FLOWER - Person Sheet
FLOWER - Person Sheet
NameAlice Kathleen Granger 
Birth28 St Pauls, Langley Burrell, WIlts
Death1960
Burial1960
FatherThomas Granger
MotherEmma Broomsgrove (1870-)
Spouses
Birth24 Mar 1900, Streatham
Death1965, Chippenham
FatherGeorge Henry Caswell (1872-1910)
MotherSarah Amelia Gooding (1874-)
Marriage5 Sep 1921, Chippenham
ChildrenRichard James (1923-2001)
Notes for Alice Kathleen Granger
Her best friend was Queenie Stockdale, who was also Godmother to her grandson Michael James Caswell.
Born at 28 Park Lane St Pauls Langley Burrel w/i
Married in Parish Church St Pauls Chippenham
Buried in the same church.
Kath was a well known soprano singer in the St Marys Church in Calne . She enjoyed her church, and for years attended with Queenie.
She & Dick took their grandson Michael on holiday to Totnes, Devon, on a number of occasions.
The trip was by steam train, which followed the coastline and crossed the river Dart.
There were relatives in Totnes where they stayed, usually for 2 weeks.
Dick called her 'Dreamy' because she would tend to day dream. She liked to wear large hats with larger pins, and dark blue, white spotted frocks.
Kath & Dick had a dog called Sam. He lived under the sideboard & bit everyone who dared go under there, including Dick.
A letter from Roy Bailey, who was in the same choir as Kathleen.
When I first knew her I was only a lad of ten or eleven so you will have to do with a boys view. First impressions--- a large but not fat lady with glasses, hat,and an enormous fox fur round her shoulders . As I said before, I am sure that if she let rip she could have shattered a glass at fifty paces. The other leading soprano on the other side was Mrs Stokes, also from Oxford Road,her husband was the leading bass who later became Mayor of Calne. On her left was Mrs Stockdale, Leading contralto, also from Oxford Road. These were not the only ones, infact, that road seemed to dominate the choir in those days. On very rare occasions she took us for choir practise but we were not allowed to get away with anything.
Although she had glasses she also had eyes like a hawk. I am sure that if she had had the right training and opportunity (which of course didn't happen to working people when she was young) she could have made it into opera without much difficulty. She had the power, pitch and was able to hold a note for a long time, in other words she had singers lungs. As far as personal details are concerned I'm sorry I can't really help as I only knew her as one of the choir ladies . Hope this is of some help-----Roy Bailey
Kathleen had a Royal Diploma from the college of Music.
Born at 28 Park Lane St Pauls Langley Burrel w/i
Married in Parish Church St Pauls Chippenham
Buried in the same church.
Kath was a well known soprano singer in the St Marys Church in Calne . She enjoyed her church, and for years attended with Queenie.
She & Dick took their grandson Michael on holiday to Totnes, Devon, on a number of occasions.
The trip was by steam train, which followed the coastline and crossed the river Dart.
There were relatives in Totnes where they stayed, usually for 2 weeks.
Dick called her 'Dreamy' because she would tend to day dream. She liked to wear large hats with larger pins, and dark blue, white spotted frocks.
Kath & Dick had a dog called Sam. He lived under the sideboard & bit everyone who dared go under there, including Dick.
A letter from Roy Bailey, who was in the same choir as Kathleen.
When I first knew her I was only a lad of ten or eleven so you will have to do with a boys view. First impressions--- a large but not fat lady with glasses, hat,and an enormous fox fur round her shoulders . As I said before, I am sure that if she let rip she could have shattered a glass at fifty paces. The other leading soprano on the other side was Mrs Stokes, also from Oxford Road,her husband was the leading bass who later became Mayor of Calne. On her left was Mrs Stockdale, Leading contralto, also from Oxford Road. These were not the only ones, infact, that road seemed to dominate the choir in those days. On very rare occasions she took us for choir practise but we were not allowed to get away with anything.
Although she had glasses she also had eyes like a hawk. I am sure that if she had had the right training and opportunity (which of course didn't happen to working people when she was young) she could have made it into opera without much difficulty. She had the power, pitch and was able to hold a note for a long time, in other words she had singers lungs. As far as personal details are concerned I'm sorry I can't really help as I only knew her as one of the choir ladies . Hope this is of some help-----Roy Bailey
Kathleen had a Royal Diploma from the college of Music.