1889 diary, in Reading

[Deskman]

Indeed Gadget,
The only dates I have are attached.
Could have been a farewell party, Primrose League garden fete, charity event...?

[arthurk]

It was occupied by Henry Mills Cannon and on the market in 1887 and changed occupiers in about June 1889 when the newly wed RN Commander Stuart Hamilton Rickman and wife moved in...

In 1891 Rickman was 47, born Tottenham, and his wife Caroline W was 28, born Scotland. No children listed, but there were 7 servants. (In 1881 he was with an elder brother at a manor house elsewhere in Berkshire.)

[Gadget]

I see from a much earlier post, you say that the diaries are from June 1889 so, if there is no mention of meeting the Ps or Arborfield/alt  before this entry, then could we assume that the meeting was earlier that year

[Deskman]

Thanks Gadget and arthurk,

The diarist was in Reading "May 14 to Jun 4th" 1889. He would have known the Ps from his articled years in Reading 1882-1885.

The Rickman marriage was mentioned in newspapers. Attached