[Margaret Pilkington]

No it was definitely George Clarkson who had the tyre business.
This lovely man lived across the Street from my Grandma....back in the early fifties.
He lost his wife, they had no children....then he went on to marry a Nurse who worked at Accrington Victoria(I only ever knew her as Sister Clarkson....it was not the done thing for students to get pally with the senior staff)
George went on to have a good handful of sons(I cannot remember now whether there were 4 or 6 of them...but they were his pride and joy)
I used to see Sr Clarkson about town, she was tall and had a very upright bearing.
I have not seen her for a couple of years now...so not sure if she is no longer with us.
I know she was a good bit younger than George.