Irvine and Hilda, nee Greenwood, were married at St James Parish Church, Hebden Bridge, on 31st August 1940. They lived on High Street, Croft Place, Hebden Bridge, until moving down to Nest Estate, Mytholmroyd when High Street was demolished. They raised a family of 7 children, 5 girls & 2 boys, all of whom were baptised at St Michaels, Mytholmroyd, at the same time in 1956. As this event made church history, Reverend Barnes, the Vicar at the time, wanted to put the information in the Church magazine and records but Irvine declined. The children were: Jean who married John Halstead, Peter who died 2009, Jennie who died in 2016, Linda, Anne, Philip and Sheila now Thornton.
