Born in 1904 in Liverpool, the nephew, grandson and great grandson of Primitive Methodist Ministers, Stanley Bridge grew up in Liverpool and was educated at the Liverpool Institute for Boys. He briefly worked for Martin’s Bank before candidating for the Primitive Methodist ministry. He trained at Hartley Victoria College whilst also gaining a BA in Theology from Manchester University. He entered the ministry in 1931, serving initially at Great Yarmouth (Temple) and subsequently in Bolton (Moor Lane), Sheffield (Ecclesall), Sheffield (North) and Leeds Mission circuits. He was at Oxford Place Leeds for seven years, for the last three of which he was Chairman of the Leeds District. In 1952 he was called to be District Missionary and Chairman of the Stoke-on-Trent and Macclesfield District. He died suddenly on 5 September 1953, at the early age of 49, and in the twenty-third year of his ministry. He and his wife Marjorie had three sons, one of whom, David, entered the ministry in 1959.

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