Tag Archives: 1928

Miss Betty Homan of The Canons

Miss Betty Homan

Miss Betty Homan

TO BE PRESENTED AT THE COURT TO-NIGHT, MAY 23 MISS BETTY HOMAN. Miss Betty Homan is the younger daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Homan, of The Canons, Mitcham, and is a beautiful blonde. She is being presented at the Court to-night, May 23, by her godmother, Mrs. Lester Reid, the wife of Lieut. -Col. Lester Reid. of Thorpe Mandeville Manor, Banbury.

Source: The Sketch – Wednesday 23 May 1928 from the British Newspaper Archive (subscription required)

Mays Mitcham Iron Foundry

Listed in the 1963 List of Factories as at 34 Eveline Road.

1951 OS map

Listed in the 1954 phone book as May’s Mitcham Iron Foundry, 34 Eveline Road, MIT 3926


Sources:
Borough of Mitcham List of Factories,
Town Clerk’s Department,
July 1963.
Available at Merton Heritage and Local Studies Centre at Morden Library.
Reference L2 (670) MIT


Minutes of meetings held by the Mitcham Urban District Council are available on request from the Merton Heritage and Local Studies Centre at Morden Library.

Maps are reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland.