Crosland bible

I have never seen a Crosland family bible but this is the nearest thing too it, I suppose.
Helen sent it to me via dad about 15 years ago. Her Dad, Percy Crosland had been given it as a child at Oakes Baptist Church Sunday School ,Lindley, Huddersfield on Feb 25th 1900.It was then passed onto Helen on 16th Jan 1930.
Our great grandfather had attended Oakes Baptist chapel for a number of years and had obviously sent his sons Percy and Herbert to Sunday School

Muriel Crosland dad's mum

Muriel was alaways a bit of a mystery to me.
All I knew what that she died while dad was away in Burma. I dont know how.
Her fisrt husband was a Redmayne and was in the army, and he had killed himself.
( mum thinks by jumping out of a window )Muriel then married Percy Crosland.
The only other thing mum knew about her was that she was large and that in an age when few women drove -she drove a sports car!

Dad always gave me the impression he wasn't very close to his mum and dad, but today I saw some letters he had written when he had joined the army .They date from 1940 and 1941.The letters I think are pretty affectionate.
Anyway following Helens death late last year Susan kindly   sent some photos to Ann who passed them onto me and here they are !
She is not that large (at this stage anyway!)
The other picture is the classic one Was it taken on her wedding day.Was the picture of Percy taken the same day?

Thanks to Dwee for adding this
Interesting, I have heard that Dad adored his mother, and was very angry and upset when she died/ (peritonitis on the kitchen table), Grandpa had insisted that they operate on her there, I think probably she wasnt keen to go into hospital either.Did you know also that she married a bigamist,Muriel was also a great animal lover, and a free spirit by all accounts. She was certainly regarded as quite a beauty in her youth.

Percy Crosland

Percy was my dad's dad.
The above picture is at The Lea, Walmersley Bury ,Lancashire and was taken in 1956.
The Lea had been a large country farmhouse, but was now on the outskirts of Walmersley I remember it had a very large kitchen and seemed a very exotic place to a young boy. There was an old disused indoor pool at the bottom of the garden which I guess had been used upto the outbreak of World War 2.
Grandad employed both a handyman "old George"(In fact old George was the first person I ever remember dying!) and a gardener,there was also help in the house from a lady called Lily .
Percy Crosland was from Yorkshire, and lived as a child at 7 Oakes Rd, Lindley, and at 214 New hey rd, Lindley,Huddersfield. (a picture of how it looks today above- the white door is 214) with his Dad; Beaumont Crosland and his mum Ellen Crosland (born 1862)and brother Herbert Crosland. I have established his ancestors had been involved in various parts of the textile industry since at least the 1840's.
Percy went to university and trained as a chemist & he together with Herbert Crosland his brother, founded Crosland and Pickstone. Percy had the brains and ,if you google Percy Field Crosland you will see links to articles he wrote in the Chemistry Society Journal- Though you have to pay to read them so I haven't bothered!

Percy was the first Crosland for generations to leave the Huddersfield area and go to university and he made good ! He became very wealthy and could afford to buy fine art and send his children to private schools and holiday in Europe,
His first wife Muriel died young and dad heard the news of this while on active service in the war. Percy later married Eunice.
This marriage was strongly disaproved of by my father but they stayed together until Percy's death

Percy died(I think in Bournemouth) in the 1960's following a heart attack and Crosland and Pickstone only survived him by some twenty years
Eunice survived much longer and died near Wrexham in February 2001

Peter L Crosland ,Percy Field Crosland

The top picture is of Percy Field Crosland and our dad Peter L Crosland. I have no idea when or where it was taken but think dad looks about 25 ish
The other picture is the only known picture of dad playing Rugby Union He played for Bury and for Oxford University second fifteen I see the picture was devloped in Glasgow so the best guess is that this was the second 15 on tour? Be that as it may dad played at fly half and is seen here about to recieve a pass from the scrum half
Rugby was to remain a passion for the rest of his life The other picture isa Bury team photo taken possibly in the late 40's or early 50's
I have a vague memory as a child of watching dad play for Bury once.