Daisy Hopton
(My Grandmother)
all her life. She also made toys for her grandchildren, though she died when I was only 7 years old, I remember visitng her flat and the collection of toys she had.
Daisy used to sew trousers and waistcoats at home, my Dad, who used to do all the errands, would collect the material and take the finished goods back. Daisy liked things just so; my mother remembers being criticized for not cutting swede into even square pieces.
She almost certainly met my grandfather when she was very young. They lived only a few doors apart from 1909 and their
fathers worked in the same factory (that of S.H. Cliff
, clothing manufacturer). So perhaps they were even childhood sweethearts ?
During the 1st world war, she and her sister Lucy worked in a munitions factory.
Details
Born: 3-Aug-1895, Leeds Father: Walter Cliff Hopton Mother: Annie Briggs Married: 26-Dec-1918, Leeds Spouse: Lawrence Cowling
Died: 1970, Leeds
Photos
Holiday in Blackpool 1910
Annie, aunt Emma, Adeline, Ada and Daisy
Annie, Daisy & Adeline
Daisy at the amunition factory (middle row, 3rd from right)
Watercolour sketch by Daisy
Postcard from Daisy
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