b'PC Harrison & FamilyBased on material supplied by Sue Lucasa running race in the village in 1914. The name on the clocks dial is Lundy & Son, Pocklington. A check on the report for the Bishop Wilton Show for 1914 1 shows that Harold came first in the final of the 120 Yards Handicap for Residents in the Show District. He would have been 17 at the time. J. H. Harrison came second but Sue does not think that he was in any way related.Village resident, Henry Newby, remembered being told that the Harrison family lived at No. 39, presumably after Frederick retired. This fact enables us to understand the origin of the story that Amy Johnson visited the village. Sue confirms that Amy was second cousin to her grandfather, Harold, and her sister has postcards written by and to Amys mother, Cissie.All four of Frederick & Fanny Harrisons sons joined the colours and served in World War I. Two of them died, Wilfred in 1915 at the age of 20 (he was a Private in the 5th Yorkshire Regiment) and Reginald at the age of 26 in 1917 (a Private in the 18th Hussars). Both were buried at Bishop Wilton, Wilfred having what the account in the newspaper said was probably the first military funeral the village had seen. William who was in Canada when war broke out joined the Canadian Engineers. Harold joined the 5th Yorkshire The date of postage on this postcard, publishedRegiment and later the Flying Corps, probably soon by W. & C. Forth of Pocklington, is 1905, so theafter he won the prize for the 120 Yards Handicap. All policeman at the top of the steps could be PCfour sons are commemorated on the War Memorial in Harrison. the churchyard.When Reginald Harrison died he was engaged and I t was twenty years since Sue Lucas last visiteddue to be married. Some years later, Rose, his fiance Bishop Wilton when she returned in 2004. Her greatwent on to marry Reginalds brother Harold.grandfather was Frederick Harrison who was theAccording to a press cutting in Sues possession village Police Constable from 1900 until he retired infrom the Canadian newspaper, The Saskatoon Sun, 1908. With Fanny, his wife, Frederick had six children:William Harrisons son, Reg, distinguished himself in William (the eldest), Charlotte (or Lottie), Reginald,WWII as a pilot in the Royal Canadian Air Forces 431 Wilfred, Harold and Dora (the youngest). The 1901Iroquois Squadron. Whilst completing 19 bomber census shows the family living at the Policemanstrips he also managed to survive four air crashes. House (No. 96). The range of places of birth for theHe earned membership in the Guinea Pig Club for children reflect the policy of moving policemen fromairmen who were burned and received treatment at place to place, with Fredericks records showing thatthe Burns Centre at East Grinstead and also in the he was moved 10 times. Sues sister has an historicCaterpillar Club for making an emergency parachute photograph of Frederick with fellow policemen whichjump to save his life.carries the caption: Colliery Officials and East Riding Police on duty at Wheatley Wood Colliery during theThe Guinea Pig Club was so called Great Coal Strike, November 1st, 1893. Evidently thebecause the treatment of burns was in its early strike lasted sixteen weeks, affecting 300,000 minersdays and much of the associated surgery was in the Yorkshire and Lancashire area. experimental. The hospital at East Grinstead After Fredericks retirement, the Harrison familybecame world famous. (Source: the Internet)continued to live in the village. Sue has an ornate wall clock that her grandfather, Harold Harrison, won in 1Howdenshire Chronicle & Pocklington Weekly News - Saturday, August 8, 1914.BULLETIN 10 165'