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his wife, Louisa,
and their children
lived a short
distance away with
her sister and her
husband at the pub
they ran in Alfreton.
By 1901 the family,
including 11-year-
old George,
had moved to
Southwick, near
Oundle. Richard
was presumably
working at one of
the local grand
houses.
By 1911 the family
had moved to Stoke
Doyle and Richard
was running The
Shuckburgh Arms
George Mountney in the village.
George’s elder
sister was working
as a school-teacher, but there was no sign of George.
He was in fact resident at St Peter’s College in Peterborough, a
men’s teacher training college. He is 21 in April 1911, which is
the average age of the 50 pupils at the College, suggesting that
he is on the second of the three years of the course. He would
leave the College in July 1912 and probably start teaching in
the diocese of Peterborough (St Peter’s is a church college) in
September of that year.
The letter to the Stamford & Rutland News of 16th September
1914 describes him as “a Kings Cliffe man in the army ...”
To have become a Kings Cliffe man in the space of two years
147
and their children
lived a short
distance away with
her sister and her
husband at the pub
they ran in Alfreton.
By 1901 the family,
including 11-year-
old George,
had moved to
Southwick, near
Oundle. Richard
was presumably
working at one of
the local grand
houses.
By 1911 the family
had moved to Stoke
Doyle and Richard
was running The
Shuckburgh Arms
George Mountney in the village.
George’s elder
sister was working
as a school-teacher, but there was no sign of George.
He was in fact resident at St Peter’s College in Peterborough, a
men’s teacher training college. He is 21 in April 1911, which is
the average age of the 50 pupils at the College, suggesting that
he is on the second of the three years of the course. He would
leave the College in July 1912 and probably start teaching in
the diocese of Peterborough (St Peter’s is a church college) in
September of that year.
The letter to the Stamford & Rutland News of 16th September
1914 describes him as “a Kings Cliffe man in the army ...”
To have become a Kings Cliffe man in the space of two years
147
