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Leslie Depper · 28-08-2014, 14:19

Apologies, I am so used to using social media, that I sometimes forget the social niceties!

My name is Leslie, my mother was born in Accrington in 1925, her name was Jessie Elizabeth Illingworth and lived on Hill Street and my father was born in Oswaldtwistle in 1923, his name was Frederick Beard, as was his father, of Union St. I am afraid I know very little about their parents as I only ever met my maternal grandmother, who passed away when I was 7yrs old. The Illingworth branch of our family has discontinued, but there are still a number of Beards who lived in Oswaldtwistle, but whom I have lost touch with.

My father was apprenticed in the textiles trade, as a printer, joining the Calico Printers in 1949. I am not sure which mill, I think it was the one the Henry Parkinson was a manager of. He later worked at Broad Oak, before being enticed to work abroad, I believe in 1950, emigrating to work in the trade in Canada. He had developed a taste for travel whilst working as a stoker in the navy during the war, around the coast of Africa. My mother and sister went with him. They then moved around from place to place, ending up in America, where I was born in 1964. We returned when I was 5 (before any lasting damage). My father worked at the Ladybird factory in Langley, Berkshire, first as a printer, then retrained as a knitter before being made redundant and working as a station master near Reading. He died in the '80s.

I have never lived in Lancashire and although my mother researched our family tree, she stopped sometime in the '90s and unfortunately did not keep the information. I do have some certificates for the maternal side of the family.

My brother returned to Lancashire and lives in Lostock Hall, Preston,working as a train driver. My sister emigrated to the Netherlands where she is a musician.

I work as a lower limb prosthetist and have an interest in history, mainly medieval as I am re-enactor specialising in horse related activities and historical costuming of a variety of periods.

28-08-2014, 14:19	#3
Leslie Depper Junior Member+ Join Date: Aug 2014 Posts: 8 Liked: 3 times Rep Power: 0	Re: Book"The Parkinson Family of Accrington" and Accrington Miscellanea Apologies, I am so used to using social media, that I sometimes forget the social niceties! My name is Leslie, my mother was born in Accrington in 1925, her name was Jessie Elizabeth Illingworth and lived on Hill Street and my father was born in Oswaldtwistle in 1923, his name was Frederick Beard, as was his father, of Union St. I am afraid I know very little about their parents as I only ever met my maternal grandmother, who passed away when I was 7yrs old. The Illingworth branch of our family has discontinued, but there are still a number of Beards who lived in Oswaldtwistle, but whom I have lost touch with. My father was apprenticed in the textiles trade, as a printer, joining the Calico Printers in 1949. I am not sure which mill, I think it was the one the Henry Parkinson was a manager of. He later worked at Broad Oak, before being enticed to work abroad, I believe in 1950, emigrating to work in the trade in Canada. He had developed a taste for travel whilst working as a stoker in the navy during the war, around the coast of Africa. My mother and sister went with him. They then moved around from place to place, ending up in America, where I was born in 1964. We returned when I was 5 (before any lasting damage). My father worked at the Ladybird factory in Langley, Berkshire, first as a printer, then retrained as a knitter before being made redundant and working as a station master near Reading. He died in the '80s. I have never lived in Lancashire and although my mother researched our family tree, she stopped sometime in the '90s and unfortunately did not keep the information. I do have some certificates for the maternal side of the family. My brother returned to Lancashire and lives in Lostock Hall, Preston,working as a train driver. My sister emigrated to the Netherlands where she is a musician. I work as a lower limb prosthetist and have an interest in history, mainly medieval as I am re-enactor specialising in horse related activities and historical costuming of a variety of periods.