Harry Lund 1903 - 1956
Harry at his daughter's wedding
Memories from Barrie Lund
Harry was in the Home Guard during the was, when he owned a greengrocers shop in Timperley. After the war he owned a paint shop in Moss Side. Later, he also owned a greengrocers shop, about 3 0r 4 doors away from his paint shop. Harry and Emily eventually sold their paint shop and Betty, Emily's sister, used to work in the greengrocers with another lady.
Barrie can only remember Harry very vaguely. He had a woodworking place called 'Joseph Cooper & Son Ltd' Milton Street, Hulme. He had a young chap working for him called Vin. Barrie used to go with his Dad on a Saturday morning. They had a tea chest full of patterns and Barrie would play with these patterns and they were strewn all over the shop. When they needed a pattern on the Monday morning, they could never find them. Harry used to blow his top and say that Barrie was never coming again, but when the next Saturday came, his Mum wanted him out of the way so she could get on with her work, so he usually ended up going back again the next Saturday!
Money seemed to feature highly in the lives of the Lund's. Barrie remembers once when his older brother Roy wanted some wood from his Dad's woodworking business. On asking his Dad, he said 'That will cost you £x' Roy was surprised ans said 'Pardon?' 'That will cost you £x' repeated Harry. Roy was so angry that his Dad would charge his own son for wood that threw the wood down in a fit of anger and left.
Harry was always very impatient especially when it came to driving and he liked to drive at a fair whack. Barrie can remember on one occasion when his Dad drove at over 100 mph and he thought it was wonderful. He then had a bad smash which was allegedly his fault and the police took action against him.
Harry was a chain smoker - he smoked Players Weights cigarettes and Wills Wiffs cigars. One day when Barrie was about 9 or 10, he sat opposite his Dad, fascinated as he watched him light up this cigar. Harry could see Barrie watching him and said 'Would you like one?' Barrie eagerly said 'Yes!' So Harry got a cigar out of the packet and handed it to Barrie, who immediately put it in his mouth. Harry then lit it for him, which made Barrie change to all the colours of the rainbow and he was violently sick. It was years later that Barrie realised that the reason his Dad had done this was because he didn't want Barrie to smoke and it had the desired effect.
One year they all went to Edingurgh for a holiday and went out for an evening meal. At the end of the meal Harry asked for the bill, and the waiter left the bill with them. When he came back, Harry asked the waiter 'When do I take over?' The waiter said 'What do you mean? and Harry answered' Well, judging by this bill, I've just bought the place havn't I?!' The day they were leaving Edinburgh, they wanted an early start so they had the whole day to travel back home. They were shown to a table and they waited and waited and waited. In the meantime, other people came in, were served, ate their breakfast and left, whilst they were still waiting. Harry called for the head waiter and demanded to know why they hadn't been served and he was told that the waitress that served that table was off sick. Harry, with his short fuse, inevitably blew his top. The Hotel was called 'The North British Hotel', next to the station & owned by British Rail.
1924: Emigration: Harry LUND, depart 26 Mar 1924 from London to Brisbane, age 21 a cowman.
The ship was the THEMISTOCLES, registered number 129349, square feet (presumably passenger space) 16,267, gross tonnage 7,046. The Master for this voyage was W M JERMYN, and the Steamship Line was The Aberdeen. There were 439 passengers aboard.
1925: Emigration: Emily MUMFORD, depart 11 Sep 1925 from Liverpool to Auckland New Zealand, she was age 20 and a tea packer. The ship was SUFFOLK, registered number 115859, square feet 8380, gross tonnage 7309, owned by the Federal Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. The Master for this voyage was C MATTHEWS, and there were 389 passengers aboard.
1931: Harry Lund returned to England on board the "Barrabool", embarked at Sydney and arriving at London 25th April 1931 on the P.&O. Branch Service. He was accompanied by his wife Emily 26 yrs; Master Roy Lund 4 yrs; Miss Mavis Lund 2 yrs. Source information: Name: Mr Harry Lund Birth Date: ABT 1902 Age: 29 Port of Departure: Brisbane, Australia Arrival Date: 5 Apr 1931 Port of Arrival: London, England Ports of Voyage: Sydney, Hobart, Melbourne, Adelaide, Fremantle, Colombo, Port Said, Malta, Plymouth Ship Name: Barrabool Search Ship; Shipping Line: Peninsula and Orient Steam Navigation Company Ltd Official Number: 145424
Harry was in the Home Guard during the was, when he owned a greengrocers shop in Timperley. After the war he owned a paint shop in Moss Side. Later, he also owned a greengrocers shop, about 3 0r 4 doors away from his paint shop. Harry and Emily eventually sold their paint shop and Betty, Emily's sister, used to work in the greengrocers with another lady.
Barrie can only remember Harry very vaguely. He had a woodworking place called 'Joseph Cooper & Son Ltd' Milton Street, Hulme. He had a young chap working for him called Vin. Barrie used to go with his Dad on a Saturday morning. They had a tea chest full of patterns and Barrie would play with these patterns and they were strewn all over the shop. When they needed a pattern on the Monday morning, they could never find them. Harry used to blow his top and say that Barrie was never coming again, but when the next Saturday came, his Mum wanted him out of the way so she could get on with her work, so he usually ended up going back again the next Saturday!
Money seemed to feature highly in the lives of the Lund's. Barrie remembers once when his older brother Roy wanted some wood from his Dad's woodworking business. On asking his Dad, he said 'That will cost you £x' Roy was surprised ans said 'Pardon?' 'That will cost you £x' repeated Harry. Roy was so angry that his Dad would charge his own son for wood that threw the wood down in a fit of anger and left.
Harry was always very impatient especially when it came to driving and he liked to drive at a fair whack. Barrie can remember on one occasion when his Dad drove at over 100 mph and he thought it was wonderful. He then had a bad smash which was allegedly his fault and the police took action against him.
Harry was a chain smoker - he smoked Players Weights cigarettes and Wills Wiffs cigars. One day when Barrie was about 9 or 10, he sat opposite his Dad, fascinated as he watched him light up this cigar. Harry could see Barrie watching him and said 'Would you like one?' Barrie eagerly said 'Yes!' So Harry got a cigar out of the packet and handed it to Barrie, who immediately put it in his mouth. Harry then lit it for him, which made Barrie change to all the colours of the rainbow and he was violently sick. It was years later that Barrie realised that the reason his Dad had done this was because he didn't want Barrie to smoke and it had the desired effect.
One year they all went to Edingurgh for a holiday and went out for an evening meal. At the end of the meal Harry asked for the bill, and the waiter left the bill with them. When he came back, Harry asked the waiter 'When do I take over?' The waiter said 'What do you mean? and Harry answered' Well, judging by this bill, I've just bought the place havn't I?!' The day they were leaving Edinburgh, they wanted an early start so they had the whole day to travel back home. They were shown to a table and they waited and waited and waited. In the meantime, other people came in, were served, ate their breakfast and left, whilst they were still waiting. Harry called for the head waiter and demanded to know why they hadn't been served and he was told that the waitress that served that table was off sick. Harry, with his short fuse, inevitably blew his top. The Hotel was called 'The North British Hotel', next to the station & owned by British Rail.
1924: Emigration: Harry LUND, depart 26 Mar 1924 from London to Brisbane, age 21 a cowman.
The ship was the THEMISTOCLES, registered number 129349, square feet (presumably passenger space) 16,267, gross tonnage 7,046. The Master for this voyage was W M JERMYN, and the Steamship Line was The Aberdeen. There were 439 passengers aboard.
1925: Emigration: Emily MUMFORD, depart 11 Sep 1925 from Liverpool to Auckland New Zealand, she was age 20 and a tea packer. The ship was SUFFOLK, registered number 115859, square feet 8380, gross tonnage 7309, owned by the Federal Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. The Master for this voyage was C MATTHEWS, and there were 389 passengers aboard.
1931: Harry Lund returned to England on board the "Barrabool", embarked at Sydney and arriving at London 25th April 1931 on the P.&O. Branch Service. He was accompanied by his wife Emily 26 yrs; Master Roy Lund 4 yrs; Miss Mavis Lund 2 yrs. Source information: Name: Mr Harry Lund Birth Date: ABT 1902 Age: 29 Port of Departure: Brisbane, Australia Arrival Date: 5 Apr 1931 Port of Arrival: London, England Ports of Voyage: Sydney, Hobart, Melbourne, Adelaide, Fremantle, Colombo, Port Said, Malta, Plymouth Ship Name: Barrabool Search Ship; Shipping Line: Peninsula and Orient Steam Navigation Company Ltd Official Number: 145424