Description
This image shows Gordon Sutcliffe with his arm round his wife Dorothy in their field, which they bought in 1960, on Old Shaw Lane, Blackshawhead. This was before they converted the upper part of the field into a garden where they grew lots of vegetables and had chickens.Their dog Kim?Rascal? is with them. The Colden Valley is in the background.
Gordon’s Adult Life On leaving school Gordon went to work at John Pickles Engineers Mytholm Works as an apprentice fitter from 1942 to 46 He returned to complete his apprenticeship after his National Service. He had varied working life in and around the Calder Valley and Burnley.
He married Dorothy Mills on 22nd March 1952 and the couple went to live at High St Jack Bridge, later moving to “Four Winds” Blackshaw Head in 1969 where he lived for the rest of his life.
Contributor
Made available by: Dorothy Sutcliffe, Four Winds, Blackshaw Head. HX7 7JJ
Edited by Edith Bowman, member of SHED