Mr Holmes

Mr Holmes

‘Mr. Holmes from Thetford’ is mentioned in Norfolk newspapers in 1912 and 1913, playing for two private entertainments held at a large farmhouse in Barnham, hosted by J.S. Newdick; the first a Quoits Supper and the second a Harvest Horkey. On each occasion he was the accompanist for singing.

Bury Free Press, 19 October 1912

The most likely contender is Horace Holmes (1867-1933) a gardener who worked on big estates on the Barnham side of Thetford, which is also where the host of the two reported events, Mr Newdick, lived – so from the evidence available, it seems fairly likely that he was Holmes’ employer at the time.

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