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John Lea
Wellingborough baker
(Bakery on Havelock Street, still a cakeshop; has John Lea's ovens at the back, though no longer in use. In 1930 they were much admired professionally, see articles in trade press)
Elected to Wellingborough Urban District Council, 1911; County Council 1922, traffic commissioner, magistrate 1930, member of Nene Catchment Board, County Alderman, 1938.
After his year as Chairman of Wellingborough UDC, he was given a special luncheon at the Hind hotel to enable the Council to show their appreciation:
"The most wonderful chairman anyone could sit under"
(F. W. Railey, Vice-Chairman of UDC at the luncheon in April 1939 (50 years ago) - praised for making UDC work easy for the other members; for supporting them in the face of difficulties; for taking the responsibility for troublesome decisions (Account in Northampton Mercury and Herald l4th April 1939)
Died 1953, the year the school opened.
Wheatsheaf badge:
LJ Wilce told me it was used because the school was built on what used to be known as the finest cornfield in Wellingborough.
Another possibility: Sam Reynolds had some admiration for the big county families (Remember the old school house names, Hatton, Wake, Spencer, Compton). A wheatsheaf is one of the emblems on the Hatton family arms. See it at Kirby in the masonry. Remember that Sir Christopher Hatton was lord of the manor of Wellingborough.
Eric Jenkins
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