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Gordon and Dorothy Sutcliffe with Teabag the donkey.
This image shows Dorothy and Gordon Sutcliffe in their garden off Old Shaw Lane, Blackshawhead. Dorothy is feeding a carrot to Teabag the donkey in their adjoining field. Kim their dog is also in the foreground of the photo. In the background of the…
Epitaph to a Third Engineer
The image shows an enhanced copy of a document titled "Epitaph to a Third Engineer" epitaph sharpened .jpg Gordon's wife Dorothy found this in a wallet full of cards and documents relating to firms that Gordon had dealt with in the course of his…
Childhood family photo
This very grainy photo shows a family outside one of the underdwelling houses on River Street, Bridge Lanes, Hebden Bridge. The woman sitting with the child on her knee is Gordon Sutcliffe's mother, Hilda Sutcliffe, and Gordon is the child on her…
Gordon and Jessie Sutcliffe in field
The image shows a couple, Frederick Gordon Sutcliffe and his younger sister Jessie May Sutcliffe sitting arm in arm on some grass in a field with a dry stone wall behind them, above Hell Hole Rocks, Heptonstall. This was taken before Gordon and…
Gordon Sutcliffe and wife Dorothy with dog
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…
Gordon Sutcliffe aged 4 and a half months
The image shows Gordon Sutcliffe, aged 4 and a half months, sitting propped up on a wooden chair and dressed in a pretty white (christening?) dress, possibly in a photographer's studio in Hebden Bridge. Gordon's wife Dorothy thinks it might have been…
Gordon Sutcliffe's Thanksgiving Service Pamphlet
The image shows the front and back pages of the pamphlet for the Service of Thanksgiving for Gordon Sutlciffe, held at Blackshaw Methodist Church on Monday 14th May 2007 . The Service was led by Dorothy's nephew............. It was well attended by…
Gordon Sutcliffe aged 2 feeding the chickens at Horsehold in 1936
The photo shows Gordon Sutcliffe as a 2-year old in 1936 feeding the chickens from a bag of food at Horsehold in Erringden, the family home which his dad ran as a farm. There is a chicken shed in the background.
Gordon Sutcliffe with mother in hayfield.
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 Sutcliffe standing by a tractor with Rascal the dog at his feet.
The photo shows Gordon Sutcliffe standing near the main gate in his field on Old Shaw Lane with his arm over one of his tractors. Gordon had many! This one was his first, one of of 2 Fordson tractors Gordon owned. They were both bought at auction…