PHOTO A DAY...number EIGHTEEN

A couple of days ago I spoke of my grandfather Percy Rockliff (1869-1958) (and always known as PR).  He was my adoptive mother's dad and in her book "Clock of Time' she writes quite a lot about him.  She said she felt he called himself PR as it is quite likely he did not like his given name of Percy and he had no second christian name.  Although she didn't see much of him when she was a child (that itself is another story) and never once she left the UK, I know she was very proud of him and the social work he had done.  In her book she included an extract from "Who's Who" as follows:

"ROCKLIFF, PERCY, O.B.E., F.S.S., F.F.I., F.C.I.I:  Past Chairman Insurance Committee for County of London; Past President Faculty of Insurance; Member of Consultative Council to Minister of Health; Vice-President Insurance Institute for London; Hon Secretary Joint Committee of Approved Societies; (Lloyd George's National Health Insurance); Member of Dental (Statutory) Council and Opthalmic Benefit Approved Committee; Executive Member Central Council for District Nursing; Joint Secretary National Insurance Benefit Society; Secretary of New Tabernacle and London & Country Approved Societies since 1912, until they were taken over by the State under the Beveridge Plan in about 1947/8; Secretary of the National Union of Holloway Friendly Societies Pooling Association and of the London & Counties Association of Approved Societies; Director of Dental Services Limited and Director of Supplies Limited; Parliamentary Agent National Union of Holloway Friendly Societies; Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society; First Worshipful Master of the House of Commons Freemasons Lodge - the "Welcome Lodge" in recognition of his work for the community.

CLUBS:  Royal Automobile & National Liberal.  He studied law, medicine and languages.  He dies in 1958 at the age of 89."

Apart from the OBE I have no idea what all the letters after his name stood for but were obviously important enough to be mentioned.   This is a picture of PR that was in mum's book and although it has not come out all that well I think it shows him quite clearly:

In more informal pictures he sent from England these shows PR enjoying himself at the beach on two different occasions, once alone and once with an acquaintance.  I love that first picture and don't you just love those stoney beaches they have in parts of the UK?  Unfortunately I have no idea just when these photographs were taken or sent to mum as I can't find the originals (these were also copied from her book):

 

These photographs were possibly taken at Eastbourne as that is where my grandfather's home was.