Herald - Issue 406

v SAY YOU SAW IT IN THE HERALD v 13th May 2021 • The HERALD • Page 23 BBQ season is here! Waterside Wines are very pleased to be working with Sunnyfields Farm offering a choice of four BBQ packs Visit: www.watersidewines.com to choose your wines or our suggested case and your BBQ packs. * Free delivery if you live in the Waterside area. * Save 20% by signing up for our FREE membership! JIM GRASSICK Double Glazing Repairs • Locks • Handles • Hinges • Glass Over 40 years experience Tel: 07712 718343 Email: jamesgrassickSO45@gmail.com P ut Y our R epairs in S afe H ands NEW FOREST PLUMBING AND MAINTENANCE 24/7 LTD *YOUR LOCAL 24 HOUR EMERGENCY CALL OUT PLUMBER* We provide a wide range of plumbing services, with an established reputation for quality, service and customer satisfaction. www.newforestplumbing247.com Contact us on 07912 092557 or 023 8194 0237 newforestplumbing@yahoo.com following a bout of whooping cough, when they were living in Fawley, and is buried in the churchyard in the same grave as her father. John Sumner Gibson, William’s eldest son born to his rst wife, Eliza, was educated at Harrow, and then Cambridge University, where he became a rst class cricketer and played in a match against Oxford University. He followed in his father’s footsteps and became a priest based in Kent, then Warwickshire and Derbyshire, eventually retiring to East Sussex where he died in 1892. Arthur Sumner Gibson, his second son, who was born in 1844 and was baptised in All Saints Church. He was educated at Marlborough, then Trinity College, Oxford, and became a civil engineer. He played rugby for England in the 1871 England versus Scotland match, played in Edinburgh, which was the rst International Rugby match. He died in 1927. e third son, born in 1846, Herbert William Sumner Gibson became a Vice Admiral of the Royal Navy. William’s fourth son, Edgar Charles Sumner Gibson, born in 1848, became the Bishop of Gloucester. Fi h son, born in 1849, Walter Sumner Gibson. ALL SAINTS’ CHURCH, FAWLEY In total, the Reverend William Gibson had thirteen children, seven daughters and six sons. He died at the age of y eight on the 8th December 1862. His probate totalled approximately £30,000 which is equivalent to £1.3million today. Continued from page 22 Rev. William Gibson’s grave Sixth son, born in 1856, Alan George Sumner Gibson became co-adjutor Bishop of Cape Town. A Seal Swam In From The Sea You can now do your bit to help save the Hythe Ferry by buying a copy of a new children’s picture book. A Seal Swam In From The Sea is written and illustrated by local author Simon Chadwick, and was originally created for Hythe Library’s story trail to be told across a number of shop windows in Hythe village. Simon’s now compiled it into a book, with £5 from every copy sold going towards the Save The Ferry campaign. e book is inspired by the recent sightings of seals out on Southampton Water, and features local landmarks such as the Daymark, Hythe Pier and the ferry itself. Asked why he wanted to create the book, Simon replied: “ For almost a decade I took the Hythe Ferry to work in Southampton. It was always far better than driving, and so to lose it now, when there’s such a focus on environmental impacts, would be madness .” e book can be purchased, (cash payments please) from the following places: Hythe : the Herald o ce, the Ferry O ce, Toys Ahoy, Blissful Moments and Oyster Financial Planning; Dibden Purlieu : WHSmith Local; Holbury : Sandra’s Florist; Blackfield : Compuco Ltd and on: www.ceratopiabooks.co.uk - look out for the posters for more information and details of other outlets.