, Frederick and Rovers: Henley Standard, 16 June 1894, 8 November 1895, 8 May 1896 (Rovers and Henley FC joining, when Ernest Deputy Chairman and Arthur Secretary), 26 September 1896) and 27 November 1896 (leg break).
  35. Page 32, Dick and the cup final: See Henley Standard, 21 January 1920, 14 May 1920 and 23 July 1920.
  36. Page 32, Dick’s football activities: See his obituary in Henley Standard, 27 June 1969.
  37. Page 33, Bella and fundraiser for Henley Town FC: Henley Standard, 26 May 2014, 8 August 2016.
  38. Page 33, Tony’s rugby career: see for example Henley Standard, 12 December 1958, 20 October 1961, 18 October 1963 and 29 November 1963.
  39. Page 33, donkey derby: 7 June and 19 July 1968.
  40. Page 33, clubhouse: Interview with Tony and Jonathan Hobbs, 20 May 2019.
  41. Page 34, Cyril’s shooting: Henley Standard, 29 September 1933 and 25 September 1936.
  42. Page 34, Tony: Interview with Tony and Jonathan Hobbs, 20 May 2019 and Henley Standard, 20 February 1981.
  43. Page 34, performances: Henley Standard, 20 February 1904, 9 January 1908, 24 February 1933, 29 January 1937.
  44. Page 34, Northfield House: Henley Standard, 17 June 1910.
  45. Page 34, museum: Henley Standard, 4 February 1938.
  46. Page 34, Alex Gregory, Henley Standard, 2 November 2015.
  47. Page 34, famous rowers: Interview with Tony and Jonathan Hobbs, 20 May 2019.

Chapter 3

  1. Page 35, Climenson: Climenson, Guide to Henley, pp. 59-60.
  2. Page 35, Victoria County History: S. Townley (ed.), A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 16 (Woodbridge, 2011), pp. 78-104.
  3. Page 35, Kelly’s Directory: Kelly’s Directory of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire (1887), p. 641.
  4. Royal Thames Guide, 2nd edn (London, 1899), p. 137.
  5. Page 35, boatbuilding numbers: Census 1881 and 1891.
  6. Page 35, steam launch building, Henley Advertiser, 21 February 1891.
  7. Page 35, attempted burglary, Henley Advertiser, 17 June 1893.
  8. Page 35, any type of small boat: Royal Thames Guide, 2nd edn (London, 1899), p. 137.
  9. Page 35, Telegraph: Daily Telegraph, 27 May 1904.
  10. Page 37, skiff replacing the gig, see Wenham, Pleasure Boating, p. 103.
  11. Page 37, MacGregor: see Wenham, Pleasure Boating, p. 104 and E. Hodder, John MacGregor (‘Rob Roy’) (London, 1895), pp. 207-13.
  12. Page 37, Canadian-built canoes: Wenham, Pleasure Boating, p. 48.
  13. Page 37, canoes: ‘Thames Boatyards 8: Hobbs of Henley’, The Boater, March 2000, records from the Thames Vintage Boat Club (past and present members), and Henley Standard, 17 July 1987 and 23 June 1989.
  14. Page 37, £275: Hobbs archive, Hobbs and Sons Limited Advert, 1925.
  15. Page 37, Telegraph: Daily Telegraph, 28 June 1922.
  16. Page 38, Montreal and aux cruiser: Hobbs archive, Hobbs and Sons Limited Advert, 1925.
  17. Page 38, secondhand dispute: Henley Standard, 8 February 1924.
  18. Page 38, slipper launches: records from the Thames Vintage Boat Club (past and present members)
  19. Page 38, Larkspur: Previously advertised for sale, see https://www.catawiki.com/en/l/2573553-30-ft-hobbs-thames-slipper-launch.
  20. Page 38, Belle Epoque and Elsie: see ‘Thames Boatyards 8: Hobbs of Henley’, The Boater, March 2000 and https://fold.cm/read/timknight/brief-history-of-john-knight-soaps-TJHdq26M.
  21. Page 39, boats: ‘Thames Boatyards 8: Hobbs of Henley’, The Boater, March 2000.
  22. Page 39, rise of fibreglass: Henley Standard, 1 May 1964 and see the example of Salters of Oxford in Wenham, Pleasure Boating, p. 53.
  23. Page 39, chandlery/agents: Henley Standard, 1 May 1964 and 21 May 2015, Henley Official Guide (Henley, 1967), p. 44 and interview with Tony and Jonathan Hobbs, 20 May 2019, and Peter Herbert, 4 May 2019.
  24. Page 39, Gardiner: Interview with Ray Gardiner, 29 August 2019.
  25. Page 41, umpire launches (history), see http://www.consuta.org.uk/Archives/The%20Henley%20Umpire%20launches.PDF.
  26. Page 41, specific umpire launches: see ‘Thames Boatyards 8: Hobbs of Henley’, The Boater, March 2000, Henley Standard, 20 June 1913, 10 May 2013, http://www.consuta.org.uk/Archives/The%20Henley%20Umpire%20launches.PDF, http://www.wargravehistory.org.uk/jan17.html and interview with Tony and Jonathan Hobbs, 20 May 2019.
  27. Page 44, launches compensating for a poor summer: Hobbs Archive, Directors Book, 7 May 1957.
  28. Page 44, ‘loss leaders’: Henley Standard, 29 June 1990 (Henley Royal Regatta Special), p. v.
  29. Page 44, media references: ‘Half a Sixpence’ (movie based on the musical comedy directed by George Sidney in 1967), ‘Countryfile’ and ‘Country Matters’ (TBC).
  30. Page 44, passenger boats history (various): See F. Dix, Royal River Highway: a History of the Passenger Boats and Services on the River Thames (Newton Abbot, 1985).
  31. Page 44, Bill Hobbs: Henley Standard, 28 June 1895 and 14 June 1907.
  32. Page 44, varnishing: Bennett’s Business Directory of Oxfordshire (Birmingham, 1898), p. 211.
  33. Page 44, good slipway: J. H. Salter, Salter’s Guide to the Thames, 10th edn (London, 1904), p. xxv.
  34. Page 44, war-time advert: Kelly’s Directory of Henley-on-Thames (1942), p. A5.
  35. Page 44, reconditioning: Oxfordshire Directory of 1958-9, p. 275.
  36. Page 44, fitting out: Interview with Tony and Jonathan Hobbs, 20 May 2019.
  37. Page 44-5, Crocker family: Henley Standard, 5 February 1982, 12 March 1982 and 3 June 1982.
  38. Page 45, Hephaistos School: Henley Standard, 19 August 1981.
  39. Page 45, 2019 work: Interview with Tony and Jonathan Hobbs, 20 May 2019.
  40. Page 45, G Mech Marine: Henley Standard, 21 March 2013.
  41. Page 45, traditional boat rally and the jubilee event, see for example Henley Standard¸ 28 July 1978 and 4 June 2013.

Chapter  4

  1. Page 46, Evening News: quoted in the Henley Standard, 4 August 1922.
  2. Page 46, higher versus lower part of the Thames: see Wenham, ‘Oxford, the Thames and Leisure, p.p. 176-191.
  3. Page 46, Johnson and Peacey: Henley Advertiser, 16 August 1884.
  4. Page 46, Shepherd: see Frank Dix, Royal River Highway (Newton Abbott, 1985).
  5. Page 46, Ghoorka: Henley Advertiser, 24 August 1895, Henley Standard, 6 July 1906 and 20 August 1909, Climenson, Guide to Henley, pp. 60-61.
  6. Page 46, Marian: Kelly’s Directory for Oxfordshire (Oxford, 1899), p. 114 and Henley Standard, 29 July 1893, 19 August 1893, 18 August 1899, 27 July 1906 and 20 August 1909.
  7. Page 46, Goring and Streatley Regatta: Henley Standard, 19 October and 30 November 1894.
  8. Page 46-7, Windsor Belle: Henley Standard, 4 February 1910.
  9. Page 47, Congregational Church: Henley Advertiser, 25 June 1898.
  10. Page 47-8, swimming: Henley Standard, 13 September 1902.
  11. Page 48: club to pub: Henley Standard, 27 July 2015 (it is not clear whether they provided the ferry service in 2014).
  12. Page 48, closure of bridge: Henley Standard, 4 June 2014.
  13. Page 48, Fawley Court: Henley Standard, 12 August 1899 and 3 June 1904.
  14. Page 48, festivals: see for example: FAB UK magazine, 19 July 2018 and Henley Standard, 18 August 2014 and 18 July 2016.
  15. Page 48, Olympics: Interview with Interview with Tony and Jonathan Hobbs, 20 May 2019 and Henley Standard, 4 June 2014.
  16. Page 48, popular river: See Wenham, ‘Oxford, the Thames and Leisure’, pp. 209-218.
  17. Pade 48, Aquadine: Pink Champagne’s launch is mentioned in Henley Standard, 16 May 1975.
  18. Page 49, Maratana: Henley Standard, 11 January 1980.
  19. Page 49, Salters’ Kingston to Oxford service cut short: Wenham, ‘Oxford, the Thames and Leisure, pp. 209-218.
  20. Page 49, Maratana statistics: TBC.
  21. Page 49, New Orleans: RRM talk, Henley Standard, 8 March 1991 and 1 August 2016.
  22. Page 49, Dispute over landing: Henley Standard, 28 May 1993.
  23. Page 49, New Orleans statistic: Henley Standard, 1 August 2016.  
  24. Page 49, Hibernia: Henley Standard, 27 April 2001.
  25. Page 49, Waterman: Interview with Tony and Jonathan Hobbs, 20 May 2019.
  26. Page 49, Christmas bookings: Henley Standard, 23 November 1984.
  27. Page 51, Time for tea: Henley Herald, 13 October 2016 (mentioning relationship with Hobbs), Henley Standard, 22 June 2017 (winning award) and 25 March 2019 (mentioning relationship with Hobbs). 
  28. Page 51, competition: Climenson, Guide to Henley, pp. 59-61.
  29. Page 51, Salter: see Wenham, Pleasure Boating and Salter, Salter’s Guide to the Thames (various editions).
  30. Page 51, Hooper: Henley Standard, 24 June 1988. 
  31. Page 51, punt wars: see The Times, 20 June 2009, Daily Telegraph, 2 September 2017 and Guardian, 21 August 2009. See also James Bayliss-Smith’s documentary by fluvial films (2014) and website: www.puntwars.com.
  32. Page 51, end of Edwardian period: Cope’s Oxfordshire Directory (Oxford, 1910), p. 24. Cordrey’s at Lower Shiplake is also mentioned.
  33. Page 51, Cawston’s: see for example Henley Standard, 31 July 1931 and 9 August 1934.
  34. Page 52, Red Lion: Hobbs Directors Book, 3 April 1918, 15 May 1918, 8 January 1919, 17 May 1910, 25 May 1920, 1 June 1921, 2 March 1923, 17 March 1923 and 27 March 1965.
  35. Page 52, Searle: Salter, Salter’s Guide to the Thames, 28th edn (Oxford, 1926), p. lxxx.
  36. Page 52, Meakes: An early reference of a J. Hobbs at Meakes is given in Henley Standard, 16 December 1931 and there is also a Deed of Apprenticeship at the River and Rowing Museum in Henley dated 18 March 1937 (for William Wyatt, signed by Arthur and JH Hobbs among others), accession number 2002.134.2.
  37. Page 52, Cyril: Henley Standard, 26 January 1940, 14 June 1940, 13 February 1942, 29 January 1943 and 4 April 1947.
  38. Page 52, car resuces: Henley Standard, 20 February 1987, 18 June 1999 and 14 December 2001.
  39. Page 52, Hooper and Parrott fueds: Henley Standard, 29 July 1927 and 20 March 1931.
  40. Page 52, Cyril Hobbs selling up: Interview with Tony and Jonathan Hobbs, 20 May 2019.
  41. Page 52, Alf Parrott: W. Parrott is mentioned in the 1881 Salter’s Guide to the Thames. Other references to the family include Henley Advertiser, 31 July 1886 (brothers rowing in local regattas), Henley Standard, 14 June 1907 (claim made against Alf after a houseboat sank), 3 June 1910 (W. Parrott rowing in a Henley United Rowing Club Seniors team with A. Hobbs and J. and T. Arlett), 8 March 1946 (Alf’s death in a boat shed from hanging after suffering a breakdown), TBC
  42. Page 52, Hooper: Henley Standard, 24 June 1988.
  43. Page 53, Aquadine: Pink Champagne’s launch was mentioned in Henley Standard, 16 May 1975.
  44. Page 53, 2019: Interview with Tony and Jonathan Hobbs, 20 May 2019.
  45. Page 53, Salter’s: See Wenham, Pleasure Boating on the Thames.
  46. Page 53, Henley Boat Show: Henley Standard, 3 and 10 September 1976.
  47. Page 53, umpire launches: Salter, Salter’s Guide to the Thames, 24th edn (Oxford, 1923), p. ixxviii.
  48. Page 53, Miss Henley: Henley Standard, 10 September 1993.
  49. Page 53, Henley FC: Henley Standard, 8 August 2016.
  50. Page 53, Gurkha: Henley Standard, 31 July 2017.
  51. Page 53, rubbish: Henley Standard, 11 July 2019.
  52. Page 53, cooperation: Interview with Tony and Jonathan Hobbs, 20 May 2019.
  53. Page 54, Mr Hobbs gin: Henley Standard, 5 May 1997.
  54. Page 54, Sue Ryder’s Southern women of achievement award: Henley Herald, 31 January 2019.
  55. Page 54, digital trailblazer: Henley Standard, 24 August 2012, p. 54.
  56. Page 54, internet booking: Interview with Tony and Jonathan Hobbs, 20 May 2019.
  57. Page 54, Tripadvisor: TBC.
  58. Page 54, Daily Mail: Daily Mail, 17 June 2017.
  59. Page 54, films/movies: Interview with Tony and Jonathan Hobbs, 20 May 2019, Henley Standard, 29 June 2015 and Great British Railway Journeys (BBC), series 10, episode 12 (Reading to Taplow).
  60. Page 54, Clive Hemsley: Henley Standard, 28 February 2018, 9 March 2018, 21 October 2019 and www.illuminatedriver.london.
  61. Page 54, Matthew Engels: Henley Standard, 12 October 2015.
  62. Page 54, Anne Jones (also in 2015): Henley Standard, 10 August 2015.
  63. Page 54, Liz Hurley: Interview with Tony and Jonathan Hobbs, 20 May 2019.
  64. Page 64, Famous customers: Interview with Peter Herbert, 4 May 2019 and with Tony and Jonathan Hobbs, 20 May 2019.

Chapter 5

  1. Page 55, Townley quote: Townley, Henley, p. 162.
  2. Page 55, boatyards: ‘Thames Boatyards 8: Hobbs of Henley’, The Boater, March 2000 and ‘Henley: Urban Economic History’, in Simon Townley (ed.), A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 16 (Woodbridge, Suffolk, 2011), pp. 78-104 (http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/oxon/vol16/pp78-104, accessed 19 September 2022).
  3. Page 55, doubling of size: Henley Standard, 15 July 1904.
  4. Page 55, advertising being close to the Station: Hobbs of Henley archive (advert in the office), c. 1900 (the rough date derived from it mentioning telegrams to ‘Marian’, which it did from at least 1899).
  5. Page 55, Mill Meadows: Henley Standard, 5 May 1922 (Henley Town Council securing it) and Henley-on-Thames Official Guide (Henley, 1930), p. 20 (facilities in 1930).
  6. Page 55, expansion:
  7. Page 55, Red Lion Hotel: Ann Cottingham, The Hostelries of Henley (Shiplake, 2000), p. 189. Arthur Hobbs is mentioned as the landlord from 1917-1937. In Hobbs’ Directors book (3 April 1918), the firm resolves to rent it for £475 per annum (plus another £50 per annum for the boathouse and landing stages).
  8. Page 55, Searle: Hobbs’ Archive, Directors Book, 21 January 1925.
  9. Page 55, Thamesfield: Directors Book, 20 March 1937. The company agrees to lease the property for £60 with an option of purchase at £1200 (with debentures raised to value of £800).
  10. Page 55, East’s yard: Hobbs’ Archive, Directors Book, 3 April 1907 (£600 for goodwill and £2900 for the freehold).
  11. Page 55, Ellis’ yard: Hobbs’ Archive, Directors Book, 23 November 1908 (the offer was initially rejected by the agent).
  12. Page 55/6, Springfield yard: Hobbs’ Archive, Directors Book, 1 December 1911 and 4 March 1912.
  13. Page 56, Shiplake plots, Hobbs’ Archive, Directors Book, 26 July 1912 (bought for £800 from Percy Keen).
  14. Page 56, Cordery’s yard: Hobbs’ Archive, Directors Book, 1 May 1941.
  15. Page 56, Franklin’s yard: Hobbs’ Archive, Directors Book, 26 March 1932.
  16. Page 56, Ashley’s yard: Hobbs’ Archive, Directors Book, 23 April 1940 (from Charles Levens).
  17. Page 56, Goring yard: adverts in Salter, Salter’s Guide to the Thames, 14th edn (London, 1911), 24th edn (1923), 35th edn (1933).
  18. Page 56, chandlery: Interview with Tony and Jonathan Hobbs, 20 May 2019 (Hobbs Marine Store Ltd was incorporated on 21 April 1965).
  19. Page 56, Meakes (should be 1905): Hobbs’ Archive, Directors Book, 31 October 1905.
  20. Page 56, ending the 1925 agreement: Hobbs’ Archive, Directors Book, 4 April 1925.
  21. Page 56, Firs Boathouse: Hobbs’ Archive, Directors Book, 12 October 1926 (the owner wanted to sell, as it was on the approach to Hobbs’ boatyard) and 10 August 1943.
  22. Page 56, Thamesfield: Hobbs’ Archive, Directors Book, 20 Mar 1937 and Henley Standard, 17 November 1944 (describing activities in the youth club), 4 December 1981 (discussing plans to convert it) and 4 January 1985 (opening as a nursing home).
  23. Page 56, Red Lion: Ann Cottingham, The Hostelries of Henley (Shiplake, 2000), p. 189 (the Red Lion Boathouse was retained until the mid-1960s).
  24. Page 56, island: Hobbs’ Archive, Directors Book, 16 October 1943.
  25. Page 56, finger jetties: Interview with Tony and Jonathan Hobbs, 20 May 2019.
  26. Page 56/7, ban on permanent mooring at Mill Meadows, 28 June 1974 (craft were limited to a maximum of one week).
  27. Page 57, Red Lion moorings (exclusive use): Henley Standard, 1 September 2014.
  28. Page 58, Wharfe Lane Boathouses: Royal Thames Guide (London, 1899).
  29. Page 58, flat about the Red Lion Boathouse: Hobbs’ Archive, Directors Book, 2 and 17 March 1923.
  30. Page 58, Higgs: Henley Standard, 6 April 1900 and 26 March 1897. See also https://www.higgsprinting.co.uk/about-us/history-32.html (accessed 30 March 2019).
  31. Page 59, Central and Rolfe garages: Henley Standard, 5 October 1962.
  32. Page 59, dental surgery: Hobbs’ Archive, Directors Book, 16 March 1983 (Flat 1 leased at £4000 a year for 12 years with 2 rent reviews).
  33. Page 59, Millpool properties: Interview with Tony and Jonathan Hobbs, 20 May 2019 and shareholder list for 2015 from Companies House.
  34. Page 59, restaurants: Henley Standard, 29 March 2013.
  35. Page 59, small land sales: Hobbs’ Archive, Directors Book, 9 January 1911 and 30 August 1922.
  36. Page 59, larger property sales: Hobbs’ Archive, Directors Book, 4 January 1934, 24 February 1947 and 29 July 1949.
  37. Page 59, death duties: Interview with Tony and Jonathan Hobbs, 20 May 2019.
  38. Page 59, Shiplake sale (completed in 1976): Hobbs’ Archive, Directors Book, 3 June 1976.
  39. Page 59: 1986: Henley Standard, 15 July 1988 and Hobbs’ Archive, Directors Book, 7 November 1986 and 15 October 1987.
  40. Page 61, Hobbs’ Archive, Directors Book, 9 August 1958.
  41. Page 61, floods: 15 November 1903.
  42. Page 61, the freeze: Recounted in Henley Standard, 26 January 1940.
  43. Page 61, serious blaze: Henley Standard, 28 August 1908.
  44. Page 61, Wargrave road fire: Henley Standard, 6 August 2004.
  45. Page 62, 1906 election: Henley Standard, 26 January 1906.
  46. Page 62, ‘Pops on the prom’: Henley Standard, 31 May 1974.
  47. Page 62, vandalism (boats released): Henley Standard, 18 January 1980.
  48. Page 62, vandalism (umbrellas): 23 November 2017.
  49. Page 62, Woodcroft robbery: Reading Evening Post, 16 May 1977. 
  50. Page 62, crime wave: Henley Standard, 16 June 2006.
  51. Page 62, 2016: Henley Standard, 18 April 2006 and Reading and Berkshire News, 3 November 2016.
  52. Page 62, dog attack: Henley Standard, 24 April 1953.
  53. Page 62, 1956: Henley Standard, 24 April, 25 May, 1 June, 14 September, 21 September and 14 December 1956.
  54. Page 63, path: Henley Standard, 19 February 1988 (work starts), 11 January 1991, 27 October 2006.
  55. Page 63, floating beerhouses: Hansard H. C. Deb., 1 August 1904, vol. 139, c. 254 from http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1904/aug/01/sale-of-liquor-on-river-steamers (accessed 20 October 2012). Reference found through the (unpublished) work of Iain MacLeod (sent to author).
  56. Page 63, Harry Hobbs’ run-in with the law: Henley Advertiser, 16 October 1875.
  57. Page 63, ‘rumpus’: Henley Advertiser, 24 March 1888.
  58. Page 63, Vice Chairman: Henley Advertiser, 14 April 1888, 24 May 1890 and 28 March 1891.
  59. Page 63, Red Lion: Ann Cottingham, The Hostelries of Henley (Shiplake, 2000), p. 189.
  60. Page 63/4, over-priced beer: Henley Standard, 26 September 1919.
  61. Page 64, Rebbitt, Henley Standard¸ 13 September 1934.
  62. Page 64, Red Lion (busyness): Henley Standard, 14 February 1929.
  63. Page 65, traffic: Henley Standard, 2 October 1908 (idea to demolish the Angel), 13 March 1931, 3 March 1950, 4 July 1958, 21 May 1965, 8 March 1983, 1 March 1996, 3 March 1996,
  64. Page 66, Mr Hobbs gin: Henley Standard, 5 May 1997.
  65. Page 66, gin trail: Henley Standard, 29 January 2018.
  66. Page 66, flavoured gins: Henley Standard, 25 November 2019.
  67. Page 66, blue plaque: Henley Standard, 16 September 2013.
  68. Page 66, George V: Photos of the royal party on Alamy, 6 July 1912 (George V on Maritana) and 1 July 1977 (Princess Anne).
  69. Page 66, Page and Plant, Interview with Tony and Jonathan Hobbs, 20 May 2019.
  70. Page 66, Miller: Henley Standard, 23 October 2017.
  71. Page 66, Hill: for example Henley Standard, 22 February 1980.
  72. Page 66, Madness: Henley Standard, 21 February 1986.
  73. Page 66, Girl in the Black Bikini: Henley Standard, 2 December 1966.
  74. Page 66, Rowlock Rally: Henley Standard, 14 May 1971.

Chapter 6

  1. Page 67, Henley Standard quote: Henley Standard, 12 January 1979.
  2. Page 67, Kelly’s Directory: Kelly’s Directory of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire (London, 1891), p. 653.
  3. Page 67, Harry Hobbs: Henley Standard, 8 and 22 April 1921.
  4. Page 67, Benjamin and A. Edward Hobbs: Many of the fish he caught are mounted and stored in the River and Rowing Museum, Kelly’s Directory (London, 1895), p. 111, Henley Advertiser, 9 April 1887, 9 October 1893, Henley Standard, 6 October 1893, 4 August 1899, 30 November 1900, 4 November 1904 and 24 July 1908.
  5. Page 67, Mistaken identities: Henley Standard, 2 January 1897 and 20 January 1905.
  6. Page 67, Bill Hobbs importance: Henley Standard, 12 February 1904.
  7. Page 67/8, Fire Brigade Superintendent and service medal: Henley Advertiser, 14 February 1891 and 13 March 1908.
  8. Page 68, Major fires: Henley Advertiser, 17 December 1897, 17 and 31 May 1907 and 13 December 1907.
  9. Page 68, Drills: Henley Standard, 20 May 1910.
  10. Page 68, Retirement: Daily Telegraph, 29 June 1912.
  11. Page 68, Town Hall foundation: Henley Advertiser, 17 June 1899.
  12. Page 68: Shooting: Henley Advertiser, 29 September 1900.
  13. Page 68: Quartermaster-Sergeant: Henley Advertiser, 20 January  1893 (showing he was a Sergeant then), 15 January 1897, 29 September 1900, 16 June 1899 and Henley Standard, 21 February 1908.
  14. Page 68, Recruitment challenges: see Reading Mercury, 9 November 1918.
  15. Page 68, Robbery: Henley Standard, 22 August 1914.
  16. Page 68, Active service: G. K. Rose, The Story of the 2/4th Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (Oxford, 2007), pp. 14, 21, 45, 159 (he is shown as a Lieutenant and is referred to as Captain in the index).
  17. Page 68, Cassie’s wedding and Campion’s suspicion of spying: Henley Standard, 25 September 1914.
  18. Page 68, Ernest Hobbs: Henley Standard, 27 July 1917.
  19. Page 69, Albert and Dick Hobbs: TBC.
  20. Page 69, Victory mayor: Reading Mercury, 16 November 1918 and Daily Telegraph, 4 June 1921.
  21. Page 69, Reginald: Daily Telegraph, 28 July 1915 and Kingston Daily Gleaner, 15 March 1915.
  22. Page 70, Salisbury Club: Henley Standard, 28 April 1899, 24 May 1907 and 29 November 1907.
  23. Page 70, Start of political career: Henley Standard, 12 February 1904 and 13 March 1908.
  24. Page 70, Descriptions of Bill: Henley Standard, 30 January 1908 and 31 August 1945 (obituary).
  25. Page 70, Mayor duties cut short: Henley Standard, 3 November 1911, 14 November 1913, 7 and 21 August 1914. 
  26. Page 70, Retiring as Mayor: Henley Standard, 10 November 1922.
  27. Page 70/2, Ada Hobbs (nee Barnard): Henley Standard, 15 December 1922.
  28. Page 72, Bill Hobbs’ operation: Henley Standard, 28 October 1927.
  29. Page 72, Other activities, resignation from the council and death: Henley Standard, 29 October 1943 (replacement appointed), 31 August 1945 (obituary).
  30. Page 72, Ernest: Henley Advertiser, 8 October 1898, Henley Standard, 22 November 1907, 23 January 1913 and 23 April 1926.
  31. Page 72, Wives: see, for example, Henley Standard, 26 April 1907.
  32. Page 72, Dick (who was also mayor in 1966): Henley Standard, 2 February 1940, 26 October 1945 (municipal re-election) and 31 October 1947 (quote about canvassing – not 1945), 28 March and 30 May 1952, 22 May 1953 and 28 May 1956.
  33. Page 72/3, Dick’s death legacy: Henley Standard, 27 June (obituary) and 4 July 1969.
  34. Page 74, Secondary modern and jiving: Henley Standard, 17 July 1953 and 15 January 1954.
  35. Page 74, Pither: Henley Standard, 24 May 1957.
  36. Page 74, Green: Henley Standard, 27 May 1966. 
  37. Page 74, Dick’s obituary: Henley Standard, 27 June (obituary).
  38. Page 74, Edith Hobbs (nee Blackham): Henley Standard, 9 February 1973 (obituary).
  39. Page 74, Margaret Day: Henley Standard, 5 April 1974, 24 May 1974 and 12 January 1979 (feature on her).
  40. Page 74, David Walden: Henley Standard, 14 November 1975, 9 May 1980 and 6 May 1988.
  41. Page 75, Len Walden: Henley Standard, 4 December 1977 (death announced).
  42. Page 75, Tony (general information): Interviews with Tony and Jonathan Hobbs, 16 May 2017 and 20 March 2019 and River and Rowing Museum Talk (with further information clarified through short phone calls and emails with Jonathan Hobbs).
  43. Page 75, Faces of Henley: 100 Faces of Henley (Wargrave, 2012), pp. 270-1.
  44. Page 75, Queen opening Henley Royal Regatta Headquarters: Henley Steandard, 18 April 1986.
  45. Page 75, portrait: see image on page 76, which is owned by the River and Rowing Museum.
  46. Page 75, Peter Herbert: Henley Standard, 7 August 1998.
  47. Page 75, Jonathan Hobbs (general information): Interviews with Tony and Jonathan Hobbs, 16 May 2017 and 20 March 2019 (with further information clarified through short phone calls and emails with Jonathan Hobbs)
  48. Page 75, Henley Food Festival: the history is mentioned in the discussions to revive it described in Henley Standard, 24 January 2014.
  49. Page 78, Harry Salter (junior) and Frank: Census returns, 1881 and 1891.
  50. Page 78, 1901 ownership: Articles of Incorporation for Hobbs and Sons Ltd, 17 December 1901.
  51. Page 78, Wages of Bill and Arthur: Hobbs Directors Book, 28 December 1918 (this was a £100 raise from the £300 and £250 per annum they were recorded as receiving on 1 January 1914).
  52. Page 78, Family responsibilities (and holiday): Hobbs Directors Book, 3 January 1931.
  53. Page 78, Reginald Hobbs: Interview with Tony and Jonathan Hobbs, 20 May 2019.
  54. Page 78, Arthur Hobb’s sons: Interview with Tony and Jonathan Hobbs, 20 May 2019.
  55. Page 78, Eddie Hobbs: Hobbs Directors Book, 8 May 1953 up to at least 18 April 1988.
  56. Page 78, Dispute over controlling the firm: Hobbs Directors Book, 1 March 1945 (Arthur resigning) and Henley Standard, 31 August 1945 (Bill’s obituary).
  57. Page 78, Family dynamics from 1940-60: Interview with Tony and Jonathan Hobbs, 20 May 2019, and Hobbs Directors Book, 1940-1960.
  58. Page 79, Peter Herbert: Henley Standard, 7 August 1998.
  59. Page 79, Frederick Hunter (correction: he was a Direction from 1902-4 and Chairman from November 1904 to May 1906): Hobbs Directors Book: 31 January 1902 (his shares mentioned), 10 November 1904 (shown as Chairman) and 19 May 1906 (leaving as Director – passing his shares)
  60. Page 79, 1974 shares: Companies House, Hobbs and Sons Ltd, 1974 Annual Return.
  61. Page 79, 2015 shares: Companies House, Hobbs of Henley Ltd, 2015 Annual Return, 9 August 2015.
  62. Page 79, family gathering: Henley Standard, 19 June 2013.

Chapter 7

  1. Page 80, opening quote: Henley Standard, 28 April 2015.
  2. Page 80, photo: Hobbs of Henley archive
  3. Page 81, photo: Hobbs of Henley archive.
  4. Page 81, Tony’s recollection and 2019 figure: Interview with Tony and Jonathan Hobbs, 20 May 2019.
  5. Page 81, John Fenn: Henley Standard,  22 June 1984 and 3 November 2015.
  6. Page 81, travelling to Australia: Interview with Tony and Jonathan Hobbs, 20 May 2019.
  7. Page 82, William Hooper: Henley Standard, 8 February 1924
  8. Page 82, Colin Hinton, Henley Standard, 7 March 2016.
  9. Page 82, Ray Gardiner: Interview with Ray Gardiner, 29 August 2019.
  10. Page 82, Charles Turner, Henley Standard, 19 June 1936.
  11. Page 82, Harry Chapman, Henley Standard, 15 December 1933.
  12. Page 82, Peter West: Interview 26 August 2019.
  13. Page 82, Charles Pike: Henley Standard, 4 April 1980.
  14. Page 82, photo: Hobbs of Henley archive.
  15. Page 82-3, Ray Cotton: Interview with Ray Gardiner, 29 August 2019.
  16. Page 83, Peter West: Interview 26 August 2019.
  17. Page 83, Peter Herbert: Interview with Peter Herbert, 4 May 2019.
  18. Page 83, Len Clark: R. D. Burnell, Henley Regatta: a History (Oxford, 1957) p. 37.
  19. Page 83, Colin Hinton: Henley Standard, 7 March 2016.
  20. Page 83, Chummy Harvey: Henley Standard, 27 June 1997.
  21. Page 83, Kim Clifford, Henley Standard, 28 April 2015.
  22. Page 84, decline of river trade: See S. Wenham, ‘Oxford, the Thames and Leisure: a History of Salter Bros, 1858-2010’ (Oxford University DPhil thesis, Michaelmas term 2012), pp. 119-34.
  23. Page 84, working hours/wages: Interview with Tony and Jonathan Hobbs, 20 May 2019.
  24. Page 84, Colin Hinton quote: ‘Thames Boatyards 8: Hobbs of Henley’, The Boater, March 2000.
  25. Page 84, Ray Gardiner: Interview with Ray Gardiner, 29 August 2019.
  26. Page 84, Pleasant Sunday Afternoon Society, Henley Standard, 21 July 1900.
  27. Page 84, Guernsey trips: Interview with Tony and Jonathan Hobbs, 20 May 2019.
  28. Page 84, Olympics: Interview with Tony and Jonathan Hobbs, 20 May 2019.
  29. Page 84, Chummy Harvey: Henley Standard, 27 June 1997.
  30. Page 84-5, Colin Hinton: Henley Standard, 7 March 2016.
  31. Page 85, Len Clark: Len Clark: R. D. Burnell, Henley Regatta: a History (Oxford, 1957) p. 37.
  32. Page 85, John Fenn: Henley Standard, 22 June 1984 and 3 November 2015.
  33. Page 85, pontoons breaking free, Henley Standard, 14 June 1985.
  34. Page 85, Kim Clifford, Henley Standard, 28 April 2015.
  35. Page 85, Cyril Twigg, Henley Standard, 8 February 1924.
  36. Page 85, Ernie Smith: Interview with Tony and Jonathan Hobbs, 20 May 2019.
  37. Page 85, Ray Gardiner: Interview with Ray Gardiner, 29 August 2019.
  38. Page 85, Peter Herbert: Interview with Peter Herbert, 4 May 2019.
  39. Page 86, photo: Hobbs of Henley archive.
  40. Page 86, river rescue service: Henley Standard, 28 May 1976.
  41. Page 86, Arthur Hobbs discovering a body: Henley Advertiser, 3 July 1886.
  42. Page 86, dragging for a corpse: Henley Advertiser, 9 September 1893 [correction of date].
  43. Page 86, failed resuciuation: Henley Standard, 29 March 1940.
  44. Page 86, drownings: Henley Standard,  29 and 30 August 1902 and 25 April 1924.
  45. Page 86-7, death of Rob Myles-Hooton, Henley Standard,  23 January 2017.
  46. Page 87, death of Guy Rowell: Reading Evening Post, 11 April 1975.
  47. Page 87, baby likened to Moses: Henley Standard, 16 June 1961 [the newspaper article referring to Moses was shown to me by the skipper of the passenger boat, Bryan Dunckley, but I do not have the source’s details]
  48. Page 87, women rowers: Henley Standard, 23 June 1978.
  49. Page 87, collision at Henley Royal Regatta: Henley Standard, 7 July 1978.
  50. Page 87, 1886 rescue: Henley Standard, 29 May 1886.
  51. Page 87, son of Sidney Holton: Henley Standard, 13 September 1907.
  52. Page 87, horse rescue: Henley Standard, 11 June 1904.
  53. Page 87, double sculler rescue: Henley Standard, 16 June 1893.
  54. Page 87, woman clinging to launch: Henley Standard, 25 September 1908.
  55. Page 87, Marlow Rowing Club rescue: Henley Standard, 11 December 1931.
  56. Page 87, Dennis Guye: Henley Standard, 3 June 1933.
  57. Page 87, Henley stuck across Henley bridge: Henley Standard, 13 April 1979.
  58. Page 87, Ahminah rescue: reported (in the ‘ten years ago…’ section) in Henley Standard, 4 September 2017.
  59. Page 87, pensioner rescue: reported (in the ‘ten years ago…’ section) in Henley Standard, 18 June 2018.
  60. Page 88, wheelchair rescue: Henley Herald, 3 November 2017.
  61. Page 88, mother rescue: Henley Standard, 10 December 2017.
  62. Page 88: Peter Herbert and Colin Hinton: Henley Standard, 7 March 2016.

Conclusion

  1. Page 89, opening quote: Henley Standard, 31 August 1945.
  2. Page 89. Jonathan Hobbs: Henley Standard, 23 October 2017.
  3. Page 89, Tony Hobbs: Henley Standard, 7 August 1998.
  4. Page 89, hospitality company: Henley Standard, 14 September 2007.
  5. Page 89-90, Henley mystique (business survey): Henley Standard, 12 January 1996.
  6. Page 90, forefathers quote: Henley Boat Club Brochure, 2016.

*: Note that the references refer to Henley Standard for ease, but between 1892 and 1956 it was named the Henley and South Oxfordshire Standard.

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