Category: Persons – Surname beginning with J

Information about persons whose surnames begin with the letter J,

Jack Jones Has Been Co-opted To Warminster Town Council

Tuesday 28th March 2023

At their full council meeting on Monday 27 th March, Warminster Town Councillors voted to co-opt Mr Jack Jones to be town councillor to fill the vacancy for Warminster East Ward.

Three candidates put themselves forward for the vacancy complete an application form and all three gave a presentation to Councillors at the meeting.

The successful candidate, is 33 years old and has lived in Warminster for the vast majority of his life, attending Avenue Primary School and then on to Kingdown. Jack studied Business Management in Plymouth and is currently employed with Parsley Box. Jack covers all Business Development worldwide with projects mainly in the UK and Europe. He is hugely passionate about anything sport or environmental related.

Jack is an active volunteer for many local community groups in and around the Warminster area such as Warminster Action Group and can regularly be seen at the Warminster Atheneum where he has helped raise over £7000 for the Trust since August 2022 which goes on to support the maintenance and improve of the venue.

Councillor Jones said, “By becoming a town councillor I hope to be able to have a larger impact on the local community and help improve our beautiful town for everyone who lives or visits the area. The way the council have improved the lake pleasure grounds over the past few years has been an inspiration. Taking it from being a lovely but basic town park to a highly visited venue that is capable of hosting many different events and activities which I have had the pleasure of attending I believe in a community first approach and hope to represent the people of Warminster to the best of my ability.”

Mayor, Councillor Chris Robbins, thanked all the candidates for their time an presentations, adding that with town council elections due in May 2025 there was the opportunity for them and other local residents to put themselves forward in the future.

Rick Johnstone Is Warminster’s New Town Crier

Monday 9th January 2023

Warminster’s New Town Crier – Mr Town Crier!

Mr Town Crier, as Warminster’s new Town Crier, Rick Johnstone, would prefer to be anonymously known, has harboured a desire to get dressed up, put-on his stockings, don the tricorn (his hat!) and cry around town for some time! So, when the opportunity to audition for the honorary role arose in September ’22, Rick grabbed it with both hands (avec bell, gloves and scroll!).

As a boy growing-up in Manchester, Rick enjoyed singing in the choir and acting in school drama productions. Later, as a PE and English teacher, he always viewed his job as entailing a ‘performance’. Later still, when responsible for training teachers, he always encouraged his students to tap into their creative and expressive side when delivering information and knowledge. And now, as Warminster Town Crier, he has the opportunity to become the Purveyor of Proclamations, the Narrator of News and Laureate of Local Information.

As well as this new adventure, Rick has been involved in the Wonderful World of Swimology for some 40 years – he runs learn-to-swim programmes with his wife, Sarah. In Spring 2023, Westbury Swimarium, their new venture – a Water Palace of children’s and adults learning – will open its doors to all.

Family-wise, it was only in July ’22 that father-of-4 Rick and Sarah finally put-down roots in Warminster, a town they had been exceptionally fond of since first attending Warminster Saddle Club 15 years previously with their daughters, Bella and Reli, when they lived in Hilperton. In the meantime, they have lived in Stratford-upon-Avon, London and Westbury. The girls are now grown and away at university, and Rick’s sons Dan and Harry live in London and Cumbria respectively, but Rick and Sarah have settled in Warminster and plan to stay.

Rick sees his Town Crier’s role as the perfect opportunity to become involved with the local community and to get to know people in the town, plus use his role to support local charitable causes when required. He recently in December cried for the Multiple Sclerosis Christmas Tombola – and he’d love to do lots more events like this! For him, it’s also the perfect opportunity for the expression of the communication principles he has been applying in various teaching settings for many years.

‘Mr Town Crier’ can be contacted for cries for all charitable organisations, openings and events at warminstertowncrier@gmail.com .

The previous Warminster Town Crier was Phil Seddon.

Death And Funeral Of Raymond William Joyce

Raymond William Joyce. Passed away on 28th January 2014, at his home in Warminster, aged 76. Formerly of Frome. Dearly loved husband of Grace. Funeral Service at West Wiltshire Crematorium, Semington on Tuesday 11th February 2014 at 4.00pm. Family Flowers only, donations if desired to Wiltshire Air Ambulance c/o F.Curtis & Son, 11, Portway, Warminster BA12 8QG.

Death And Funeral Of Iris Jay

Iris Jay (Rosie). Died peacefully on 26th January 2014 at Henford House Nursing Home, Warminster. Formerly of 40 Nadder Close, Tisbury. Aged 78. Dearly loved wife of the late Peter, loving mother to Peter, Denis, Tony, Colin and Annie. Beloved grandmother of Debbie, Michael, Katie, Petrina, Jack and Karen and a loving great grandmother. Funeral service at St John’s Church, Tisbury, on Thursday 6th February 2014 at 11.15am. Family flowers only, donations if desired to Salisbury Hospice c/o F Curtis & Son, 11 Portway, Warminster, BA12 8QG.

St. Giles Church, Imber, By Hilary Jackson

Christmas Day 2013

Here’s a card we’ve received at dannyhowell.net
this Christmas. There’s no printed message inside,
so the sender wrote her own wishes inside to us,
and she chose the card for us, she says, because she
knew we would love the picture. And yes we do!
It depicts St. Giles’ Church, Imber, and is from
 a watercolour by Hilary Jackson, who lives at
Victoria Road, Warminster. Hilary is obviously
very talented and it’s wonderful to know we
have such gifted artists and creative people
living and working in Warminster. If you want to
know more about Hilary and her work, visit

www.hilaryjacksonpaintings.com

email: hilaryjackson@hilaryjacksonpaintings.com

Graham And Bette Jenkins – Dearly Loved By Their Family

A gravestone at St. John’s Churchyard,
Boreham Road, Warminster,
photographed by Danny Howell
on the afternoon of
Monday 30th April 2012.

The inscription reads:

Cherished
Memories of
Graham Morgan
Jenkins
Beloved husband of
Bette
Dearest dad and grandad
Died Peacefully
Dec. 21st 1968
Aged 53.

Also in Loving Memory
of Clarice Beatrice
(Bette) Jenkins, his wife
Who died June 25th 1975
Aged 57
Dearly Loved By Their Family

Arthur Ivor Richard Jones

Arthur Ivor Richard Jones, who was originally from Swansea, once worked for the Great Western Railway but lost a leg due to an accident. About 1937, 1938, he came to Warminster, where he and his second wife, Lilian Jones, ran a café called the Cosy Café at 15 High Street (premises on the George Street side of the Warminster Fish And Fruit Company’s shop). The Jones family lived above the café which closed after the Second World War.

Arthur started doing watch and clock repairing from his High Street premises. When one of his sons, Albert Jones, left the Navy and returned to Warminster he joined his father in the watch-repairing business which they called A. Jones & Son. Arthur’s descendants recall that trade was “pretty good.”

When Arthur gave up watch-repairing he went to live with his daughter Phyllis Foreman and her husband Guy Foreman, at 52 Boreham Field, Warminster. Arthur Jones died at Warminster Hospital on 27th December 1964 and was cremated at Salisbury. He was 68.

Arthur’s son, Albert Jones, went to work at 27 Command REME Workshops, Warminster, as instrument maker. Albert lived at 51 The Dene, Warminster, with his wife Winnie and children Patricia and Keith.

Jones’s former premises at 15 High Street, Warminster, later became Lesken’s television, radio and electrical shop. In more recent times (the early 1990s) the premises were a hairdresser’s salon (Corner Cutters) but they are currently (1998) empty and unoccupied.

Herbert James Has Baked His Last Batch Of Bread At The Obelisk Steam Bakery, Warminster

Thursday 16th March 1989

Herbert James. 

Herbert James is hanging up his apron after
more than 30 years of baking traditional bread.
He has closed the door of the Obelisk Steam
Bakery at Silver Street, Warminster, but says he
will carry on baking his own bread for himself.

“I still want to eat real bread and not the sort of
stuff you buy in a supermarket,” he said. Mr
James made his bread using the old methods of
kneading dough  and moulding by hand before
baking in steam ovens.

The Obelisk Steam Bakery, one of the oldest
bakeries in Wiltshire, is now up for sale. But
Mr James is finding it hard to break the habit of
a lifetime. “I still wake up at four in the morning,”
he said, “but at least I know I don’t have to get up!” 

Mr James’ last batch of bread was made and
delivered out from the Obelisk Steam Bakery
on Saturday 11th March 1989.