My Great Grandparents, William Bowie McIntosh and Jane Spence Soutar, on their what may be their 50th wedding anniversary. He was an engineer who worked at Vickers Armstrong where he invented and patented a valve for Vickers, at Barrow. He was also a Lay Preacher and a "Keir Hardie" man (trade unionist). He also taught apprentices English in his spare time. He died in 1935.

Mom remembers him having a rather brassy red (Mom corrects me... It was dark black, despite his little remaining hair being grey) toupée. She accidentally pulled it off when she was very small and recalls him being very angry with her. He was normally a very nice man. Her grandmother on the other hand was very grim and always complained. During the war, she came from Newcastle to stay with my grandparents. She and my grandfather had a falling out after she endlessly complained about my grandmother's cooking. One night he heard noises in the kitchen and found his mother tucking into the food that she had complained she couldn't eat at dinner time. They argued, she packed her bags, went back to Newcastle and never spoke to him again. This also caused a rift in the family and all but one of his sisters sided with his mother. View full size.
My Great Grandparents, William Bowie McIntosh and Jane Spence Soutar, on their what may be their 50th wedding anniversary. He was an engineer who worked at Vickers Armstrong where he invented and patented a valve for Vickers, at Barrow. He was also a Lay Preacher and a "Keir Hardie" man (trade unionist). He also taught apprentices English in his spare time. He died in 1935. Mom remembers him having a rather brassy red (Mom corrects me... It was dark black, despite his little remaining hair being grey) toupée. She accidentally pulled it off when she was very small and recalls him being very angry with her. He was normally a very nice man. Her grandmother on the other hand was very grim and always complained. During the war, she came from Newcastle to stay with my grandparents. She and my grandfather had a falling out after she endlessly complained about my grandmother's cooking. One night he heard noises in the kitchen and found his mother tucking into the food that she had complained she couldn't eat at dinner time. They argued, she packed her bags, went back to Newcastle and never spoke to him again. This also caused a rift in the family and all but one of his sisters sided with his mother. | Click image for Comments. | Home | Browse All Photos