Herbie Goddard

Click here for the page in East Meon History website about Herbie Goddard. There are numerous photographs of Herbie and his family. A towering figure in the 1960s and ’70s, Herbie was affectionately known as the Mayor of East Meon. Click here for previous history of the Christmas family, and of the US cousins including astronaut Michael Barratt.

These articles were collected by Herbie’s daughter, Hazel, who married Chris Pamplin and who has made them available.

Date of creation

1958 - 1985

Date of coverage

1958 - 1985

Place

East Meon

Contributor

Hazel Pamplin

Copyright

Petersfield Post, Petersfield Herald, Portsmouth News

Reference number

EM/0185/0003

Accession number

2014-01-029

Storage location

Photographs in Library (Album) M/7

Format

Newspaper articles

Downloads

British Legion Petersfield Post April 1958 (1 MB Adobe Acrobat document, opens in a new window)

Over 60 British Legion members standards ceremony, April 1958. Vicar S.J.Lawry.

Ethel Lambert article, Petersfield Post, June 1966 (2 MB Adobe Acrobat document, opens in a new window)

Petersfield Post article about Ethel Lambert flight, June 1966.

Six sisters, Sept 1971, 2 articles (5 MB Adobe Acrobat document, opens in a new window)

American sisters of Ellen Goddard visit East Meon in 1971

Goddards visit US 1972 (3 MB Adobe Acrobat document, opens in a new window)

Herbie and Ellen Goddard return the visit, reported in local US paper.

Garden Party Invitation July 1978 (5 MB Adobe Acrobat document, opens in a new window)

Herbie Goddard is invited to a Buckingham Palace Garden Party in 1978

East Meon parish council February 1979 (3 MB Adobe Acrobat document, opens in a new window)

Report on Parish Council meeting chaired by Herbie Goddard, February 1979.

Bishop visits (1 MB Adobe Acrobat document, opens in a new window)

Bishop Ronald Gordon's first visit to East Meon. Undated.

Elder Statesman Feb 1979 (2 MB Adobe Acrobat document, opens in a new window)

Report of Herbie Goddard's retirement as Chair of Parish Council.

Presentation, East Hampshire Post, March 1981 (2 MB Adobe Acrobat document, opens in a new window)

New chair, Mrs B.Tucker, makes presentation to Herbie Goddard.

Village in mourning Portsmouth News February 1985 (747 KB Adobe Acrobat document, opens in a new window)

Portsmouth News report of death of Herbie Goddard.

Rent book inside (858 KB Adobe Acrobat document, opens in a new window)

Entries in Goddards' rent book for Barnards, 1958 - 9.

Comments about this page

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Ethel Lambert’s flight was not in 1066!
Presumably 1966.
She was a “cousin” of my late mother’s, and I had not heard of this flight, until reading this article today.
By Shirley Mundy (07/01/2017)