v SAY YOU SAW IT IN THE HERALD v Page 76 • The HERALD • 19th February 2026 All your cycle servicing needs for all makes and models of bikes by a qualified mechanic with over 20 years experience! Spares, accessories and good honest advice! WE ALSO SELL BIKES! JON’S BIKE REPAIR & SALES Unit 19, Glenmore Business Park, Hardley Industrial Estate, Lime Kiln Lane, Holbury SO45 2AR 023 8089 0712 EST: 2016 SPORT IN THE HERALD Lymington & District Sea Fishing Club’s recreational trips started early this year with a trip on Saturday 3rd January from Poole aboard Ocean Runner skippered by Ryan Jones. It was a very cold start with the temperature at zero degrees when we boarded via a rather slippery pontoon at Poole. e temperature did pick up a few degrees as the sun came out later and stayed out for most of the day which made things a bit better. ere were predicted north westerly winds of 15 mph gusting up to 25 mph which was the case but as this was an inshore trip we were pretty well sheltered by Studland and the Poole/Bournemouth coast. According to the Skipper, the water temperatures had only just started to lower and this has delayed the arrival of the whiting, so they were not around in the same numbers as they might usually be in early January. is made for quite tough shing. We moved around 4 di erent marks during the day but never really found the sh in any numbers. In total we caught several pouting, some small congers, quite a few small dog sh, a single dab, one very impressive 7lb 2oz small eyed ray caught by Robin Lane and a few whiting, although the majority of the whiting were on the smaller side with only a few keepable sized sh, the best being a 2lb 3oz RECREATIONAL TRIP Report sent in by Dave Price sh caught by Andy Southwick. Another cold spell may bring the whiting inshore more, so hopefully the next recreational trips might have a bit more luck if we choose to target them. Robin Lane Andrew Southwick Tales From the Graveyard of All Saints Church, Fawley by Patricia Hedley-Goddard, Churchyard Archivist for the ancient parish of All Saints’ Fawley Edward Herrington Mursell In the 11th December 2025 edition of e Herald, I wrote about a much loved local character called Teddy Mursell. His rst-born children were twin boys, born on 6th May 1918, named Edward Herrington and Robert John Mursell. is ‘Tale’ is about Edward Herrington. e twins were born when the family was living in Shirley, north of Southampton, but two years later in 1920, their father managed to get employment with AGWI and moved the family to a rented cottage in Black eld. In 1920 Mrs Kathleen Mursell gave birth to a daughter, named Katherine Mary (who lived 103 years), then two more siblings were born, David Alfred born in 1925, and Anthony born in 1935. eir father managed to purchase a plot of land at the end of Saxon Road/Walkers Road in Black eld, and once the bungalow had been built, the family nally settled there. Edward Herrington, being the eldest child, was educated locally at Fawley. e classes consisted of both girls and boys. ey were taught the basic 3 ‘R’s’- - ‘reading, writing, ‘rithmatic’, plus physical education. e Headmaster at that time was a Mr. Cave and he was said to be very ‘free’ with the use of the cane on the older children. e sanitation for the boys was very primitive, consisting of a slate trough half- lled with peat which was emptied once a week by the caretaker. On leaving school at the age of 14 Edward became a painter and decorator. is was not the safe employment that we know today. e paint was very o en containing lead and the fumes from it were dangerous. Constant proximity to lead fumes damages a persons lungs. A room which needed painting had to be well ventilated, and le to dry for several days a erwards. ere were no such things as ‘quick dry paint’. Wall papers were di cult to hang and o en of poor quality and tore easily. Distemper was mainly used for internal painting, especially ceilings. is was made from mixing powdered chalk or lime with size (a gelatinous substance), and sometimes lead was included. e distemper marked easily and could not be washed clean. Edward was a keen cyclist and a member of the Solent and District Cycling club which used to meet at the public house in Redbridge. He won many medals. When he joined the army he hung the bicycle up in the shed and his brother Tony said that he threatened dire grief to his younger siblings if they should touch his special bicycle. It was still there when Edward eventually returned home from the War. At the outbreak of World War 2, on the 15th December 1939 Edward, aged 20, enlisted in the Army in the 2nd Battalion of the Hampshire regiment. His records show that he was 5 6 inches tall, weighed 156 pounds, had brown hair and hazel-coloured eyes. He was Private 5499798 Edward Herrington Mursell. For the rst 6 months he was based in UK being trained, and a er that he was sent to France as part of the British Expeditionary Force. Following Operation Dynamo ( e Dunkirk Evacuation 26/05/1940 – 04/06/1940) Edward was reported missing and his parents received this dreaded information on 24th July 1940. Edward had in fact been taken prisoner by the Germans and subsequently he was sent to Stalag XXA2A in Malbork, Poland, as P.O.W.13639. He remained a P.O.W. until the 10th May 1945 when he was released by American Troops. Prisoners of War below the rank of Sergeant were required to work (Geneva Convention rule). ey were mostly hired out to work locally either on farms, or to contractors both civilian and military. Edward was sent to work in the coal mines, and a erwards he worked as a farm labourer. While he was in Poland he made friends with a Polish lady and when he returned to England he used to occasionally receive letters from her all written in polish which Edward did not understand. He used to go round the village asking anyone if they could translate them. He was treated well by the Polish local people and he would never let anyone say a bad word about them. He returned home an emaciated wreck from the Prisoner of War Camp, with his eyesight badly a ected. However, he returned to his previous profession of painter and decorator, initially working for a Mr. Arthur Shuttler who lived in West Common, and then for Petty’s General Building Company, before nally setting up his own company. (Mr Petty had helped build the Beaulieu air eld.) Edward married Dora Enid Hayward in 1947. ey had one son named Edward Colin, born on 10th October 1948, and a daughter Lynn, born in 1957 and died in 2022. Edward put in an application to construct a bungalow for him and his family, but it took the council so long to give him permission that when it was eventually built he called it ‘Long Wait’! It is now 110 Hampton Lane. He lived next to the Bakery in Black eld. Setting up his own painting and decorating company meant that he needed transport for his ladders and paints etc. is problem was solved by using the tandem that he had. He had a side-car attached to the bike, so that during the week he could strap his ladders and equipment to this mode of transport. At the weekends these were removed and he and his wife rode the tandem and the children sat in the side car. Once again he took up cycling as a hobby, plus building model boats and aeroplanes. He belonged to the Southampton Model Boat Club and they would sometimes meet at Stoney Cross pond (It was believed to be a bomb crater), or at the pond on Southampton Common. It was his way of relaxing. His wife was not overly happy about the building of his model cra because the parts and glue were scattered all over the window sill where he constructed the models. Edward died on 12th August 1964 aged 46 years old and his ashes are buried on the south side of the Church on the third row back and the 8th plot along. Once again, my sincere thanks to Tony Mursell (Edward’s brother) and to Edward Colin Mursell (Edward’s son) for their personal recollections of Edward Herrington Mursell. Edward Herrington Mursell, 1945
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