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UPDATE No 8

SAMUEL SOUTH(1)

Samuel(1) is recalled as an austere and stern man but, from the documentary evidence available there can be no doubt that he was an active and succesful business man.

Roger Hickson has provided an enlargement of a photograph of Samuel(1) and his wife, Alice, taken at the wedding of their son John Joseph to Maud Borley on 8 June 1908 at Higham, Suffolk.

Samuel(1) was 54 and Alice was 59 

TOTTENHAM HOTPUR

Update No. 6 referred to the keen support for Tottenham Hotspur Football Club which Samuel(2) maintained throughout his life. Andy Porter, the Official Historian of the Club, has written to confirm that Samuel South of 2, Tottenham terrace purchased a £1 share, no. 1649, on 6 May 1903. The Cub archive records his later changes of adress to 39, Snells Park and River House.

In an interview with the Tottenham Weekly Herald on the 50th anniversary of his wedding in 1949, Samuel(2):

"They've always had good players but as Arthur Rowe [Manager] says its the goals that count. Personally, I don't mind what division they play in, as long as we see good football at Tottenham." 

ARMSTRONG SIDDELEY

In 1935/36 Samuel(2) purchased an Armstrong Siddely limousine. It was an impressive vehicle with a sliding glass partition dividing the driver from the rear compartment which included two folding jump seats and a drop-leaf table. Passengers enjoyed the comfort of upholstered cloth seats and deep pile carpeting. The exterior boasted deep running boards, powerful twin horns and a sphinx mascot on the bonnet. In the funeral cortege of Samuel(2) in 1956, the Armstong proudly conveyed Emily Maud and her sons.

Emma Tompkins, widow of Charles Tompkins who will be fondly remebered by many readers, has kindly donated the photograph reproduced below. Mrs Tomkins is 102.

The car was used by Samuel(2) for touring with his friends including a trip to Scotland in August 1939. Accompanied by Arthur Tuck, owner of a pottery near Waltham Abbey, J. H. "Jimmy" Martin, Builder's Marchant of Tottenham, and driven by Charles Tompkins, the party visited John O' Groats. The tour was cut short and the party returned because of the out-break of World War2.  


Tuck    Martin    Samuel(2)

POTTERIES

At the last visit to Bruce Castle Museum a start was made on researchinto the rating records which will assist in tracing the ownership and occupation of the Potteries and River House. The rating books extend back to 1775 and in 1890 the following entries:

No.

Occupier

Owner

Description

Situation

3371

Samuel South

R Kenworthy

Brickground (2 stools)

White Hart Lane

3372

Edw. G Cole

R Kenworthy

Land Potteries House

White Hart Lane

3373

Samuel South

R Kenworthy

House

White Hart Lane

The houses are Tentdale occupied by the South and Cole families (see extract from the 1891 census - Update No.3) but it is of interest that, firstly, the land occupied by Samuel(1) is described as a "brickground" and, further, the owner is given as Kenworthy, a name not previously mentioned. Any comments or information would be welcomed.

At a date to be established, the Souths' produced a publicity postcard proclaiming to be "The Largest Makers of Horticultural Pottery in England". The claim clearly met with hostility from competitiors and resulted in the qualifying over-print seen above. It is also of interest that the location is described as Tottenham Potteries although that was more properly the name of the site occupied by the Coles'. The Souths' traded from the neighbouring White Hart Lane Potteries. It is hoped toestablish some estimate of the date by determining when the Pottery telephone number changed from 54 Tottenham to Bowes Park 4047.

 

KLB  7/1997

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