Interviews & Reports
This Section of the Website contains transcripts of Newspaper Interviews, Reports and other Publications relating to 'Owd Jemmy' Jenkinson and his descendants.
Man with Lancashire's history at his fingertips
Owd Jemmy's great-great-great-grandson,
and Local Historian, John Higginson, was awarded a British Association for Local History Award for Personal Achievement in Local History.
In this Article which appeared in the Lancashire Evening Post in April 2018, Angela Norris celebrates her friend's remarkable local knowledge.
Ancient craft keeping Lancashire warm
Owd Jemmy's great-great-grandson,
Robert 'Bob' Jenkinson and his great-great-grandson, John 'Jack' Bradshaw were
both Peat Farmers. This article about Over Wyre Peat Farming appeared in the
Lancashire Evening Post in January 2018.
Dance band buddies discover blood bond
Owd Jemmy's great-great-great-great-grandson, Melvyn Bilsborough, was a founder
member of the Sleepwalkers, one of the district’s best known singing groups in
the 1960s.
He and his friend, Colin Davis, realised they are both related and descended
from John Jenkinson, Owd Jemmy's father. This article about the two friends was
written by Angela Norris and appeared in the Garstang Courier.
'Moss, Sand & Mud Pies' by Anne Curwen (nee Jenkinson)
Owd Jemmy's great-great-great-grandaughter, Anne Curwen (nee Jenkinson) has
written a book, 'Moss, Sand & Mud Pies. My Childhood in Pilling', about her memories of Pilling.
An interview with Anne about her book was published in the Lancashire Evening Post on Wednesday 9th January
2019. Copies of the book are available, priced £5.00 from Anne on 01253 790346 or from Pilling Pottery.
All profits from Anne's book are being donated to the Macmillan Cancer Support
charity.
An Obituary
to Ethel Jenkinson (nee Gornall) (1919-2015)
Owd Jemmy's great-great-granddaughter, Ethel Jenkinson (nee Gornall), was born
in 1919, and died at the grand old age of 96 years, in 2015. Ethel's daughter,
Anne, wrote this Obituary to her mother, Ethel.
Relative Values - a gathering of Jemmy's descendants
In September 2000, an article appeared in the Garstang
Courier in which the Owd Jemmy Family Tree Group invited people who were
descended from 'Owd Jemmy' to bring information about their branch of the family to
a meeting at
St Mark's Church and Schoolroom, Eagland Hill, later that month.
Memoirs of Annie Higginson (nee Jenkinson)
In 1991,
Owd Jemmy's great-great-granddaughter, Annie Higginson (nee Jenkinson) (1909-2000),
published her Memoirs, which detailed life in Pilling Village in the early 1900s, in Volume VI of the Over-Wyre Historical Journal.
'My Life on Burrows Farm'
Later in life, Owd Jemmy's great-great-grandaughter, Hannah Wilkinson (nee Orr)
(1909-1995), who was brought up on Burrows Farm, Staynall, wrote an account of
the early years of her life.
'Memories of an Early Twentieth Century Childhood’
Later in life,
Owd Jemmy's great-great-granddaughter, Evelyn Duckworth (nee Rushton) (1905-), published her
Memoirs, in which
she describes her summer holidays spent with their grandparents, Joseph and Hannah Green, at Hale
Nook, Out Rawcliffe.
Matt and Jane Higginson's Golden Wedding
In 1975, a report marking the Golden Wedding of Owd Jemmy's
great-great-granddaughter, Jane Ann Whiteside (1902-1978), and her husband Matt
Higginson, was published in a local newspaper.
A Pilling man who was a
genius
In 1963, the story of
Owd Jemmy's grandson, Richard Gornall (1864-1916), and his eldest son,
Fred Gornall (1883-1963), who were both Mechanics and
Inventors in Pilling, appeared in the Gazette &
Herald.
Another Pilling man
is Garstang's choice
In 1962, a report marking the investiture of Edwin Hodgson as chairman of
Garstang Rural Council was published in a local newspaper. Edwin was the husband
of Owd Jemmy's
great-great-granddaughter, Belinda Morley (1906-1992).
An Interview with John
'Jack Jenkinson
In August 1960, Owd Jemmy's grandson, John 'Jack' Jenkinson (1866-1961), was interviewed, aged 94, by the Blackpool Evening Gazette.
Frank
Armstrong cutting turf at Island Farm, Nateby
In July 1960, an article about Owd Jemmy's great-grandson, Frank Armstrong (1876-1973) cutting
turf at Island Farm, Nateby, featured in the Blackpool Evening Gazette.
The
13 Corn Stacks at Upper Birks Farm, Eagland Hill
In 1956,
Owd Jemmy's great-grandson, Joe Gornall (1878-1966), who farmed Upper Birks, Eagland
Hill, and his son, Dick, featured in a report about their 13 corn stacks in the
Blackpool Evening Gazette.
Richard and Jennet Jenkinson's Diamond Wedding
In 1932, a report marking the Diamond Wedding of
Owd Jemmy's grandson, Richard Jenkinson (1854-1936), and his wife Jennet, appeared in
the Fleetwood Chronicle.
A Big Event in the life of Robert and Alice Jenkinson of Isles Field Farm
In 1913,
Owd Jemmy's great-grandson, Robert Jenkinson (1873-1960) and his wife,
Alice, moved from Goosnargh to Stalmine, and
their herd of cows was driven from Goosnargh to
Stalmine by their two eldest daughters, Ann and Ellen, and the girls uncle, Adam
Jenkinson. The story of the journey has
been retold for us by Robert and Alice's grandson, John Higginson.
An Interview with James Jenkinson Jnr.
In 1897,
Owd Jemmy's son, James Jenkinson (1811-1900), was interviewed by the Preston Guardian.
"Lancashire Cheese-Making" by Joseph Gornall
In 1892,
Owd Jemmy's grandson, Joseph Gornall (1856-1928) invented the 'Gornall Patent Cheesemaker',
and wrote and published a book, entitled "Lancashire Cheese-Making", in which he described his
Cheese-makers use.