Interviews & Reports
This Section of the Website contains transcripts of Newspaper Interviews, Reports and other Publications relating to 'Owd Jemmy' Jenkinson and his descendants.
"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.
An Interview with James Jenkinson Jnr.
In 1897,
Owd Jemmy's son, James Jenkinson (1811-1900), was interviewed by the Preston Guardian.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
'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.
'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.
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.
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.