Mildred Gillett
Mildred Gillett | |
|---|---|
| Born | Miriam Mildred Annie Gillett 17 April 1909 Wallisdown, Bournemouth |
| Died | 15 July 2014 (aged 105) Talbot Woods, Bournemouth |
| Education | St Mark's School Talbot Heath School |
| Alma mater | London School of Economics |
| Occupation | Schoolteacher |
| Known for | Historian |
Miriam Mildred Annie Gillett (17 April 1909 – 15 July 2014) was an English local historian. She wrote books on the local history of Bournemouth.
Biography
[edit]Gillett was born to David and Susan Gillett in Wallisdown in 1909. She was the youngest of five children.[1] She attended St Mark's Primary School and Alma Road School for Girls before moving to Talbot Heath School on a scholarship.[1]
Gillett trained as a teacher at Stockwell Training College in London and did a social science course at the London School of Economics.[1] Her professional career as a teacher started in 1932 at St Paul’s School in Bournemouth, and six years later she became the headmistress of Hampreston Junior School.[1] During the second world war she volunteered as an air raid warden.[2] In September 1955, she was appointed as headmistress at Colehill Junior School near Wimborne Minster. She retired in 1969.[1]
In retirement she travelled to Australia and Japan, worked for the Citizens Advice Bureau and became a school governor at the former Summerbee Junior School.[3] She also had an interest in local history.[1] In 1976, she wrote Wanderings in Talbot Village in 1976, followed by Kinson 1894-1931 which was written with Edna Bevan in 1982.[1] She published Talbot Village - A Unique Village in Dorset in 1993.[4]
In October 1990, the Borough of Poole named the new Gillett Road in honour of her work on local history.[5] The road runs between Talbot House and the Student Village at Bournemouth University.[6] In 2017 the road was extended to the Talbot Avenue roundabout.[7]
A churchgoer and teetotal, she celebrated her 105th birthday in April 2014.[8] Mildred Gillett died on 15 July 2014 at a nursing home in Talbot Woods.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g "Miriam Mildred Annie Gillett". Bournemouth Echo. 2014-08-01. Retrieved 2025-04-24.
- ^ "'Matriarch' Mildred is 105". Bournemouth Echo. 2014-04-18. Retrieved 2025-04-24.
- ^ "Mildred Gillett celebrated her 100th birthday". Bournemouth Echo. 2009-04-21. Retrieved 2025-04-24.
- ^ "CHURCH OF ST MARK (INCLUDING TOWER), Non Civil Parish - 1108798 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 2025-04-24.
- ^ "History - Talbot Village Residents Association". talbotvillage.org.uk. 2023-09-09. Retrieved 2025-04-24.
- ^ "Gillett Road closure: restricted access to Talbot Campus". Bournemouth University. Retrieved 2025-04-24.
- ^ "Work begins to create new fourth arm at roundabout in £3m BU project". Bournemouth Echo. 2017-04-28. Retrieved 2025-04-24.
- ^ "'Matriarch' Mildred is 105". Bournemouth Echo. 2014-04-18. Retrieved 2025-04-24.
- ^ "MILDRED (MIRIAM MILDRED ANNIE) GILLETT". Bournemouth Daily Echo. 15 July 2014.
Bibliography
[edit]- Gillett, Mildred, Wanderings in Talbot Village, Bournemouth Local Studies Publications (1976) ISBN 978-0906287293
- Bevans, Edna and Gillett, Mildred, Kinson 1894-1931, Bournemouth Local Studies Publications (1982) ISBN 978-0906287439
- Gillett, Mildred, Talbot Village - A Unique Village in Dorset, Bournemouth Local Studies Publications (1993) ISBN 978-1873887004
- 1909 births
- 2014 deaths
- People from Bournemouth
- People educated at Talbot Heath School
- 20th-century English women writers
- 20th-century English historians
- British women in World War II
- Local historians of England
- Schoolteachers from Dorset
- Alumni of the London School of Economics
- British Christians
- British women centenarians
- English women centenarians