Hookers Almanack Directory 1903 5

…the final retailers and trades, and the start of advertisements which funded the production of the Almanack.

Also included in each edition was the ‘Epitome of Events’ for the year just completed, which was the only form of local news in brief until 1882 when Hooker launched the ‘Westerham Herald’ as a monthly newspaper. What a forward thinking and enterprising man!