THE TRIMMER CONNECTION

WILLIAM JOHN AND ROSA MARY TRIMMER

 William John Trimmer worked for Phipps Brewery and together with his wife Rosa Mary neé Shipp, moved to Olney in the 1920’s. William was landlord of the Bull Hotel between 1924 and 1931. Their daughter Olive married John Edward Rudkin Sowman, eldest son of Alfred William Rudkin Sowman in 1928.

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William John and Rosa Mary Trimmer

Shooting was one of William Trimmer’s pastimes, as evidenced below.

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A Trimmer Shooting Party. William is seated second from the left.
The lady could be Mrs Dorothy Longland

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