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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 Page 4/5, information on William Hobbs and his family: D. V. Palmer, ‘History of Burrow Farm’ (unpublished, 1994), pp. 36-9, 46-7 and 111-4.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.
  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.
  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: TBC
  27. Page 16, 1940: Hobbs’ Archive, Director’s 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: TBC.
  32. Page 18, 4am: Henley Advertiser, 4 July 1885.
  33. Page 18, magistrates wanting to reduce drinking hours: TBC
  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: TBC.
  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 Director’s Book, 9 August 1958, 2 March 1963 and 1 May 1964.
  69. Page 23, 1968 season: Hobbs Archive Director’s 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, Director’s 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, Director’s 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.
  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, 20 August 1947, 27 June 1951, 20 August 1951, 16 April 1954 (the 1946 and 1953 references are TBC).
  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: TBC
  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 TBC.
  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: TBC
  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, 8 May 1896, 27 Nov 1896 and 16 June 1894 (others: TBC).
  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: 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 Pearcey: Henley Standard (TBC), 16 August 1884.
  4. Page 46, Shepherd: see Frank Dix, Royal River Highway (Newton Abbott, 1985).
  5. Page 46, Ghoorka: TBC
  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 Standard (TBC), 25 June 1898.
  10. Page 47-8, swimming: Henley Standard, 13 September 1902.
  11. Page 48: club to pub: TBC.
  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: TBC.
  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. TBC
  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: 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: TBC
  5. Page 55, Mill Meadows in 1930: TBC
  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, Director’s Book, 21 January 1925.
  9. Page 55, Thamesfield: Director’s 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, Director’s Book, 3 April 1907 (£600 for goodwill and £2900 for the freehold).
  11. Page 55, Ellis’ yard: Hobbs’ Archive, Director’s Book, 23 November 1908 (the offer was initially rejected by the agent).
  12. Page 55/6, Springfield yard: Hobbs’ Archive, Director’s Book, 1 December 1911 and 4 March 1912.
  13. Page 56, Shiplake plots, Hobbs’ Archive, Director’s Book, 26 July 1912 (bought for £800 from Percy Keen).
  14. Page 56, Cordery’s yard: Hobbs’ Archive, Director’s Book, 1 May 1941.
  15. Page 56, Franklin’s yard: Hobbs’ Archive, Director’s Book, 26 March 1932.
  16. Page 56, Ashley’s yard: Hobbs’ Archive, Director’s 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, Director’s Book, 31 October 1905.
  20. Page 56, ending the 1925 agreement: Hobbs’ Archive, Director’s Book, 4 April 1925.
  21. Page 56, Firs Boathouse: Hobbs’ Archive, Director’s 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, Director’s 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, Director’s 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, Director’s 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: TBC.
  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, Director’s Book, 9 January 1911, 30 August 1922 and 1994 (TBC).
  36. Page 59, larger property sales: Hobbs’ Archive, Director’s 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, Director’s Book, 3 June 1976.
  39. Page 59: 1986: Henley Standard, 15 July 1988 and Hobbs’ Archive, Director’s Book, 7 November 1986 and 15 October 1987.
  40. Page 61, Hobbs’ Archive, Director’s 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.

*: 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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