Description
This volume is dedicated to Daphne Andrews, long-term member of the society and of the committee, who died in 2024
Chapter 103: Lyminge in 1921 – Part 2: Rosemary Piddock. This chapter follows on from Part 1 in Volume 13 of Lyminge a history, looking at Lyminge through the prism of the 1921 Census. This part considers some of the businesses that existed at that time, providing services to the residents of the village as well as employment opportunities for many people.
Chapter 104: A Watercolour of Lollipops: Rob Baldwin. A painting was discovered in an auction in 2023 which was painted in the 1860s. As such, it appears to be the oldest depiction of anywhere in the parish, with the exception of those found on maps. This chapter considers the provenance of the painting and looks at how accurate this depiction of Lollipops, the former almshouses on Canterbury Road, actually is.
Chapter 105: The East Window in Lyminge Parish Church: Rob Baldwin. The east window in the parish church is a magnificent tour de force, created by the glass artist Alexander Gibbs around 1863. The design contains elements that are found in many windows that Gibbs created for the architect William Butterfield, and this chapter discusses the way that the two worked together to create stained glass windows. It also reviews the nature of work Gibbs created on his own, and reaches the conclusion that the Lyminge window, though based on designs developed in partnership with Butterfield, is entirely the work of Gibbs himself and his workshop.
Chapter 106: The Battle of Britain: The View from Lyminge: John Buss. This chapter looks at some of the events that happened in and around Lyminge during the so-called Phoney War of 1939-40, and then during the Battle of Britain itself. There is focus on the four pilots shot down around Lyminge on 24 August 1940, and in particular on the story of Polish Pilot Officer Karol Pniak. He is often credited with being shot down twice in the same day. This chapter reviews the evidence in detail and shows that it does not support this conclusion, and while he was shot down over Longage Hill, the second incident can be attributed to administrative error.
Chapter 107: Winifred Shillingford: the forgotten artist of Etchinghill: Rob Baldwin. The life stories of Winifred and her sister Lucy are explored, beginning in the Wild West of the USA of the late 1870s and early 1880s. Winifred was an artist of some talent, who lived in Etchinghill from around 1903 for some 60 years, becoming in later life a well-known village benefactor. But since her death, her achievements as an artist have been largely forgotten. This chapter seeks to review her legacy, and publishes the only images of her paintings that are currently known to exist.
