Friday 23 October 2015

TO-DAY, 23rd October

10 tears ago my youngest grandson Henry Joseph Craven was born Henry now lives with his family in Scotland, He is addicted to reading anything he can get hold , Sometimes when I speak to him, I find him difficult to understand since he speaks quite gently & with a Scottish Accent

49 Years ago today I got married to my first wife Pam Craven, I was 27 & she was 22, We were the last people to be married at Chapel Lane Unitarian
Chapel in the centre of Bradford Before it was demolished  The wedding was at 4.00pm, My best man was Gay old Uncle Alex Morris, One of his favourite Sayings was, "If you should ere to any excess, let it be t'ords gentleness" One of my wife's bridesmaids was my niece Diane Craven , Now Hudson whose birthday is the day after to-morrow.  The reception was at the Windmill Pub in Wibsey After which we flew to London on our way to Rome & Capri for our honeymoon, Harold Wilson would only let us take £60 out of the country and we ran out of money. On to India, Jagatdal on the banks of the river Hoogley, The beginning of a two year contact with Woolcombers of India limited