PHOTOGRAPHS RELATED TO MRS B. COHEN AND FAMILY

Mrs Cohen responded to the letter in the Evening News of 29 April 1982 and after having seen the Eccles Exhibition. She is very interested in tracing her father's family history and therefore has amassed a great deal of information about the family.

Mrs B. COHEN

Deposit number 1637

Mrs Cohen's father was Leigh Taylor, b. 1898. When he was aged about 9 or 10 he worked as a knocker-upper for ½d per week. His first job was at Seedley Bleach Works, then he worked at Fife and Lumsden, a small engineering firm. He worked for G.E.C. for 20 years. His father was Leigh Taylor, a master joiner who was born in 1864 in Eccles, the youngest son of William Taylor and Anne Taylor nee Eccles. He was a maker-up of cotton goods/Master Draper at 100-102 Church Street, Eccles. Leigh Taylor senior married Sarah Jane Coy who came to Eccles aged 14 from Nottingham to go into service and died expecting her tenth child. Their children were:

Jessie b. 1887

William b. 1888 died aged 88 in 1976. He lived in Eccles and worked for British Rail

Arthur b. 1891

Annie b. 1893 who married Amos Rogerson and lived in Gorton Street

Harold b. 1895 who died at the age of 12 weeks

Florence Lucy b. 1896 who married Frank Wood and lived in Eccles

Leigh b. 1898 d. 1981

Frank b. 1900 who was in the Army and lived in India for a long time

Ruth b. 1904 who lives in Eccles