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Wilfred
(“Wilf”) Farndale 1911 to 13 November 1985
FAR00769
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Headlines
of Wilf Farndale’s life are in brown.
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Context
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Geographical context is in green.
Stockton
1911
Wilfred Farndale was born in Stockton District in 1911.
Wilfred was the son of Tom and Dora (nee Perkins) Farndale (FAR00536). Wilfred
Farndale’s birth was registered in the first quarter of 1911 at Stockton (GRO Vol 10a page 59).
1911 Census – 15 Donald Street, Stockton
Tom Farndale, 35, general
labourer, born Bedale
Dora Jane Farndale, 32, born
Stockton
Cecil Farndale, 3, born
Stockton 1908
John William Farndale, 2,
born Stockton 1909
Wilfred Farndale, 0, born Stockton 1911
1921
Tom Farndale, 45, fitter’s
labourer, Blairs Co Ltd of Stockton, born Bedale
Dora Jane Farndale, 43, born
Stockton
Cecil Farndale, 13, at
school
John William Farndale, 12,
at school
Wilfred Farndale, 10, at school
Tom Farndale, 9, born
Stockton about 1912
Mary Farndale, 5, born
Stockton about 1916
1930
I am very grateful to Wilf’s
son Allan who has provided me with this photograph of Wilf and his brothers and
his father. Just a small square of sepia tone 2x3 inches. Dated 1930's Stockton-On-Tees. Wilf is second from the
left:
1936
Wilfred Farndale moved from Stockton
on Tees in about 1936 or 1937, where he met Doris Howard, who was in domestic
service in Bristol. Doris was one of a family of eight children from an
orphanage in Hessle, Hull.
Filton,
Gloucestershire, near Bristol
1937
Between 1937 to 1947 the
family lived near the aircraft factory at Filton, Gloucestershire, which was a 30 minute walk for Wilf, apart from 1942-1944 where the
family lived by the seaside at Weston-Super-Mare because of the air raids
during the war periods.
Wilf commuted by train
during the days and manned the anti aircraft batteries at night. The family
returned to Filton in 1945.
(From a record from Wilf’s
son, Allan, kindly shared in 2023)
1939
Wilfred Farndale married Doris Evelyn Howard (1919 to 1992) in the
second quarter of 1939 at Durham south eastern
district. Doris came from Hessle, Hull.
1940
Wilfred J
H Farndale was born on 25 April 1940, at Filton, Sodbury District, MSN
Howard (FAR00965).
Hull Daily Mail 29
April 1940: FARNDALE – To Mr and Mrs W Farndale (nee Doris Howard),
“Glenholme”, Conygre-road, Fulton, Bristol, on April
25, a son.
1942
Keith A Farndale was born in 1942 at
Weston Super Mare in Weston District, MSN Howard (FAR00976).
1947
Neil H Farndale was born in 1947, at
Filton, Sodbury District MSN Howard (FAR01017).
1949
Bristol Evening Post, 6
May 1949: FOOTBALL
FIXTURES. Fixtures for the last day of the amateur Soccer Season. Suburban League.
… Division III – Bedminster Down v Kingswood YMCA, W Farndale …
1950
Nigel J Farndale was born in 1950, at
Filton, Sodbury District, MSN Howard. (FAR01042).
Nigel died at
Gisborne, New Zealand on 12 April 1977.
1951
Bristol Evening Post, 1
January 1951: GHFA
Cup Ties. Next Saturday’s matches and referee in the second round of the
Gloucestershire FA Senior Amateur Cup competition: … National Smwlting Co v Oakdene Rangers, W
Farndale …
Bristol Evening World, 1
February 1951: SUBURBAN
LEAGUE FICTURES. … Div 3 … P O Phones v Pilning Ath.,
W Farndale …
Bristol Evening World, 21
August 1951:
SUBURBAN LEAGUE MATCHES. Bristol and Suburban League Matches for Saturday: …
Div 3 – Bristol City Utd v Winterbourne Down, W Farndale …
Bristol Evening Post, 22
August 1951: A
Deciding Match. SUBURBAN GAMES FOR SATURDAY. … The other games to be played
in the league on Saturday (also referees) are given below; kick off 3pm …
Division III – Bristol City Utd v Winterbourne Down, W Farndale …
Bristol Evening Post, 2
November 1951:
SURBURBAN LEAGUE. Bristol and Suburban Football League matches and referees
for tomorrow: … Division I … Soundwell v Bishop
Sutton, W Farndale …
1952
Melanie Farndale was born in March
1952, at Filton, Sodbury District, MSN Howard (FAR01054).
Wilfred and Doris lived in Filton, Gloucestershire, north of
Bristol, Wilfred was an aero tool maker by trade and
he worked at the Bristol Aircraft Company at Filton making aircraft jigs, the bed or framework that
the aircraft were built on. He was involved with the Brabazon, Britannia and
early stage of Concorde designs.
(From a record from Wilf’s
son, Allan, kindly shared in 2023)
Bristol Brabazon
Concorde, originated from the Bristol 223 project study The Bristol Britannia
The Bristol Type 167
Brabazon was a large British piston-engined propeller-driven airliner designed
by the Bristol Aeroplane Company to fly transatlantic routes between the UK and
the United States. The type was named Brabazon after the Brabazon Committee and
its chairman, Lord Brabazon of Tara, who had developed the specification to
which the airliner was designed.
The Bristol Aeroplane Company,
originally the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company, was both one of the
first and one of the most important British aviation companies, designing and
manufacturing both airframes and aircraft engines. Notable aircraft produced by
the company include the 'Boxkite', the Bristol Fighter, the Bulldog, the
Blenheim, the Beaufighter, and the Britannia, and much of the preliminary work
which led to Concorde was carried out by the company. In 1956 its major
operations were split into Bristol Aircraft and Bristol Aero Engines. In 1959,
Bristol Aircraft merged with several major British aircraft companies to form
the British Aircraft Corporation (“BAC”) and Bristol Aero Engines merged
with Armstrong Siddeley to form Bristol Siddeley.
BAC went on to become a
founding component of the nationalised British Aerospace, now BAE Systems.
Bristol Siddeley was purchased by Rolls-Royce in 1966, who continued to develop
and market Bristol-designed engines. The BAC works were in Filton, about 4 miles
(6 km) north of Bristol city centre. BAE Systems, Airbus, Rolls-Royce, MBDA and
GKN still have a presence at the Filton site where the Bristol Aeroplane
Company was located.
Bristol was involved in
the post-war renaissance of British civilian aircraft, which was largely
inspired by the Brabazon Committee report of 1943–5.
In 1949, the Brabazon airliner prototype, at the time one of the largest
aircraft in the world, first flew. This project was deemed to be a step in the
wrong direction, gaining little interest from military or civilian operators,
resulting in the Brabazon being ultimately cancelled in 1953. At the same time
as the termination, Bristol decided to focus on development of a large
turboprop-powered airliner, known as the Britannia. Capable of traversing
transatlantic routes, it proved a commercial success; both it and the Freighter
were produced in quantity during the 1950s. However, sales of the Britannia
were poor and only 82 were built, primarily due to its protracted development;
having been ordered by BOAC on 28 July 1949 and first flown on 16 August 1952,
it did not enter service until 1 February 1957. Bristol was also involved in
helicopter development, with the Belvedere and Sycamore going into quantity
production.
Allan Farndale remembers
visiting Stockton when he was about 10 years old, so perhaps about 1952, with
his elder brother Howard who was 12. It might have been when Doris Farndale,
Wilf’s wife, was having Melanie. The family travelled by train, alone, Bristol
to Stockton & met their grandparents. That was the only time Allan’s
generation saw them. Doris née Howard was an orphan, one of 6 or more, whose
mother died when Doris was 2 years old, and they lived in an orphanage in
Hessle, Hull.
Bristol Evening Post, 5
April 1952: B
M GRIFFITHS TO ‘TAKE’ ROVERS CITY CUP FINAL. Mr B M Griffiths of Newport,
(Mon), who has controlled international matches and many Football League “Derby”
games, has been appointed to referee the Gloucestershire Senior Cup final
between Bristol City and Bristol Rovers at Ashton Gate on May 10, kick off 3:15
PM. The linesman will be W Farndale and R Harris....
1953
Bristol Evening Post, 13
February 1953: AMATEUR
SOCCER. Fixtures in Bristol’s amateur Soccer leagues tomorrow are: DISTRICT LEAGUE … Division I … v Alveston Down, W
Farndale …
Bristol Evening Post, 9
September 1953:
SUBURBAN LGE GAMES FOR SATURDAY. Saturday’s Bristol and Suburban League
fixtures and referees (kick off 3pm) … Division II … Mardon’s (St Anne’s) v Timsbury (W Farndale).
1954
Bristol Evening Post, 18
March 1954: SATURDAY’S
SUBURBAN LEAGUE GAMES. … Division III … St Aldhelm’s v Backwell Utd, W Farndale
…
And many similar entries in
1954
This photograph was kindly
shared by Allan
Farndale. Howard
Farndale is holding Melanie
Farndale and clockwise from Howard are Nigel
Farndale, Neil
Farndale and Allan
Farndale (back left). Wilf used to take his family for walks over the golf
course in Filton to view a massive aircraft hangar at BAC, where the Brabazon
had been built.
1955
There
is a negative of Wilf Farndale with the Bristol Aerospace Archives: Negative of Mr Farndale This record is
held by Aerospace Bristol - s@aerospacebristol.org
- Reference: BAE PH1/1/3096 - Title: Negative of Mr Farndale - Date: 1-Mar-55 -
Held by: Aerospace Bristol, not available at The National Archives - Not Public
Record(s)
1958
Bristol branch of the
national referees association held a dance at the exchange,
Corn Street, last night, to celebrate the golden jubilee of the association.
Some of the guests pictured here include Mr Fred Ford, the Bristol Roers coach,
and his wife, seated right, the vice chairman, Mr George Walker, and his wife,
seated left, the secretary, Mr. Wilf Farndale, the treasurer, Mr Syd Rummins, the social secretary, Mr M Butler, and his wife,
and Mr and Mrs L Jennings. (Bristol
Evening Post, 4 October 1958)
Bristol Evening Post, 23
December 1958: Saturday.
Kick off 2.45 pm, 40 minutes each way. Division III – Caxtonians
v Bristol City A (W Farndale) …
1959
Post Green 'Un, 7 March
1959: WELCOME
PRAISE BY MR WALKER FOR REFEREES. It is gratifying for referees to learn of one
top line manager who thinks that the standard of refereeing is better this
season than ever before. After the recent attacks by managers, Mr Billy
Walker's statement to the newspaper Inquiry into referees made a welcome
change. It is noticeable that it comes through a manager whose team always
tries to play football, and not to hack the opposition to pieces. In the few
top matches I have seen this season, I could not find
a lot to fault the officials in charge. Minor mistakes, yes, but nothing which
altered the result of the game in any way. That is, I think, the main thing to
consider when a referee makes a mistake and, being
human, we will make them. In the quiz match with the West Wilts BA, Bristol
were well beaten. The score now stands at two wins each, the away team being
the victors every time so far. Leading scorers for West Wilts were J Milliard,
K Hannah, and B Wickham, the latter two being Football League linesman, and B
Cook, K Ball, the referees coach, and M Butler, scored well for Bristol.
Arrangements for the annual dinner at the Cooperative restaurant, Castle
Street, Friday March 20, are almost complete. Tickets 12s 6d, can be obtained
from: W Farndale, 45 Conygre Road, Filton, S Robbins,
22 Berkeley Street, Eastville, or M Butler, 47 Rock Hill, Welsway,
Keynsham.
Bristol Evening Post, 9
April 1959:
GLOUCESTERHIRE REFEREES’ CHALLENGE MATCH. From South Gloucestershire football
referees are to play their challenge match for the A H Boxhall
Cup on Saturday. May 9 at Hoffman’s Sports Ground, Stonehouse, kick off 2:45
PM. Members of the Bristol branch who wish to play should forward their names
and positions to secretary, Mr W Farndale, 45 Conygre
Road, Filton, Bristol members and friends wishing to travel should also send in
names as transport will be booked. Billiards, table tennis, darts and skittle
competitions will follow the cup game.
Bristol Evening Post, 4
September 1959:
A COACHING COURSE FOR REFEREES. The
Referees Association (Bristol branch) will again be holding a coaching course
for those intending to become referees . Early
application should be made to the hon secretary, W Farndale, 45 Conygre Road, Filton.
1960
Bristol Evening Post, 13
February 1960: THE
REFEREES’ ASSOCIATION. The aims and objects of the Referees’ Association are to
raise the status of its members and of all that is desirable in the game
itself. The first essential is surely service, the endeavour to be of help one
to another, and at the same time to improve our standing as referees and the
work we are required to do. The association was established not to secure the
admission of any individual to the select circles of important league lists of
referees or linesmen, but to watch over the interests of all referees. In like
manner, local societies provide opportunities for referees to discuss the
intricacies of the laws, exchange views on difficulties, and generally to make
for unanimity of decisions thereby increasing their efficiency. The educational
work is of lasting benefit to the referee. All who avail themselves of the
facilities will be qualified to equip themselves with credit when the
opportunity comes. This has been proved over and over again; Senior referees
will readily express their appreciation of the assistance received in their
early days from the local referees society. Anyone
wishing to attend the next course for intending referees should inform Mr
Farndale, 45 Conygre Road, Filton
Gisbourne, New Zealand
1964
In 1964, Wilfred and Doris
moved to New
Zealand, to follow their eldest son, Howard. Wilf built bridges in the Gisborne area.
(From a record from Wilf’s son,
Allan, kindly shared in 2023)
Gisborne is a city on the
east coast of New Zealand’s North Island. It’s known for wineries and surf
beaches such as Makorori. The Tairawhiti Museum has exhibits on indigenous and
colonial history, with Wyllie Cottage, an early European house, and Maori artefacts.
Titirangi Reserve has lookouts and a monument to explorer James Cook. Nearby,
Te Poho-o-Rawiri is a Maori meeting house with carvings of ancestral figures.
1966
Eastern Union Association
football team reached a notable goal when they won the coveted Central
Districts League trophy this season. At the club's annual cabaret
the trophy was presented to Eastern Union captain Bob Elliott by Doug Remeril
of Hastings (chairman C.D.L.). Wilf Farndale (chairman P.B.F.A.), and Ian
Whitley (chairman of Eastern Union), look on.
1967
Gisborne Photo News 6 December 1967:
Miss Myra Huriwai (left),
and Mesdames Doris Farndale, Florence Hollman, Reremoana Karaka, Mihi Tibble
and Lottie Carlson operate on a run of canned smoked fish.
Mesdames Joyce Turnbull,
Elsie Stevens, Doris Farndale and Kirsty Fletcher.
1968
Gisborne Photo News 27 May and 4 December 1968
P.B.F.A. chairman Wilf
Farndale and his wife Doris
1971
Gisborne Photo News, 24 March 1971
1973
Here are some of the
officials with the club's trophy winners. From left, patron Jack Crawford,
Player of the Year Archie Gillies, with the Bert Ormond Cup, skipper Ronnie
Lightfoot with the Eastern League Cup, P.B.F.A. chairman Wilf Farndale, Thistle
chairman Sandy Johnstone, club coach Iain Gillies with a clock presented by the
players, president Dave McFarlane, Best Sportsman Paul Potter, Robert Cudd,
winner of the Lion Trophy (as leading goalscorer in the Eastern League), and
Freddie Robertson, who received the club's trophy as the Most Improved Player
of the season.
Gisborne Photo News, 7 November 1973
1974
Wilf Farndale, Ray Gorringe
and Nigel Farndale. 1974
1975
Wilf Farndale, Nigel
Famdale, Dave Nelson and Gary Fowler, 1975
1984
Bristol Evening Post, 29
May 1984, Tue · Page 28. EXILES FIND FAME IN NEW ZEALAND. By Richard Latham. Bristol
soccer exiles Kevin Meacock and Paul McLoughlin are enjoying a “fruitful” start
to their new careers in New Zealand.... No one has been more chuffed by Kevin
and Paul’s success than former Western League referee Wilf Farndale, who has
lived in Gisborne for the past 20 years. Wilf, who was secretary of the Bristol
branch of the Referees’ Association for many years, wrote to tell me how well
the two lads were playing. “Everyone in Gisborne has been impressed by Paul and
Kevin on and off the field,” he said. “They are first class ambassadors for the
English game.”
1985
Wilfred died in Gisborne, New Zealand in 1985.
Wilfred was buried at Taruheru Cemetery,
Gisborne, New Zealand. Plot 292. “In loving memory of
Nigel John Farndale, died 9 April 1977, aged 26 years, also his dad, Wilfred,
died 13 November 1985.”
1992
Doris died in Gisborne in 1992.
Hull Daily Mail, 19 March
1992: FARNDALE, nee
Howard. Deepest Sympathy Dad and Auntie Binny on the loss of your sister and
our Auntie Doris, our love and thoughts are with you – Margaret, Kathryn and Elizabeth.