Harold John Pattern was born in 1930 in Bourne, Lincolnshire. He married Celia Maureen Pell in 1954 and there are two children. He died in 2022 in Burry Port, Carmarthenshire, Wales.
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28 May 1930 — Bourne, Lincolnshire Born Harold John Vickers (mother’s name Vickers) so perhaps an adopted son? He is listed in the 1939 Register living with Harold and Mary but has the surname "Vickers".
Also known as “John”, Harold John Vickers (born 28 May 1930) is listed in the 1939 Register, living with Harold Walter Pattern and his wife Mary. This appears to match a birth registration of an illegitimate child at Bourne, Lincolnshire, so presumably the child was adopted by Harold and Mary Pattern.
He initially worked as a baker but set up business as a poultry producer in 1955. However, he ran up debts of around £16,000 and was declared bankrupt in 1962 (see Spalding Guardian 6 July 1962).
Articles
The wedding took place at Donington Parish Church on Saturday of Miss Celia Maureen Pell, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Pell, of 1 Barnes Road, Donington, and Mr. Harold John Pattern, only son of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Pattern of 16 Market Place, Donington. The bride, who was given away by her father, was in a gown of gold printed Poult with train and full-length veil with headdress of orange blossom. She carried an ivory prayer book and a bouquet of orchids. There were four bridesmaids in attendance. Miss Jacqueline Pell (cousin of the bride), Miss Patricia Pearson (friend), Miss Judy Brice (friend) and Miss Valda Garrard (cousin of the bridegroom). The two former maids wore dresses of turquoise blue grosgrain taffeta and carried bouquets of yellow roses. The two younger maids wore dresses of lemon net over taffeta trimmed with rosebuds and carried yellow roses and blue delphiniums in a posy. The duties of best man were carried out by Mr. Maurice Cook (friend of the bridegroom).
The service, which was fully choral, was conducted by the Vicar (the Rev. J. В. МасGowan) with Mrs. W. Barnsdale at the organ. A reception was held at the Red Cow Hotel where some 60 guests were entertained. Later Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Pattern left for their honeymoon, which is being spent touring Kent and the South Coast. the bride travelling in a black Barathea costume, with black and white accessories. Their home will be at 72, Gleed Avenue, Donington. Both the bride and bridegroom are well known in the district, being old pupils of Donington Grammar School. The bride has been employed as a clerk with British Railways at Donington Road Station and the bridegroom is employed in his father’s business as a baker and confectioner.
Boston Guardian (23 June 1954)
BAKER FINED £2 AT SLEAFORD
For having a van used for delivering goods in Sleaford, without a ‘C’ licence, Harold John Pattern, a baker, of 23, Mill Lane, Donington, was fined £2 at Sleaford on Monday.
When asked about the offence, it was stated, he told a policeman “I have only just started using it for goods, and I have applied for a licence.”
He went on to explain that he had been in partnership with another man, and that the other man’s van had been used before.
Sleaford Gazette (4 September 1959)
Lincolnshire Standard & Boston Guardian (3 June 1960)
Another man with ideas and creative ability whom I met last week is Mr. John Pattern, of Mill Lane, Donington.
Mr. Pattern is a broiler grower. He has been in the game for seven years, now runs about 10,000 head at a time with an annual output of about 45,000 birds, and a year ago started his own pre-packing plant, from which he distributes direct to various retail outlets.
One of the more back-breaking chores of broiler growing is clearing out the litter from the houses. Ideally, thinks Mr. Pattern, one should have fresh litter for each batch of birds as an insurance against disease.
But working on his scale, that means a house to be cleaned out on average rather more than once a fortnight, each representing something like two days hard work with shovel and barrow.
Moreover, he found that inevitably one got a mess of dirty litter around the doorway of the house, which meant that there was always the danger of carrying contaminated litter into the house on one’s boots.
So he decided that there must be an easier and safer way of doing the job. And so one day he remarked to his friend, Mr. Frank Baldwin: “I wish I could get hold of a blower.”
Said Mr. Baldwin, threshing contractor and market gardener, of Malting Lane, Donington: “I can get a blower for you.”
And shortly afterwards he produced a chaff blower from an old threshing drum. And together they set about adapting it for its new purpose.
Lincolnshire Standard & Boston Guardian (11 March 1960)
THE BANKRUPTCY ACTS, 1914 AND 1926.
IN THE PETERBOROUGH COUNTY COURT
IN BANKRUPTCY No. 9 of 1962.
RE HAROLD JOHN PATTERN of 23 Mill Lane. Donington, Nr. Spalding in the County of Lincoln, Baker, lately carrying on business at Orchard Farm, Donington aforesaid as a POULTRY PRODUCER AND PACKER.
Date of Receiving Order and Order of Adjudication 7th March, 1962.
Date and Place of First Meeting 27th March, 1962 at The Official Receiver’s Office, 41 Sidney Street, Cambridge at 11 a.m.
Date of Public Examination 22nd June, 1962 at The Law Courts, New Road, Peterborough at 10.30 a.m.
NOTE. All debts due to the Estate should be paid to me.
Dated 8th March, 1962. C. A. TAYLOR, (Official Receiver), 41 Sidney Street, Cambridge.
Lincolnshire Free Press (13 March 1962)
Obituary Notice
Harold John Pattern passed away peacefully at home on 7th November 2022, aged 92 years, a loving husband to Maureen and a loving father to Michael and Shane.
