Twissle Times Issue 33 March 2008 The Newsletter of the Entwistle Family History Association Twissle Timesnews www.entwistlefamily.org.uk March 2008 NEWS FROM THE COMMITTEE TREASURER In This Issue: Those of you without email will not have learned of Committee News 1 the death of our treasurer, Clive Leyland, just before Christmas. The committee were pleased Clive Leyland Tribute 2 when Brian Cook volunteered to act as treasurer New Editors 3 until the A.G.M. in October 2008 and he has been co-opted to the committee in this capacity. Entwisle Heraldry 4 Sir Bertine’s Memorial 5 We shall need a new treasurer in October and hope Links between Members 6 you will think about whether you might be able to take on this role. It is not a very onerous task, so Unwanted Certificates 7 please contact me if you want more information. Fictional Entwistles 8 EDITOR Do you know these people? 9 This is the first edition produced by our new Record Marriage 9 editors, Eileen and Brian Cowen. Eileen has also been co-opted onto the committee, and we look Bannister Grimshaw? 10 forward to working with her. We would like to give Can you help? 11 a very big thank-you to Ray Entwistle for his help in producing Twissle Times during the last two Genealogy from A to H 11 years. Useful Websites 12 POSTAL LIBRARY So far only one member has made use of our postal library. I am happy to house the books and use them Membership Queries to help our overseas members, but we would like our U.K. members to make use of this facility. A (including queries about your complete list of all our books, and how the postal membership number and password) library operates, was given in the September 2007 Contact: Elizabeth Cook issue of Twissle Times, and new members will have Pen-y-Gader, Llanrwst Road received this information in their Welcome Pack. Tyn-y-Groes, Conwy Take a look at the list and see if there is anything North Wales, LL32 8SX that might help you knock down that brick wall! [email protected] [continued on page 4] 1 Twissle Times Issue 33 March 2008 CLIVE LEYLAND – AN OBITUARY Clive joined the Entwistle Family History Association in 2004, his connection being Mary Alice Entwistle, his maternal grandmother, daughter of Samuel and Emma, nee Settle. Following our A.G.M. at Old Rosins, Pickup Bank in October 2005, he entertained us with reminiscences and songs from his CD “A Northern Man”, songs which followed his family’s fortunes through the years, leading some to emigrate to Canada after World War 1. He became Treasurer of the E.F.H.A. in October 2006. Clive was suffering from pulmonary fibrosis, a degenerative lung disease that doesn't yet have an effective treatment, and had told members of the committee in October 2007 that in January 2008 he would be seeing his doctors with a view to going on the waiting list for a lung transplant. Sadly, after a short illness, Clive passed away on 22nd December 2007. His funeral was held at 11.00 am on Monday 31st December at Rawdon Crematorium, West Yorkshire. The EFHA was represented by Tom Entwistle and Brian and Elizabeth Cook. During the service, his son-in-law gave an address, compiled by Clive’s daughters, of which the following is a summary Clive was a talented musician, who passed all He formed the acoustic band Bandersnatch his piano exams up to Grade 8 and became an with four folk club contacts in 1999, again accomplished pianist. He then discovered rock releasing a CD. and roll, got his first guitar at the age of 14, and used the records of the Shadows to teach In 2001 Clive was diagnosed with a himself lead, rhythm and bass guitar. With progressive lung disorder. He retired from his three of his friends he joined his first band, the “day job” but continued to follow his musical Citizens, playing on the school dance and career. He was an insatiable song-writer, and youth club circuit. This later changed into the even jotted down lyrics while in hospital. In Moonstones, which showed the influence of 2004, he released his first solo CD, A Northern the Beatles, Everlys and Hollies. Man. He continued to play with Auld Triangle and Bandersnatch and also did solo gigs and In 1963, aged 18, a career intervened, with session work. training in accountancy, followed by management consultancy, first with Arthur Despite his failing health, Clive carried on Andersen, then in a small business called fully with his music and family life, and Microguide with other ex-Arthur Andersen became a proud grandfather to James in colleagues, and finally as Clive Leyland January 2006. His family will take inspiration Consulting. from his attitude to life and his unfailing wish to live life to the full whatever it throws at us. Clive met Sheila through his friendship with her brother. They married in 1972 and had two daughters, Sue born in 1975 and Sarah in Sheila Leyland has asked us to insert an 1980. acknowledgement on behalf of herself and her daughters, thanking everyone who sent In the 1990s, Clive discovered folk music. He messages of condolence on Clive’s death. joined Auld Triangle, the long-established They very much appreciated all the kind house band at Westhoughton Folk Club in messages of sympathy. Thank you. 1998, and with them released a popular CD. 2 Twissle Times Issue 33 March 2008 NEW EDITORS A return to teaching for about fifteen years left little time for personal research, and in my Entwisle roots professional life I moved away from history into special educational needs. It was only As a child I remember being intrigued by my after early retirement that I was able to revive Entwisle roots. Most of my male relatives my interest in my roots and to combine this seemed to be called William (or Bill) with my other enthusiasm for using computers. Entwis(t)le. Both grandfathers, father, uncle, cousin, brother, nephew and, eventually, great nephew were named William Entwis(t)le. I was born and grew up less than 5 miles from Editors: the village of Entwistle in Lancashire. Eileen & Brian Cowen 44 Dandy Row It was my father who claimed to be descended Darwen, Lancashire from the ‘true’ Entwisle family! Spelling the BB3 3BL name without the final ‘t’ was apparently Tel: 01254 705292 essential! My grandfather had grown up in [email protected] Entwistle, at Whittlestone Head, and he and m his father Edmund had been known as ‘Ned and Bill o’Bannister’. I learned that Bannister Family history research House was one of the properties of the Using websites such as www.ancestry.co.uk Entwisle Estate in the 19th century. I learned of and www.genesreunited.co.uk I expanded upon the futile attempt in the 1920’s to try to my earlier discoveries. I joined the EFHA in reclaim the ‘lost’ Entwisle properties from the spring of 2006 and received invaluable something called ‘Chancery’. advice from Barbara Nightingale. So it was that I grew up with some interest in my family history and from time to time tried I’ve made many new contacts, mostly by to discover a bit more. email. Frank Whittaker (254), a cousin I’ve not met for over forty years, has become a Learning more regular correspondent and we have shared photographs of our mothers’ family in the very I was educated in Darwen, at Lower Chapel early 20th century. More distant relatives are Primary, then Darwen Grammar School. In Vanessa Jackson (150) (see page 6), and on 1967 I went to Bangor University to study my father’s side I’ve noticed links with Amy history. I met Brian at Bangor and, following Blocher, Anne Lovell (8), Joyce Havard and my teacher training at Reading University, we Barbara Ellison. moved to Eccleshill, Darwen and I taught history and humanities in a Darwen high Brian retired last year after a career teaching school for almost ten years. Brian worked as a history in schools and then IT at a college. He computer programmer in Manchester but then enjoys developing his enthusiasms, including also trained to teach secondary level history. constructing a website www.dandyrow.co.uk We use this to publish our family trees as they During the 1980’s I left teaching while our grow, passing on information to other three children were small and so was able to members of our families. We have also started dabble a bit more with family history, mainly to flesh-out various stories from our family as an offshoot from an interest in local history. trees, making our ancestors more real. I remember laboriously transcribing census records of Eccleshill from microfilms in We hope our joint editorship of the Twissle Darwen Library – then the feeling of wonder Times will link well with these other interests some time later when I recognised my and that we can do justice to the examples set grandfather and his twin as 7 year olds in by previous editors. 1881. My mother was still alive then so I was [Eileen Cowen] able to obtain some oral evidence about them. 3 Twissle Times Issue 33 March 2008 NEWS FROM THE COMMITTEE [continued from page 1] TWISSLE TIMES A few members have told us they have not CHANGE OF ADDRESS received issues of Twissle Times – but they We have had several instances of members have not reported this until several months forgetting to inform us when they change their have gone by.