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Additional Biographies of people who lived or worked in Saltaire
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Lamb, Hiram
12 June 1876 - 1959
Hiram Lamb was the son of
Joseph Lamb. Joseph was born
c1841 in Lindley near Harrogate.
He married Priscilla Davy 8
January 1868 at All Saints
Otley. In 1871 they were living
in Lindley were Joseph was an
agricultural labourer.
Hiram was born 12 June 1876 in
Rawdon. In 1881 & 1891 the
family were living in Rawdon
with Joseph working as a farmer
with four acres. In 1891 Hiram
worked as a weaver.
Hiram married Ruth Naylor in
1900. They had five children,
with one dying as an infant. In
1901 they were living at 40 Ada
Street in Saltaire with Hiram
employed as an agent for sewing
machines. In 1911 they were
living in Yeadon where Hiram was
an insurance agent. In 1915 they
were living at 6 Amelia Street
in Saltaire. Hiram did not serve
in the war. He is reported as
being a conscientious objector.
Excerpt from a report
in the Shipley Times 21 July
1916 concerning the Shipley
Military Tribunal: -
Hiram Lamb the sales manager
in the employ of Singer Sewing
Machine Co., Ltd., appealed on
conscientious grounds. He said
he was married and had four
children. The Chairman: Taking
into consideration the fact of
your age, and family, you will
be postponed until November
1st.
The Applicant: On the same
grounds the last one?
The Chairman: Yes.
By 1921 they were living at 9
Primrose Hill in Bingley. In the
1939 Register they were living
in Blackpool were Hiram was a
club collector. Ruth died in
Blackpool in 1954; Hiram died in
Worth Valley district in 1959.
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Lancaster,
Albert
11 September 1903 - 2 October 1925
Albert Lancaster was the son of
Thomas Lancaster. Thomas was
born c1862 in Bradford. He
married Louisa Matilda Hessey 16
September 1882 at Bradford
Cathedral. In 1891 the family
were living in Bradford with
Thomas working as a wood
moulder. In 1893 they were
living at 1 Elliot Street in
Shipley. By 1896 they were
living at 22 Ada Street in
Saltaire.
Albert, the youngest of twelve
surviving children, was born 11
September 1903 in Saltaire. In
1904 the family were at 3 Jane
Street in Saltaire. Then by 1908
the family had moved to 12
George Street in Saltaire.
Albert was found dead in the
River Aire near the Boathouse in
Saltaire 2 October 1925.
Report from the Shipley Times
Friday 09 October 1925:
MISSING MAN FOUND DROWNED.
A verdict of "Accidentally
drowned while suffering from
sleepy sickness" was returned
by the district coroner (Mr.
E. W. Norris) at the inquest
held on Saturday on the body
of Albert Lancaster (22), of
12 George Street, Saltaire.
Lancaster had been missing
from home for 12 days when his
body was recovered from the
river at Saltaire on Friday
morning.
James Hebden, brother-in-law
of the deceased, said
Lancaster had not been able to
work for eight or nine months
on account of bad health. He
had been suffering from
meningitis, which afterwards
turned into sleepy sickness.
He had been to Morecambe for a
week's holiday previous to
disappearing. Deceased left
home about half-past three on
Sunday afternoon, September
20, and did not return.
John Edward Woodhead, 12,
Maddocks Street, Shipley, said
that he was helping the
boatman at Saltaire boathouse
about 9 a.m. October 2. when
he saw an object which looked
like a body floating on the
water. Information was given
to the police, and he assisted
getting the body to the bank
with a pole and helped the
police to get it out of the
water.
Register of Private
Graves in Shipley Church
Burial Ground, Hirst Wood
Frank Lancaster: 4: 12 Dec
1910: Grave selected 1910 not
paid for
till 28 Dec 1911
John Henry Lancaster: 23: 29
Apr 1915
Albert Lancaster: 22: 5 Oct
1925: 183 Old plan, 111 New
Plan
Louisa Matilda Lancaster: 64:
4 Feb 1928
Fred Lancaster: 62: 20 Jun
1956
Dyson
Lancaster, an
elder brother of Albert, served
in WW1
(Compiled with the help
of Mark Tattersall, relative
of Albert).
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Larrad,
Ashton
9 January 1906 - 27 September 1974
Ashton Larrad was the son of
James Edward Larrad. James was
born 1862 in Wakefield. He
married Amy Vickerman, 6
December 1889, at All Saints
Otley. In 1891 they lived in
Horbury, Wakefield where James
was a grocer. By 1901 they were
living at Taylor Terrace in
Baildon. James was a
warehouseman then a coal
merchant's manager.
Ashton, the sixth of nine
children, was born 9 January
1906 in Baildon. He married
Catherine Dunlop in 1931. In
1932 they were living at 47
Manor Lane in Shipley; in 1933
at 25 Manor Lane. By 1939 they
had moved to 32 Ada Street in
Saltaire where they were still
living in 1960. In 1939 Ashton
was working as a textile weaver.
They had daughter Eileen, born
in 1940.
Report from the Shipley
Times 21 February 1945: -
ASSAULT CHARGE DISMISSED
A summons against Ashton
Larrad of 32 Ada Street,
Saltaire, alleging common
assault on an eight-years-old
boy, David Neale, 18 Herbert
Street, Saltaire, was
dismissed.
Mrs. Rosina Neale said that on
February 7, David returned
home from school with finger
marks on his face. He said a
man had hit him. Witness saw
defendant next day and
questioned him about the
assault, and he replied that
David had been hitting another
little child, so he stopped
him.
Ten-years-old Wendy Dearden
told the magistrates she saw
defendant strike David on the
face. He did it because the
boy had attacked a little
girl.
David Neale said that little
girl had knocked his younger
brother down and he struck
her. A man then hit him in the
face. Larrad giving evidence,
said he was waiting for his
little girl to come out of
school, when he saw another
little girl. Everybody seemed
to be picking on her. He saw
David Neale spring at the girl
from behind a wall and a
"rough and tumble" ensued. The
boy jumped on the girl a
second time, causing her
glasses to fall to the ground.
Defendant said he spoke to
David and grabbed hold of him
by the collar.
The boy did not cry. The next
day he met Mrs Neale and gave
her his name and address. He
thought nothing of the
incident. Defendant thought it
was outrageous that the case
had been brought.
Report from the Shipley
Times 11 December 1946: -
Bradford W.R. Magistrates
Monday 9 December
For causing a motor-cycle
combination to be on a road
during darkness without
necessary lights Ashton Larrad
(40) an engineer of 32 Ada
Street, Saltaire, was fined
10s. He pleaded "guilty."
P.C. Rushworth said that at 6
pm an accident was reported to
him which had occurred in Ada
Street. It was alleged that at
the time of the accident
defendant had left his
motor-cycle combination
without lights in Ada Street.
When questioned about it
Larrad said: "I was having a
bath at the time and forgot."
Sometime after 1960 Ashton and
Catherine emigrated to New
Zealand. Ashton died, 27
September 1974, in Auckland;
Catherine died, 11 November 1982.
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Laycock, Thomas
18 February 1859 – 5 October 1903
Thomas Laycock was the son of William Laycock & Isabella White. William and Isabella were married 2 December 1844 at St Wilfried, Calverley. They had 13 children.
Thomas Laycock was born 18 February 1859 in Saltaire. In 1861 they were living at 12 Amelia Street, Saltaire, with William working as a machine tenter. In 1871 they were at 6 Albert Terrace, Saltaire, with Thomas working as a spinner and his father a stone labourer. In 1881 they were at 29 George Street, Saltaire, with Thomas working as a wool sorter and his father a warehouseman.
Report in the Shipley Times 28 March 1885: -
DISAGREEABLE PASSENGER
On Thursday (26 March), at the West Riding Police Court, Bradford, Thomas Laycock, millhand, of George Street, Saltaire, was charged under the Railway Act with annoying passengers and also with doing damage to the amount of 6s. 6d. Mr. Whitelock, of Birmingham, prosecuted.
John Maxwell, of 25 Albert Street, Woodbottom, Shipley, stated that he was a passenger on the 11.15 a.m. train from Bradford to Shipley on 28 February last. The defendant entered the same compartment at Bradford, and between Manningham and Frizinghall seized a newspaper which he (witness) was reading. Laycock also used abusive language and prevented him from reading. On arriving at Frizinghall he called the guard's attention to the defendant, whereupon the latter struck and otherwise assaulted the witness.
A struggle ensued, in the course of which the carriage window was broken. Subsequently, after arrival at Shipley, the defendant threw off his coat and again assaulted him.
Laycock now denied the offence, and said it was merely a "fratch" with Maxwell on football matters.
Constable Morley was called and stated that on several occasions when he had been taking prisoners to Armley, the defendant had incited them to make an effort for their liberty.
The bench, who said they were determined to protect passengers, fined the defendant 20s. and costs for the assault, 1s. for the damage, and also ordered him to pay 6s. 6d, the value of the window.
Thirty year old Thomas married Eliza Ellis, 1 February 1890, at Bradford Cathedral. She was a domestic servant aged 32 from Essex. In the 1891 Census, Thomas & Eliza are living apart. Thomas is a wool sorter living with his parents and siblings at 29 George Street, Saltaire. Eliza is a servant living in Rochford, Essex.
Thomas lost his father, when William died in October 1897. In February 1898, Thomas served 10 days in Wakefield Prison for being drunk and disorderly. He is described as being 5ft. 6 ¾ ins. tall. In the 1901 census he was still separated from his wife and living with his mother and siblings at 29 George Street.
Report in the Shipley Times 13 July 1901: -
West Riding Police Court, Bradford
THE STORY OF A SALTAIRE PIG TROUGH
The piggeries at Saltaire are rapidly disappearing, and a case arising out of their removal came before the Justices today (Monday 8 July), in which Thomas Laycock, wool sorter of Shipley, was charged with stealing a stone pig trough, the property of Whitaker Clough.
The prosecutor said he was a coal merchant and lived at 15 Caroline Street. He had rented pig-cotes, which were being pulled down. He missed a stone trough on or about 19 June. He made his loss known, and the trough, which he valued at 7s, was brought back on Saturday (6 July) night. He knew the prisoner, who lived near.
Questioned by the prisoner, the witness said he went to Laycock’s house on Tuesday night, 2 July, and had some talk about the trough, and the prisoner then said he should not take it back until he got what he paid for it. In reply to the Chairman, witness said he told the prisoner that if he would bring the trough back it would be all right. Prisoner then said he bought it. Witness’s father had seen prisoner several times about it, and it was brought back.
Benjamin Read, a labourer living at 15 Constance Street, Saltaire, said he was employed in pulling down the pig cotes on 19 & 20 June. Prisoner came on the job and asked them if they would give him a lift with the trough on to the cart, and they did so. Hearing afterwards that the trough had been stolen, they fetched it back from behind the Cricketers’ Arms, Baildon Green.
Cross examined by prisoner: A man named Haley sold a trough on 19 June. We didn’t say that we had 5 or 6 troughs we would sell them for a drink of beer and denied saying there were some troughs that could be had for some “’lowance;” but admitted that prisoner did go away and fetch some beer, which was drunk among them, and they then helped him with the trough on to the cart. Hearing that there was likely to be some trouble, they fetched the trough back. He helped to do so because he did not want to come here today and lose a day’s work. Alfred E. Jackson, another man employed in pulling down the piggeries said the prisoner gave them to understand the beer was for the lift, and not for the trough. Witness sent someone with the last witness to take the trough back, as he didn’t know it was stolen.
Prisoner: If I was going to steal a trough, do you think I should follow the cart on to Baildon Green in daylight?
Witness: You did follow the cart.
Herbert Badland said he was a carting agent and lived at Baildon Green. On a Thursday or Friday in June, the prisoner Laycock told him he had bought a trough and asked him to take it to Baildon Green. He said he would take it if Salt’s men put it in the cart and said it had to go. The men afterwards helped to lift it into the cart, and when they got to Baildon Green, prisoner took the trough away in a wheelbarrow.
In reply to the prisoner, witness said he never saw any beer.
Timothy William Wilson, landlord of the Cricketer’s Arms at Baildon Green, stated that on the previous Tuesday, Laycock went to his house and said he had brought a trough and put it in the cart shed, and wanted witness to buy it for a shilling and a quart of beer, but he declined. Subsequently some young fellow, for a lark, took the barrow and the trough and tipped it down into a quarry.
On being formally charged, prisoner pleaded not guilty, but chose to have the case dealt with by the bench.
Constable Beaton said he apprehended the prisoner at 9 o’clock on Saturday night.
In reply to the charge, he said, “That’s a very good do; that’s a very good do.” Prisoner in giving evidence on his own behalf, stated that being out of work he went down to the piggeries at Saltaire, where a man he knew was trying to buy some pigs of Sam Beanland. He didn’t buy the pigs but bought a trough from Stead for 1/8. A man named Haley then told them there were some other troughs that could be had for a drop of “’lowance,” so he (prisoner) went and fetched half a gallon of ale, which the men drank. He picked out a trough, and they helped him with it on the cart. Next morning the men were “afraid they would lose their work for selling the trough for the ‘lowance.” So they “fetched it back and said that the ‘lowance was for helping to lift it onto the cart.
Prisoner said he had no witnesses, as he had no money with which to pay them.
The Chairman – Did you hear the two of the witnesses say that you had told them you had bought the trough?
Prisoner – Yes, but they are afraid of losing their work that makes them say so. In reply to the Chairman, Supt. Crawshaw said there were 29 previous convictions against the prisoner, who had been before the Court twice this year. There were five cases of stealing, the last in 1897, when he was sent from the Leeds Assizes for four months for stealing from the person.
Addressing the prisoner, the Chairman said it was fortunate for him that the Bench did not know of his record before asking him to plead, or he would probably have been sent before a jury. He would be committed to prison for three months, with hard labour.
Thomas lost his mother when Isabella died in April 1903. Thomas died 5 October 1903.
Report in the Shipley Times 9 October: -
Sudden Death
An inquest was held on Wednesday (7 October) afternoon, at Sir Titus Salt’s Hospital, before Deputy-Coroner J. B. Kershaw, into the circumstances attending the death of Thomas Laycock (48), woolsorter, who lived at 29 George Street, Saltaire.
Emily Laycock, sister of the deceased, said that he had always been delicate, but had not had any doctor to attend him. He had at times been subject to sick faints, when he would lose himself and fall.
When he came home on Saturday (3 October) night he said he had had a gird, and he was brought home. They got him to bed, and got up next day, but did not go out.
He went to bed on Sunday, when he complained about being cold. About mid-night she heard him groaning, so she went to see him. She sent for Dr Emerson about one o’clock, but he was dead when the doctor arrived
Dr J. Emerson, Saltaire, said that from his examination and evidence of the last witness, he concluded that deceased had died from natural causes. A verdict to that effect was returned by the jury.
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Leach, Vera (nee Crossland)
16 October 1908 – 17 December 1969
Vera Crossland was born 16 October 1908 in Saltaire to Lister Crossland & Amy Busfield
In 1911 they were living at 11 Shirley Street in Saltaire with Lister working as a house painter. By 1915 they were living at 16 George Street in Saltaire.
In February 1923, as a pupil of Miss Hilda Cooke of Saltaire, Vera sang at a concert given at the Hall Royd Wesleyan Sunday School. In March 1928, as a member of the John R. Sampson Amateur Players, she performed in the play, “Hay Fever,” at Victoria Hall, Saltaire.
Vera married Dennis Leach in 1939. He was born, 30 October 1906. He worked as a wool sorter. In the 1939 Register they were living at 30 Durham Road, Bradford, where they would spend the rest of their lives.
Dennis died, 7 March 1955. In his will he left £718 8s 7d to Vera. Vera died, 17 December 1969. In her will she left £2,402.
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Lightfoot,
Fred
1869 -????
Fred Lightfoot was the son of
James Lightfoot. James was born
c1834 in Shipley. He married
Mary Hollis 25 December 1857 at
Bradford Cathedral. They had at
least eight children.
Fred was born 1869 in Shipley.
In 1871 the family lived at 8
Albert Street in Shipley with
James working as a stone mason.
In 1881 they were living at 34
Regent Street with
eleven-year-old Fred working as
a factory hand.
Fred married Alice Camm, of 4
Caroline Street, Saltaire, 27
April 1889, at Bradford
Cathedral. In 1890 they were
living at 10 Caroline Street in
Saltaire. In the 1891 census (5
April) Fred, working as a
gasser, was living with his wife
Alice and their son, James aged
one at 40 Ada Street. James was
buried 31 August 1891 aged just
19 months.
Report from Shipley
Times 3 October 1891: -
Bradford West Riding Court
Thursday 1 October
Before Mr Theo Peel
(chairman), Mr W Anderton, Mr
E P Arnold-Foster, Colonel
Hirst, Mr W H Ellis, Mr E
Slater and Mr J S Cooke
A Nice Story of Married Life
Fred Lightfoot, Ada Street,
Saltaire, was summoned for
assaulting his wife. Mr C. L.
Atkinson appeared for
defendant.
Complainant stated that on
Sunday last her husband came
home drunk and got up on
Monday morning and want to the
Prince of Wales Hotel. She
went to him and requested him
to go to work, but he only
swore at her and afterwards
turned her out of the house,
taking the key with him to his
mother in Thompson Street.
Only a month since complainant
buried her child, and the time
of the funeral she had a black
eye end her face was knocked
to pieces, all of which had
been done by defendant.
On Sunday defendant home with
a lot of men to gamble, and
she objected turned her out of
the house. He did not hit her
Monday, but struck her and hit
her mother, at whom he swore
in shameful manner.
The Chairman: ls this the
first time he has assaulted
you?
No; I have had to leave the
house with my child at
midnight to get out of his
way.
By Mr Atkinson: She went to
her mother's because she had
nowhere else to go.
On Monday morning did you go
to him at the Prince of Wales?
Yes, -He was having two
pennorth of rum? No.
What did you call him? I
called him anything wrong, but
told him to go to his work,
and he turned around and said,
"If you don't shut your mouth,
I'll throw you out of the
_________door."
Didn't you swear at him and
call him lazy?
No; if I may die in the box, I
never said such a thing.
Didn't you follow him from the
Prince of Wales up Thompson
Street swearing all the way?
I followed him to get the key.
Didn't his mother tell you to
be quiet, you would do more
good? No.
Didn't you say to his mother,
"Go to _______ with you? No.
When he went to the house
didn't your mother strike him
the nose, and then he hit her
back? No; he struck first.
Hasn't he given you £1 week
and sometimes 25s? Sometimes.
You got year furniture on the
hire system? Yes.
And you should have paid £16
towards the £l8, but you have
only paid £8 out of all the
money has given you? Yes.
Mrs Camm, complainant's
mother, said on Monday morning
she found the two were
quarrelling and "raising all
the street.'' She pushed her
daughter into the house, and
defendant afterwards came in.
He was going to strike her
daughter, but she interposed
and got the blow. Defendant
then pushed them both out of
the house and looked the door.
The Chairman; Has this gone on
for some time?
Yes, for months. It's the
drink; I don't know a better
man when he is sober.
ls there any chance of making
it up?
There should be, but when it
comes to turning them out of
the house at twelve o'clock at
night, and threatening them
with knives, it is time
something was done.
Mr Atkinson: You interfere,
don't you? No.
Haven't you, between you,
looked him out of his own
house? No.
Hasn't he been to you for the
key? Yes, but I hadn't it.
Hadn't he to get through the
window? Yes
Mr Atkinson said it was really
a matter of mothers and
mother-in-law. Defendant was a
good husband, but they would
not let him alone.
The Chairman thought they
ought to make up; they had
only been married three years.
To the complainant- You hear
what your mother says, that he
is a good husband when sober?
Yes, none better, but he never
hardly is sober.
Are you willing to be friends
again?
Yes; I don't want to do
anything to him but think he
should give over "leathering"
me.
The Chairman asked whether the
defendant would promise to do
better. If he gave such
promise, and it were
understood that other members
of the family should not
interfere, it might the best
settlement.
Mr Atkinson denied that
defendant was a bad husband;
he would prove that the wife
was to blame. She would have
promise to behave better.
Defendant gave her £1 a week
regularly.
Complainant: Yes, and he has
given 5s. and less.
The Chairman said there were
fault on both sides.
Mr Atkinson: Yes, but I will
prove that she is the worse of
the two, and it is not fair to
ask him to promise and not the
woman.
After a time, it was agreed
that the defendant should pay
the costs and the case be
withdrawn, both parties
promising to try and live
happily in the future.
Fred emigrated, alone, to
America, arriving in New York 6
November 1891 aboard SS Germanic
having sailed from Liverpool. It
is unclear what happened to him
in America.
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Linck, Gustav Arthur
1 November 1870 – 1 February 1959
Gustav Adolph Linck was the son of Edward Frederick Louis Linck. Edward was born 22 April 1833 in Prussia. He married Mary Ann Porter, 9 April 1857, in Manchester. They had seven children. In 1861they were living in Chorlton, Lancashire, where Edward was a clerk for an exporter of manufactured goods.
Gustav, their youngest child, was born 1 November 1870 in Bradford. In 1871 they were living in Horton, Bradford. Gustav’s mother, Mary Ann, died early in 1874. His widowed father, Edward, became a British citizen, 3 March 1874.
Edward married widow Ellen Thompson Schmidt (nee Beatty) 22 March 1877 at St. John’s Bradford. In 1881 the family were living at 1 Ashgrove, Horton, Bradford, where Edward worked as a merchant.
Gustav attended Salts School. In July 1884 he gained a first class award in inorganic chemistry. In August 1886 he gained a first class award in inorganic chemistry, advanced stage. In November 1889 he attended a presentation for the school's retiring head master, James Lonsdale, at the Victoria Hall, Saltaire.
In 1891 Gustav was a stuff merchant clerk living with his family at 37 Oak Lane, Manningham. Working as a stuff buyer he married Fanny Riley, 19 June 1900, at St. Paul’s Shipley. They had a daughter, Audrey, born 8 April 1901, and a son, Theodore, born 9 August 1909.
In 1901 & 1911 they were living at 12 Victoria Avenue, Shipley. In 1911 they employed a servant.
Gustav was a member and a warden of St. Peter’s church, Shipley, and a supporter of the Conservative Party. He was also a member of the Saltaire Rose Society, of which he was a vice chairman in 1915.
Gustav’s father, Edward, died in 1905.
In September 1915 Gustav contributed £8 to the Shilling fund for the Belgian Refugees. In November 1915 he was on the platform at a bazaar at St. Peter’s church.
At the first general meeting of Saltaire Institute Society held in May 1916, Gustav was elected as a member of the Executive Committee. Tragically, Gustav’s son, Theodore, was killed in an accident, 17 July 1916.
Report in the Shipley Times 21 July: -
An inquest was held at Threshfield on Monday (17 July), into the circumstances surrounding the death of Theodore Linck (the six-year, old child of Mr Gustav Linck, 12 Sleningford Road, Shipley) who was fatally injured in a motor accident on Friday evening.
The evidence showed that the child and his mother arrived at Brooklyn, Threshfield, on Friday (14 July) evening. An hour later the child ran in front of a motor-car driven by a man named Richard Hawley, and was knocked down receiving serious injuries, from which he died on Sunday (17 July). The jury returned a verdict of '‘Accidental death,” and the driver was exonerated from all blame.
In July 1920 Gustav was chairman of the Saltaire Rose Society Show committee. In November of the same year he presided at the Society’s sixteenth annual general meeting.
Gustav lost his wife, Fanny, when she died 19 May 1925.
In August 1929 Gustav was reported as being a director of David Midgley and Sons, Ltd., textile merchants of Bradford and Manchester; he was manager of the Bradford branch.
His daughter, Audrey, married Colonel Gerard Maxwell Glynton, D.S.O., of Quetta, India, 30 July 1929, at Bradford Cathedral. Audrey would go on to live in Quetta with her husband.
In the 1939 Register, Gustav is living with the Gallon family in Manchester.
Gustav died 1 February 1959 at 91 Lansdowne Road, West Didsbury, Manchester. In his will he left £12,918 14s 8d, to his widowed daughter, Audrey Glynton.
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Lockett, William
30 January 1870 - 1945
William Lockett was born, 30 January 1870, in Wolstanton, Staffordshire to Noah & Eliza Lockett. They lived in Wolstanton, where Noah was a coal miner.
William married Elizabeth Ann Huxley, 1 April 1904, in Chesterton, Staffordshire. She was born c1877 in Chesterton. (Note – Wolstanton & Chesterton are both suburbs of Newcastle-Under-Lyme.) Elizabeth had a daughter, Minnie Huxley, born in 1901, father unknown. William and Elizabeth had three children – daughters Priscilla (born 1904) & Gladys May (1910) born in Chesterton, and a son Frederick William (1915) in Conisbrough, Yorkshire.
William served in WW1 until he was discharged with a disability, 9 February 1917.
William and his family, including Minnie, moved to 10 Caroline Street, Saltaire, around 1917. In 1921 William was a labourer working for Saltaire Lawn Tennis Club. Daughter Priscilla was a spinner at Saltaire Mills.
Report in the Shipley Times 10 November 1922: -
SHIPLEY GANG BROKEN
RINGLEADER SENTENCED AT OTLEY
At Otley Police Court on Friday (3 November), three Shipley youths, Thomas H. Keleher (20), William Newton (17) and Sam Moore (17), said to be members a gang of about a dozen lads under the leadership of Keleher, were charged with stealing 106 tennis balls, the property of the Saltaire Tennis Club.
Supt, Oldroyd said that at about 9.30 p.m. on 1 November, the three prisoners were seen by Police Constable Cooper and Sergeant Redfearn, who were in plain clothes, coming from the direction of the Tennis Club pavilion.
Newton was carrying a sack on his back, and the other two had bulging pockets. Questioned as to the contents of the sack, Newton said it was full of potatoes which he had got from his uncle. Being examined, however, the sack was found to contain tennis balls.
Police-constable Cooper said that when prisoners were subsequently charged, Keleher replied, “We are guilty. I led them into it.” Newton said, “We all three stole them,” and Moore answered, “I am saying nowt.”
The lock on the pavilion door was broken, added the police constable, and evidently some force had been used to enter. The lock might have been broken by an iron bar found outside. The prisoners declared that the pavilion door was open.
Mr. William Lockett, groundsman for the Tennis Club, who resides at 10 Caroline Street, Saltaire, said he had placed the tennis balls in boxes in the pavilion owned by the Cricket Club. The one belonging to the Tennis Club was burned down last summer. All three prisoners pleaded guilty. An elder brother of Newton said that about a dozen lads went together. The gang wanted breaking up. “I should break them if I could get hold of them,” he added.
Supt. Oldroyd pointed out that there were several previous convictions against Keleher, who was undoubtedly the ringleader.
The Bradford police wished other offences to be taken into consideration. Newton and Moore, added the Superintendent, had been at a loose end for some time, and were frequently running about the streets, evidently owing to lack of parental control.
Mr. H. Barker (presiding magistrate) said his Bench would do their best to break the gang. Keleher would be sent to prison for six months, and Newton and Moore would be bound over for twelve months and would have to pay the costs.
William remained at 10 Caroline Street, until around 1936. In the 1939 Register, he was a widower living with his married stepdaughter, Minnie Goodard (nee Huxley) and her family, in Conisbrough, Yorkshire.
William died in 1945, in Don Valley, Yorkshire.
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Lodge, Wilfred
3 May 1884 – 1951
Wilfred Lodge was the son of Joseph Lodge. Joseph was born 1846 in Kirkburton. He married Sarah Jane Fearn, 24 March 1867, at St. John the Baptist, Dodworth, Barnsley. They had 13 children. They lived in Dodworth where Joseph was a miner.
Wilfred, their tenth child, was born 3 May 1884 and baptised, 12 October 1884.
In 1907, Wilfred, a miner, gave evidence at a court case regarding trouble at the Grimethorpe Working Men’s Club. He served in WW1 with the York & Lancaster Regiment.
Following the war he was unable to work down the mines as he had lost his sense of smell through contact with mustard gas in the war.
Wilfred married widow, Sarah Scott (nee Durham), 20 August 1920 at Bethel Chapel, Windhill. Sarah had two children, Ernest, and Elsie, from her first marriage. Wilfred and Sarah had a son, Kenneth Wilfred, born 6 January 1925. Wilfred worked as a handyman. He lived with his family at 10 Ada Street, Saltaire, before moving to 17 Wycliffe Road, Shipley around 1923. They moved to 8 William Henry Street, Saltaire around 1931, where they lived the rest of their lives. In the 1939 Register, Wilfred was working as a builder’s labourer.
Sarah died 13 February 1940; William died in 1951.
(Compiled with the help of Coreen Ackroyd, a granddaughter of Wilfred.)
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Lofthouse,
Ann
c1825 - 30 December 1916
Ann was born c1825 in Saxton,
Yorkshire, the eldest of nine
children to farmer Robert
Lofthouse and his wife, Eleanor.
Ann married James Newton 4
March 1849 at St Wilfrid
Calverley. They had a son, John,
born in 1850 in Pudsey. Sadly
John died in 1866 aged just
sixteen. The family lived in
Pudsey with John working as a
stone delver/quarryman. James
died in 1877 aged just forty
nine.
In 1881 widowed Ann was a
shopkeeper in Pudsey.
Ann married Benjamin Pratt in
1886. They lived at 18 Albert
Terrace in Saltaire with
Benjamin working as a warp
dresser in Saltaire Mills.
Around 1894 they moved to 5
Almshouses (renumbered 28
Victoria Road) in Saltaire.
Benjamin died in 1898 aged 70.
On Friday 22 December 1916 Ann
had a fall in her house whilst
dusting a rocking chair,
fracturing her left thigh. She
had lost the use of the right
arm and leg. Ann died 30
December. An inquest concerning
her death was held at the
Saltaire Institute on Tuesday 2
January 1917, by Mr E W Norris
(Deputy Coroner). Dr Emerson
said he was of the opinion that
death was due to a cerebral
haemorrhage, accelerated by the
fracture of the thigh. A verdict
was returned in accordance with
the medical evidence.
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Longbottom,
Alfred
1850 - 11 October 1915
Alfred Longbottom was the son
of John Longbottom.
John was born c1819 in Halifax.
He married Hannah Jagger 26
September 1841 at St John the
Baptist Halifax.
Alfred, the fifth of nine
children, was born 1850 in
Shelf. In 1851 the family were
living in Hipperholme with John
working as a dyer. In 1861 they
were living in Baildon. In 1871
they were living at 86 Leeds
Road in Idle with Alfred working
as a stone dresser.
Alfred married Mary Illingworth
22 December 1872 at Bradford
Cathedral. They had three
children; James (b1873), William
(b1874) & Sarah (b1876). In
1881 they were living at 27
Cowling Road in Idle with Alfred
working as a railway labourer.
Around 1887 they moved to 6
Mary Street in Saltaire. From
1891 they lived at 18 Constance
Street with Alfred working as a
stone dresser.
Alfred died in October 1915 and
he was buried at Hirst Wood
Cemetery Shipley 11 October.
Mary was buried alongside him 12
April 1926.
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Lund, Hannah Gladys (nee Feather)
1 February 1892 – 9 June 1923
Hannah Gladys Feather was born 1 February 1892 in Shipley to Briggs Feather & Lavinia Dennison. She was baptised 16 March 1892 at Saltaire Wesleyan Church.
In 1892 they were living at 10 Ferrands Road in Shipley, with Briggs carrying on business in Bingley Road, Shipley.
In November 1905, Hannah was a collector for a collection organised by the Wesleyan Foreign Mission Society. By 1911 her family had moved to 73 Bingley Road in Saltaire (formerly 12 Gordon Terrace) with Briggs running a boot shop, assisted by Gladys. Hannah married Percy Lund, 14 September 1915, at Saltaire Wesleyan Church.
Excerpt from a report in the Shipley 24 September: -
Lance Corporal Lund Percy Lund, whose parents reside at Cottingley, and who is a member of the Royal Army Medical Corps, attached to the 1 st/6 th Batt., West Yorks. Regt. (Bradford Territorials), was on 14 September at the Saltaire Wesleyan Church, married to Hannah Gladys Feather, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Feather, Gordon Terrace, Saltaire. The officiating minister was the Rev. Mattinson.
The bride, who was attired in a covert costume, and wore a black velour hat with sports mount, was given away her father. The bridesmaid, Miss Olivia Feather (bride’s sister) wore a saxe blue satin drees with black hat and black fox fur. Trooper Frank Feather (only brother of the bride) and a member of the Yorkshire Dragoons was best man.
After the ceremony the happy couple journeyed Bay for honeymoon, Lund returning to the trenches the following Thursday morning.
Previous to the outbreak of war Lance-Corporal Lund was a member of the Shipley Detachment the Royal Army Medical Corps.
Hannah & Percy had a daughter, Gladys Elizabeth, born 13 May 1923. Less than a month after giving birth Hannah died, 9 June., at 73 Bingley Road, She was buried in Nab Wood Cemetery, Shipley.
Extract from a report in the Shipley Times 15 June: -
It is with deep regret that we record the death of Mrs. Percy Lund, which took place at her residence, 73 Bingley Road, Saltaire, on Saturday (9 June), after an illness of only three weeks’ duration.
Mrs. Lund was a daughter of the late Mr. Briggs Feather, and of Mrs. Feather, Avondale Road, Shipley. A capable businerss organiser, tactful, and of a cheerful disposition, she enjoyed the confidence of a large circle of friends, and the business acumen which she displayed during the great war, in managing (he business for her brother (Mr. Frank Feather), excited great admiration.
In the presence of a large gathering of relatives and friends, the funeral took place at Nab Wood Cemetery on Tuesday (12 June) afternoon. Prior to the interment. a service was held at Saltaire Wesleyan Church, with which Mrs. Lund’s family have been actively identified for several years. The service was conducted by the Rev. J. Harold Robinson, assisted by the Rev. W. H. Mattinson, of Bolton (formerly of Saltaire).
At the graveside the committal portion was read the Rev. W.H. Mattinson.
In her will she left £222 14s 6d to her husband, who was an insurance inspector.
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Lund, Percival
1 August 1875 – 18 October 1957
Percival Lund was the son of Keighley Lund. Keighley was born 1830 in Keighley. He married Mary Wild 6 September 1856 at St Paul’s Manningham. They had 12 children. They lived in Manningham where Keighley was a warehouseman then a yarn buyer.
Percival was born 1 August 1875. He was baptised 2 September 1875 at St Mark’s Manningham. His father, Keighley died 17 November 1878.
In 1891 Percival was a solicitor’s clerk; in 1901 a bank accountant. He married Jessie Herridge 6 August 1902 at St John’s Wesleyan Chapel in Halifax. In 1911 they were living at Briar Mead, Bank Crest, Baildon where Percival was a bank cashier. They had two daughters; Marjorie born 12 August 1903 and Jessie Mabel 31 July 1907. Percival’s wife, Jessie, died in 1916.
Percival was initiated as a Freemason when he joined the Doric Lodge in Bradford 28 February 1921.
Widower Percival married Florence Ethel Denton in 1923. They moved to 1 Albert Road in Saltaire when Percival was appointed bank manager of the Shipley & Saltaire branches of Lloyds Bank. His daughter Jessie Mabel married Arthur Leslie Church, of Colchester, 7 June 1932 at St Peter’s Shipley. His daughter Marjorie married Frank Holdsworth, of Manningham, 20 December 1932 at Saltaire Methodist Church. Percival’s second wife, Florence, died 4 January 1937. She was buried in Nab Wood Cemetery in Shipley.
Twice widowed Percival married Minnie Lucy Washington 3rd Qtr. 1937.
Report from the Shipley Times 1 October 1938 as follows: -
The retirement of Mr. Percival Lund, who has been manager of the Saltaire and Shipley branches of Lloyds Bank Ltd., for the past 14 years, took place yesterday (Friday), on which date completed his 43rd year of banking service.
Mr. Lund commenced his duties at the former head office of the Halifax & Huddersfield Union Hank, transferred to Bradford, where he spent 25 years. During this period the Halifax Huddersfield Union Bank was taken over by the Halifax Joint Stock Bank. Ltd., in August. 1910. The name the Halifax Joint Stock was later changed to that of the West Yorkshire Bank Ltd.
The West Yorkshire Bank was merged in Lloyds Bank Ltd. in 1919. Mr. Lund was appointed sub-manager at the Union Rank branch in Bradford in 1922, and manager of the Saltaire and Shipley branches in 1924.
During his period at Saltaire he has associated himself with various local interests. He is a member of the Saltaire Methodist Church, and he has filled most offices open to a layman and is a past circuit steward.
In the 1939 Register Percival was living with his wife, Minnie, at 16 Sherwood Grove in Shipley. Minnie died 10 February 1940 at Sir Titus Salts Hospital. In her will she left £5,328 9s 2d (worth c£260,000).
Annie Elizabeth Hessey was Percival’s fourth wife when they were married in 1942. Percival died at 16 Sherwood Grove 18 October 1957. He was buried in Nab Wood Cemetery alongside his second wife Florence. In his will he left £713 9s 6d. Annie died 18 January 1858 in Blackpool and was buried alongside Percival. In her will she left £997 15s 6d.
Nab Wood Cemetery and Crematorium: Monumental Inscriptions
In loving memory of FLORENCE ETHEL, dearly loved wife of PERCIVAL LUND of Saltaire, died 4 th January 1937.
Also of PERCIVAL beloved husband of ANNIE E. LUND, died 18 th Oct. 1957, aged 82 years.
Also of the above ANNIE E. LUND, died 18 th Jan. 1958, aged 70 years.
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