This is the page where All the extra things are such as Thankyou's, Shared memories, Links to other sites etc.
You can either click on the following links to go straight to the sections or simply scroll down the page
Thankyou's
Shared Memories
East Lancs Hospice
Diverse Links
Hand Made Porcelain And Rag Doll Collection
Diverse Newspaper Clippings
Thank You's
Ken and family
would like to thank all relatives, friends and neighbours for their cards of condolence and donations to East Lancs Hospice.
Special thanks to the staff and nurses at the hospice for their care and kindness shown to Jean.
Also Sister Hope of Royal Blackburn Hospital, the district nurses, Macmillan nurses, Marie Curie nurses, ambulance staff and all the staff at Carewatch for their kindness and care they provided for Jean.
Also the Reverend Neil Hepworth for his kind words of comfort and also Co-operative Funeralcare for their kind help and efficiency.
Ian Wilson
would also like to thank Younger Sister Sharon for her help in getting together the info for this website.
Also a special thankyou to my workmates in Holland, thanks to you lot I got to England in time to see my Mother before she passed away, You all know what you did,Your all great.
Ook een speciaal bedankt voor mijn werk colega's in Nederland, dankzij julie was Ik optijd in Engeland om een mooi afscheid te kunnen nemen van mijn Moeder, Julie weten al wat Julie gedaan hebben, Julie zijn toppers.
And last but not least a special thanks to my wife Kim for her kind support and understanding in this difficult time, also for her patience and putting up with the long hours I spend building this site, I love you
Sharon Wilson
I would like to thank ALL my family & friends for their help and support before and after my Mothers death. I love you all xxxxx
Thank you to the ' East Lancs Hospice' for giving my mother comfort and friendship throughout her illness xxx.
A special thank you to my partner Rob, my little boy Fynn & my best friend Kathryn who have given me the strength to carry on, I couldn’t have done it without you xxx
A HUGE thank you to Ian for creating this wonderful website for our Mum, I'm proud of you Big Brother xxxxxx
And of course thank you to my Dad for everything xx
Shared Memories
How They Met
1955 - Jean was 20 years old and was a glass collector in 'Hollins Grove Liberal Club' Darwen,
Ken was 24 years old and just returned from Egypt doing his 3 years National services,
Ken was enjoying a nice pint one day and also enjoying getting an eyeful of the tasty young lady behind the bar (Jean of course) and there started the sparks flying,
They courted for approx 18 months -2 years before marrying on the 23 rd February 1957 at the Chapels Congregational Church Darwen, then moved on to reception at Victoria Hotel , Suddel Road , Darwen where the celebrations began,
Their first house was Whalley Street , Darwen which Ken purchased off his parents at a cost of £350, which then was a lot of money!
Jean couldn’t wait to have a baby so they got to it straight away,
Then before you know along came there first born a beautiful bouncing baby boy
'Ian' born on the 14th April 1958
Submitted by Ken Wilson (Husband) and Sharon Wilson (Daughter)
Words of Loraine
Jean and I met when our parents became great friends, May and Jack, Irene and Stan. It must have been about 1948.
Jean was at least 18 months older than me so we weren't in the same year, we would meet on the corridors at Avondale school.
In the late 40's we all went to Butlins Skegness with our parents, It was great fun, we have plenty of photo's of our happy times.George and I are about the same age, my diary of January 1951 records us making model areoplanes and sledging!
I remember the happy day when Jean & Ken were married. I went to the wedding with my mum and dad.
Our lives crossed now and then when May & Jean, Mum and I went to various events.
I spent alot of time abroad though, so meeting's were few.
We began to meet from time to time in the 90's. It was always such a pleasure to see Jean and sometimes Sharon with our mums. We would rememeber those happy times, the holidays in particular.
Later I really admired Jeans courage and cheerfulness in spite of the odds, and with her all the familys loving support.
Submitted by Loraine Sharples
East Lancs Hospice
This is where Jean spent quite a lot of time in her last few months.
One of Jeans last wishes for the funeral service was only flowers from family and she would like anyone else to make donations to the hospice, the amount raised was 145 pounds.
If anyone wishes to make any further donations to the hospice unfortunately to date they don't have an internet service for this, however it is possible by sending a cheque to the following adress.
East Lancs Hospice
Park Lee Road
Blackburn
Lancashire
BB2 3NY
All donations regardless of how large or small will be Greatly appreciated.
Diverse Links
Here are a few links to other websites and services that you may want to check out.
My Other Websites (Ian Wilson)
WilBar Enterprises
WilBar Warehouse (EBay Store)
Effwurds Booteek
Effwurds Slightly Effed Membership Site
The Effilog
Info Sensible
The Giveaway Informer
My Webtools Page
Inside Endy
Endy's Fingys
Sharons Wilsons Web store
Shazey's Super Closet Clearout
Cure For All Diseases
I wish I had known about this a couple of years ago but if you know anyone who is suffering from a terrible disease you may want to take a look at this.
Use your own judgement but I know I would have definitely tried it when my mother was sick if I had known about it.
Why would I put such an advert here?
Because if I can save at least one person from having to go through what our Mother had to go through then it's worth it.
I would be interested in what you think about this yourself, I've written a short article about it on my blog and if you can find the time please leave a comment , You can read it here
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