John Shepherd, 19312017 (aged 85 years)

Name
John /Shepherd/
Given names
John
Surname
Shepherd
Birth
Source: BDM Index
Citation details: Bradford; 1931; Qtr Jun; Vol 9b; Page 269
Education
School or college: Wyke Junior School
Event
Address: 5 Tunshaw Avenue, Kirkburton, Huddersfield, Kirklees, West Yorkshire
Note: Mr & Mrs Enoch Hill

Mr & Mrs Enoch Hill
Miners
Son Peter 1 month older than John Shepherd, became a plumber could not join up becuase he had asma.

Death of a maternal grandmother
Source: BDM Index
Citation details: Mary McCormack;1940;Gateshead;Qtr Dec; Vol 10A; Page 1415
Note: @not verified@
Education
School or college: St Bede's Grammar School
Note: The Greenhouse St Bedes Grammar School

The Greenhouse St Bedes Grammar School
Together with the other smokers we congregated in the gardeners shed. One day he said that he wanted to remove one of the older greenhouse, consequently we obliged one lunch time, we did not take it to pieces. To save time we tied a rope round the door end and pulled the side out. Much to our surprise the whole thing came down with a crash. We were all amused but Chippy Tindale the head did not see the joke, but he must have had a sense of humour, our punishment was to help the gardener dig over the vegetable plot, Which was really a chance to smoke even more.

Death of a paternal grandfather
Address: Amberly Court, Bierley, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England
Source: BDM Index
Citation details: GRO: 1946; Dist Bradford; Qtr M; Vol 9b; Page 135; William H Shepherd
Note: Old peoples housing/ home

Old peoples housing/ home
John Shepherd recalls William died here

Death of a paternal grandmother
Cause: 1. Hypostatic pneumonia following fracture of left femur acidentally sustained in a fall in hospital ward on 21st April 1946. 2. Arteric Sclerosis and Senility
Address: St Luke Hospital, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England
Date of entry in original source: May 8, 1946
Citation details: GRO: 1946; Bradford; Qtr J; Vol 9b; Page 83; Mary Shepherd
Occupation
Employer: Rimmingtons Chemist
Occupation
Note: Substantive Corporal

Substantive Corporal
2250603

Occupation
Discharge Royal Signals
November 29, 1953
Occupation
Employer: National Cash Registers
Occupation
Death of a father
Address: St Luke's Hospital, Bradford, West Yorkshire
Cause: Cardiac Arrest
Death of a mother
Cause: Aplastic Anaemia
Address: St Luke's Hospital, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England
Occupation
Retirer from Teaching
1993
Event
Note: The Army was a result of frustration I was working at Remingtons Chemists for 10 shillings a week. Directly opposite was the Mechanics Institute which was also the Army recruiting centre, being 17 at the time I was well aware that I would be called up, so on the basis that by joining voluntarily I could pick my training I signed up for 5 and 7 Five years service and seven years reserve. I spent one year in Catterick, training. One year working in the war office Comms centre and then three years in France.I came out and went to work for NCR. I got fed up with that and Mum saw an advert for Teacher Training they wanted mature students so I went Macmillan for three years with a better grant than my pay at NCR. While at Macs to supplement my income in the holidays I painted a few house along with Jack Mawson. While we were painting Lincoln Street (almost literally) one of the residents suggested I might like to live there. I said they were no good to me with 4 kids. I pointed across the field at Grange Fold and said that would do. He said Jack wants to sell so after a conversation we agreed to buy it for £2,500, he subsequently upped the price by £1000. We then managed to persuade the corporation to give us a mortgage to buy the lot.
Death
Address: Westbourne Community Hospital, Heaton, Bradford, West Yorkshire
Cause of death: Heart failure
Note: Time of death 16:00
Family with parents
father
Frank Shepherd.jpg
19081987
Birth: February 7, 1908 46 41 Bradford, West Yorkshire, England
Death: February 16, 1987Bradford, West Yorkshire, England
mother
1944 Margaret Shepherd
19071992
Birth: March 30, 1907 37 34 Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, England
Death: May 9, 1992Bradford, West Yorkshire, England
Religious marriage Religious marriageAugust 25, 1930Bradford, West Yorkshire, England
9 months
himself
John-Shepherd-5-Jun-1952.jpg
19312017
Birth: May 30, 1931 23 24 Bradford, West Yorkshire, England
Death: January 1, 2017Bradford, West Yorkshire, England
Birth
Source: BDM Index
Citation details: Bradford; 1931; Qtr Jun; Vol 9b; Page 269
Media object
John-Shepherd-5-Jun-1952.jpg
John-Shepherd-5-Jun-1952.jpg
Media object
1935 John Shepherd
1935 John Shepherd
Event

Mr & Mrs Enoch Hill
Miners
Son Peter 1 month older than John Shepherd, became a plumber could not join up becuase he had asma.

Education

The Greenhouse St Bedes Grammar School
Together with the other smokers we congregated in the gardeners shed. One day he said that he wanted to remove one of the older greenhouse, consequently we obliged one lunch time, we did not take it to pieces. To save time we tied a rope round the door end and pulled the side out. Much to our surprise the whole thing came down with a crash. We were all amused but Chippy Tindale the head did not see the joke, but he must have had a sense of humour, our punishment was to help the gardener dig over the vegetable plot, Which was really a chance to smoke even more.

Occupation

Substantive Corporal
2250603

Event

The Army was a result of frustration I was working at Remingtons Chemists for 10 shillings a week. Directly opposite was the Mechanics Institute which was also the Army recruiting centre, being 17 at the time I was well aware that I would be called up, so on the basis that by joining voluntarily I could pick my training I signed up for 5 and 7 Five years service and seven years reserve. I spent one year in Catterick, training. One year working in the war office Comms centre and then three years in France.I came out and went to work for NCR. I got fed up with that and Mum saw an advert for Teacher Training they wanted mature students so I went Macmillan for three years with a better grant than my pay at NCR. While at Macs to supplement my income in the holidays I painted a few house along with Jack Mawson. While we were painting Lincoln Street (almost literally) one of the residents suggested I might like to live there. I said they were no good to me with 4 kids. I pointed across the field at Grange Fold and said that would do. He said Jack wants to sell so after a conversation we agreed to buy it for £2,500, he subsequently upped the price by £1000. We then managed to persuade the corporation to give us a mortgage to buy the lot.

Death

Time of death 16:00