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Observer · 28-02-2013, 16:26

Thomas Whittaker of C. Whittaker and Co. was my great, great, great grandfather. One of his son's, James, married Mary Jane Haworth from Oswaldtwistle. They had five children:- James Haworth, Mary A (Marie), James, Jane and Gladys Ellen.
Jane Whittaker was my grandmother. Jane married Donald Ryden and their daughter, Pat, was my mother. She married Harry Crossley.
I believe Mary Jane Haworth's parents were John Haworth and Jane (nee Tattersall).
My mother held some shares in C Whittaker and Co. and I remember attending a shareholders' meeting with her around 1972. The meeting was chaired by Norman Whittaker wearing a bright blue blazer with brass buttons. He announced that the company could no longer carry on and proposed it be voluntarily wound up. The shareholders put their
hands up and approved the motion - and Whittaker's was no more.

28-02-2013, 16:26	#25
Observer Junior Member+ Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 16 Liked: 2 times Rep Power: 0	Re: Whittaker's of Dowry Street Works Thomas Whittaker of C. Whittaker and Co. was my great, great, great grandfather. One of his son's, James, married Mary Jane Haworth from Oswaldtwistle. They had five children:- James Haworth, Mary A (Marie), James, Jane and Gladys Ellen. Jane Whittaker was my grandmother. Jane married Donald Ryden and their daughter, Pat, was my mother. She married Harry Crossley. I believe Mary Jane Haworth's parents were John Haworth and Jane (nee Tattersall). My mother held some shares in C Whittaker and Co. and I remember attending a shareholders' meeting with her around 1972. The meeting was chaired by Norman Whittaker wearing a bright blue blazer with brass buttons. He announced that the company could no longer carry on and proposed it be voluntarily wound up. The shareholders put their hands up and approved the motion - and Whittaker's was no more.