{"id":16277,"date":"2021-03-11T01:46:14","date_gmt":"2021-03-11T01:46:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/?p=16277"},"modified":"2021-07-03T21:38:38","modified_gmt":"2021-07-03T21:38:38","slug":"noakes-pumping-station-house-southend-waterworks-company","status":"publish","type":"southendwaterworks","link":"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/southendwaterworks\/southend-waterworks-company\/noakes-pumping-station-house-southend-waterworks-company\/","title":{"rendered":"NOAKES | Pumping Station House, Thundersley, Essex | Southend Waterworks Company"},"content":{"rendered":"

There were three residential properties built in the early 1900’s by Southend Waterworks Company<\/strong> in Thundersley, Essex, which were associated with its reservoir and two pumping stations.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pumping Station Cottage<\/strong>\u00a0was the property associated with Thundersley Pumping Station <\/strong>(aka No.7), which was first pumped in 1899<\/strong>. The house is now known as 17 Chancel Close<\/strong>, and the pumping station was closed and demolished in the 1940s or early 1950s and the land built on for housing.<\/p>\n

NOAKES ~ c.1901-c.1914<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Alfred Charles NOAKES<\/strong>, wife Alice Martha WATERHOUSE <\/strong>and family appear to have been the first residents of Pumping Station Cottage <\/strong>after it was built in the early 1900’s.<\/span><\/p>\n

Alfred<\/strong> and Alice <\/strong>married on 18th Feb 1897<\/strong> in Wanstead, Essex. Their first two children were born in Stratford in Essex, and by 1901<\/strong> they moved to Thundersely. He was now working as a Stationary Engine Driver<\/strong> for Southend Waterworks<\/strong>. Their address is simply given as “New Thundersley”, but just five households down on the census sheet was “South Essex Water Works<\/strong>“, so if they weren’t living in the Pumping Station Cottage <\/strong>yet they were pretty close by. Between censuses they had four more children, but sadly lost one in infancy. In 1911<\/strong> the family’s address was listed as “Pumping Station, Thundersley<\/strong>” and Alfred was still in charge of driving the stationary engine. They had two final children (making eight in total) just before war broke out in 1914.<\/p>\n

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  1. Alice Minnie Noakes<\/strong> (1898-1960, unmarried) Clerk Typist<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Emily Rebecca Noakes<\/strong> (1899-1987)<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Alfred Charles Noakes<\/strong> (1901-1901, age 0)<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Kathleen Emma Noakes<\/strong> (1903-1989, unmarried) Dressmaker<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Charles William Noakes<\/strong> (1904-1956) Electrician<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. Doris Louisa Noakes<\/strong> (1906-1988) Midwife Nurse<\/span><\/li>\n
  7. Ella Noakes<\/strong> (1912-1930, age 17)<\/span><\/li>\n
  8. James Alfred Noakes<\/strong> (1914-1998) Accountant’s Clerk for Gas Company<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    There are no records of the family’s whereabouts during the war years, but by 1918<\/strong> Charles and Alice had vacated the Pumping Station House in Thundersley and were recorded in the Electoral Roll at 48 Harrington Road in Southall, Middlesex. They were also there in 1919<\/strong>, then between 1921-27<\/strong> living at 88 West End Road in Southall and 1928-34<\/strong> at 25 Scotts Road in Southall. During this time their youngest daughter Ella died, aged 17. Alfred and Alice turn up back in Essex for the 1939<\/strong> Register, living at Arcadia, Hillhouse Drive in Billericay. Alfred was now aged 69 and listed as a Retired Locomotive Driver<\/strong>. They were still living there in 1940<\/strong>, but by the time Alfred died in 1943<\/strong> (age 73) he was back at 25 Scotts Road in Southall. Alice died in 1954<\/strong> aged 82, and her last address was in Ealing, Middlesex.<\/p>\n

    Of their six surviving children to reach adulthood, three moved to South Africa, but returned quite regularly for visits (Alice, Emily and Charles).<\/p>\n\r\n\t\t