Illustration Christine Fuller
The illustration is creative interpretation and intended for humour only. No offence is intended or implied.
The following is a report of a case heard at the East Harling Petty Sessions which is published in the Diss Express on the 17th December, 1943:
OBSCENE LANGUAGE
For using obscene language on the highway at Great Ellingham on December 2nd, John Walsh of Great Ellingham was fined £1. S/C Sapey said he could hear Walsh from a distance of 100 yards
Unfortunately, the report does not provide John Walsh’s age nor an indication of his occupation (assuming he has one).
On the whole, I have some success in tracing the past people of our village. However on occasions, I fail to discover anything about a particular person or family. This is the case here.
John Walsh does not appear to be in Great Ellingham at the time of the 1939 England & Wales Register.
Further, John Walsh is not among the names of villagers in the Great Ellingham Invasion Committee Records of 1942.
Nevertheless, I will update the article should I discover more about John Walsh.
Sources:
17 December 1943 Diss Express viewed via The British Newspaper Archive website
1939 England & Wales Register The National Archives; Kew, London, England; 1939 Register; Reference: RG 101/
Ancestry.com. 1939 England and Wales Register [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2018.
1942 Gt Ellingham Invasion Committee Record. Sue Fay