Mr.
Alfred Schofield and his wife Martha, (Pat) of ‘Bridgefield’,
Knottingley, are to celebrate their Golden Wedding. They were both born in
Knottingley and have spent all their lives here. For more than fifty years
they have been members of Ropewalk Methodist Church where Mr. Schofield
has held many church offices, but they were married at the Congregational
Church, where Mrs Schofield was a member of the choir.
During
the First World War, Mr. Schofield served in the Royal Artillery from 1916
to 1918, and took part in the Battle of the Somme. After the war he joined
the local glass manufacturing firm of Gregg & Co Ltd., and has been a
Director for more than 30 years, a position he still holds, but he is now
semi-retired.
They
have one son, Kenneth who is a Doctor of Science lecturing in the
University of Exeter, and two teenage grand-children. Proud of their
humble beginnings, Mr. and Mrs Schofield have a quiet zest for living and
a youthful interest in current affairs.
