Leslie Harradine

(Arthur) Leslie Harradine (1887–1965) ta kasance ɗaya daga cikin fitattun masu zane- zane na Royal Doulton, kuma mafi yawan masu hazaka, daga 1920 har zuwa tsakiyar shekarun 1950.

 Rayuwar farko da farkonta tare da Royal Doulton 
An haifi Arthur Leslie Harradine a Lambeth ga Charles Percy, magatakardar lauya, da Jessie Harradine (nee Tealby) a 1887,  ya fara shiga ɗakin studio na Doulton Lambeth a matsayin mai koyon aiki a 1902 yana aiki a ƙarƙashin George Tinworth yayin da yake karatu na ɗan lokaci a Makarantar Fasaha ta Camberwell . Ya ci gaba da samun cancantar aiki kuma ya yi aiki a sashen ƙira na Royal Doulton . Babban abin da ya fi sha'awa shi ne sassaka na yumbu da ƙirar mutane masu zaman kansu kuma ya samar da samfura da yawa don waɗannan waɗanda suka jawo hankalin Charles Noke, darektan fasaha na Royal Doulton a Burslem .

Duk da sha'awarsa ga yin zane-zanen siffofi, da kuma ƙwarewarsa a wannan fanni, an buƙaci Leslie Harradine ta tsara tukwane na Lambeth Art Studios a mafi yawan lokacinsa kuma wannan ba wani abu ne da yake jin daɗin yi ba. Burinsa shine ya kafa ƙaramin ɗakin tallan kayan ado na kansa inda zai iya yin aikin da yake so. A lokacin wannan bai yiwu ba don haka kwatsam ya yanke shawarar bin burin ɗan'uwansa Percy.

 Yi hijira zuwa Kanada da aure 
A shekarar 1912, Leslie Harradine ta bar ɗakin studio na Royal Doulton don yin ƙaura zuwa Kanada tare da babban ɗan'uwansa Percy  inda, tare, suka sayi ƙasa suka yi ƙoƙarin gina gona mai fadin eka 4,000 (kadada 1,619). Wurin yana da nisa, ƙasar ba ta da kyau kuma aikin yana da wahala amma Leslie ta ji daɗin rayuwar kuma ta sami damar yin rayuwa mai sauƙi daga ciki. A lokacin ɗan lokacin hutunsa, ya yi zane da yin samfura daga ma'adinan yumbu da aka samu a ƙasarsa.

A shekarar 1916, 'yan'uwan biyu suka shiga soja suka bar Kanada don yaƙin Yaƙin Duniya na Ɗaya a Faransa. Bayan ɗan lokaci kaɗan, Leslie Harradine ta ji rauni lokacin da aka harbi dokinsa, kuma ya shafe lokaci mai tsawo a asibiti a Ingila. A can ne ya haɗu da matarsa ta gaba Edith Denton wadda ya aura a shekarar 1917, kuma a shekara mai zuwa ya zama uba ga ɗansa na fari Jessie. 

A ganin Leslie, Kanada ba ta zama wuri mai dacewa ga matarsa da ɗansa ba, don haka bayan an ayyana zaman lafiya a shekarar 1918, ya miƙa rabin gonarsa ga ɗan'uwansa ya kuma zauna a Luton, Bedfordshire inda ya haifi wasu 'ya'ya mata biyu kuma ya shagaltu da yin zane da tallan kayan kawa. Mafarkinsa kuma, shine ya buɗe ƙaramin ɗakin studio a Landan.

 Manazarta 
"Woolvey – Articles – Manufacturers & Brands – Leslie Harradine"
Rukuni:Mutuwan 1965