Edna May had a very lonely childhood and teenage years. The only work her parents could get in the 1920's was in the local cinema. Her Father was the projectionist and her Mother worked in the box office; and as they worked late, she was left alone at home in the evenings.
She would have loved to have been a nurse, but as she left school at 12, she had no education; and because of her up-bringing, she did not have the confidence to strive for her ambition. As a result she was forced to go into the Lancashire Cotton Industry as a weaver, spending day after day tending the looms in a factory. She hated every minute of the work, but the depression rescued her from the cotton mills, and she later found work in the laundry of a local hospital.
Edna married when she was 22, and she and Jack lived in Blackburn all their lives, first at 11 Mona Road and then at 58 Rockcliffe Street.
In 1939 Edna May was back working in the cotton mills. Her daughter, Marjorie, was born in October 1939.
Jack died in 1972, aged 64, and left Edna a widow for 22 years, until she died in 1994, just before the birth of her first great grandchild.
Until the death of Edna May in 1994, the family had been living within 500yds of the junction of Crossfield St and Grimshaw Park road for more than 120 years.
Personal
Family
World
Date
Age*
Event
Place
20 Aug 1908
0
Everton, Lancashire
24 Sep 1908
0
St Peter, Everton, Lancashire, England
4 Feb 1910
1
Everton, Lancashire
2 Apr 1911
2
7 Eaton Place, Everton, Lancashire
11 Mar 1914
5
Everton, Lancashire
btw 14 Sep 1914 and 12 Nov 1914
6
Educationat Harrison Jones County Primary School 
 
No previous school. Left after 2 months
  6
Harrison Jones County Primary School
15 Jan 1915
6
Educationat Removal to Private School 
7
Jul 1916
7
Blackburn, Lancashire
19 Jun 1921
12
Occupation: Cotton Weaver (Part time) 
 
Working for Mr Bradley
  8
Central Hall - Mincing Lane, Blackburn, , Lancashire, England
19 Jun 1921
12
7 Haworth Street, Blackburn, , Lancashire, England
16 Jul 1931
12
Caution: Recorded age does not match calculated age (22).
Occupation: Cotton weaver 
16 Jul 1931
22
St Phillip's Griffin, Blackburn, Lancashire, England
15 Aug 1937
28
Blackburn, Lancashire
13 Nov 1937
29
Blackburn, Lancashire
1939
31
11 Mona Road, Blackburn, Lancashire
1939
31
Occupation: Cotton weaver 
5 Mar 1940
31
129 Haslingden Road, Blackburn, Lancashire
14 Oct 1950
42
58 Rockcliffe Street, Blackburn, Lancashire
14 Oct 1950
42
Royal Infirmary, Blackburn, Lancashire
20 Aug 1972
64
58 Rockcliffe Street, Blackburn, Lancashire
20 Aug 1972
64
Queen's Park Hospital, Blackburn, Lancashire
20 Sep 1994
86
Redditch, Worcestershire
Sep 1994
86
Redditch, Worcestershire
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