South Yorkshire Times – Saturday 1 March 1952
Chincherincheree
A bunch of chincherincherees, sent to Conisbrough from South Africa in October, is still alive—and in bloom.
Chincherincheree is the delightful name given by the natives to a delightful flower which grows, among other places, in Rhodesia. The word, we are told, means “jingle bells”—ascribed to the flowers because they rustle in the wind—but to English people the blooms are known as wonder flowers.
The chincherincheree has a mass of flowers on each stalk, and each flower resembles a giant snowdrop.
The Conisbrough flowers were sent from Rhodesia to Mr. and Mrs. A. Bowman, 3, Sherwood Avenue, by friends of their son, Cpl. John Bowman, R.A.F.
Cpl. Bowman, now of R.A.F. Station, Rufforth (Yorks), returned from service in Rhodesia about 14 months ago.
Mr. and Mrs. Bowman kept half of the gift for their home—and these flowers lived until Christmas—and the other half have reposed on the altar table at New Hill Methodist Church until this week.
For the last few days of their life, they are decorating the dining room of a house in Conisbrough.