Gordon Sutcliffe with mother in hayfield.

Gordon Sutcliffe with mother in hayfield.

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The image shows Gordon Sutcliffe aged 2 yrs in 1936 sitting in a hayfield with his mother Hilda Sutcliffe (or possibly Auntie Jenn - according to another copy of image), while those around them are involved in haymaking. The man directly behind Gordon and his mother is his father, pitchforking the hay onto the cart. The man on the cart is his uncle Jack, his father's brother. Gordon's wife Dorothy thinks the man in the suit might be Dr Appleyard, who used to come down and talk to the men when they were working in the fields.

Gordon’s Childhood and family Frederick Gordon Sutcliffe was born on 29 November 1928 at Horsehold Hebden Bridge. He was the oldest child of George Henry and Hilda. He had a sister Jessie May and and a younger brother Edwin. His father was a farmer . Jessie still lives in Heptonstall
The family lived in and around Hebden Bridge and Blackshaw throughout his childhood. He attended Mytholm Church of England School from 1933 moving to Central Street School in 1939.

1936:taken

Made available by: Dorothy Sutcliffe, Four Winds, Blackshaw Head HX7 7JJ

Edited by Edith Bowman, member of SHED

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