COLLINGE Ellen

1916 - 2019  (103 years)

• Name	COLLINGE Ellen
  Born	6 Feb 1916	12 Brideoake Street, Bedford, Leigh, Lancashire   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Chr	14 Mar 1916	St Thomas' Church, Bedford, Leigh, Lancashire   [4]
  Register	29 Sep 1939	12 Brideoake Street, Bedford, Leigh, Lancashire   [5]
  Achieve	15 Feb 2013	Richoh Arena, Coventry, West Midlands   [6]
  	Local Hero award
  Died	7 Dec 2019	Walsgrave Hospital, Clifford Bridge, Road, Coventry, Warwickshire   [7]
  	Cause: Pneumonia, Frailty, Heart failure, Periprosthetic hip fracture
  Cremated	3 Jan 2020	Lawrence Saunders Road Baptist Church, Radford, Coventry, West Midlands   [8]
  Internment	7 Jan 2020	St Nicholas' Churchyard, Radford, Coventry, West Midlands CV6 3GJ   [9]
  Person ID	I295	RADCLIFFE
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2021

  
  

  Father	COLLINGE Wilfred,   b. 13 Dec 1880, 9 Townley Street, Tonge, Middleton, Lancashire ,   d. 17 Nov 1958, Astley Hospital, Tyldesley, Lancashire  (Age 77 years)
  Mother	ISHERWOOD Lavinia,   b. 13 Aug 1889, 10 Stanley Mill Street, Bedford, Leigh, Lancashire ,   d. 12 Jan 1979, Walsgrave Hospital, Clifford Bridge, Road, Coventry, Warwickshire  (Age 89 years)
  Married	20 Feb 1909	St Thomas' Church, Bedford, Leigh, Lancashire   [10, 11, 12]
  Family ID	F478	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	SCOTSON Robert,   b. 16 Sep 1912, Byrom Hall, Slag Lane, Lowton, Lancashire ,   d. 3 Nov 1992, Coventry, Warwickshire  (Age 80 years)
  Married	11 May 1940	St Thomas' Church, Bedford, Leigh, Lancashire   [13, 14, 15]
  Children	1. Living   2. Living
  Last Modified	27 Oct 2023
  Family ID	F463	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 6 Feb 1916 - 12 Brideoake Street, Bedford, Leigh, Lancashire Chr - 14 Mar 1916 - St Thomas' Church, Bedford, Leigh, Lancashire Register - 29 Sep 1939 - 12 Brideoake Street, Bedford, Leigh, Lancashire Married - 11 May 1940 - St Thomas' Church, Bedford, Leigh, Lancashire Achieve - Local Hero award - 15 Feb 2013 - Richoh Arena, Coventry, West Midlands Died - Cause: Pneumonia, Frailty, Heart failure, Periprosthetic hip fracture - 7 Dec 2019 - Walsgrave Hospital, Clifford Bridge, Road, Coventry, Warwickshire Cremated - 3 Jan 2020 - Lawrence Saunders Road Baptist Church, Radford, Coventry, West Midlands Internment - 7 Jan 2020 - St Nicholas' Churchyard, Radford, Coventry, West Midlands CV6 3GJ  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Robert Scotson b.16 Sep 1912 Lowton, Lancs d.3 Nov 1992 Coventry, Warwickshire Ellen Scotson (Collinge) b.6 Feb 1916 Leigh, Lancs d.7 Dec 2019 Coventry, Warks

  
  

  Documents

  Robert Scotson (b.16.9.1912) + Ellen Collinge (b.6.2.1916) GRO marriage certificate m.11 May 1940 St Thomas' Church, Bedford, Leigh, Lancashire

  
  

  Headstones

  Robert Scotson b.16.9.1912 d.3.11.1992 Ellen Collinge b.6.2.1916 d.7.12.2019 In fondest memories of a dear Husband & Wife, Mum & Dad Grandad & Nana & Great Nanna ROBERT SCOTSON 16.9.1912 - 3.11.1992 ELLEN SCOTSON 6.2.1916 - 7.12.2020 John 3:16

  
  

• Notes

  Went to St.Thomas Church of England school from 4-14 years, and always went with her parents to the Isle of Man for their holidays. At 14 years she worked in Leigh Confectionery Company wrapping sweets for two years, and packing in a warehouse. At 16 years she was accepted into weaving (with Annie Sedden, Allan Scotson's godmother) at Walsh Hill Weaving Company. Courtaulds opened a new mill for artificial silk weaving and accepted Ellen at 17 years old and there she worked for 5 years, making material for table cloths, and parachute silk during the war years and supervised the running of eight looms. She also operated a crepe machine. Six years after the war she moved with Robert her husband and Allan to Coventry. When she was forty years old she started playing the piano three evenings a week for the Coventry Keep Fit association, something she did for over thirty years, and still continues to play for old people's homes and also used take the occasional turn on the organ as substitute organist at St Nicholas Church, Radford, Coventrry ELLEN SCOTSON (Nellie Collinge) b. 6 Feb 1916 I lived in Brideoake Street, Bedford, Leigh. As a girl I attended St Thomas' Church and Day School. In my young days Bedford Cinema was very popular in the same street where I lived. We also used to enjoy the church dances in Leigh. The most popular were Saturday evening dances were those of Leigh Parish Church Institute and in St Jospeh's Dance Hall. I met my late husband, Robert Scotson, at a St Peter's Church dance. As a boy he lived in Bryom Hall, Lowton (He also had a brother, Abraham, who was a well-known local figure as the shop manager at Leigh Meadow Dairy, and after the War as the owner of a grocers' shop on the Wigan Road. He was president of the Leigh &District Grocers Association from 1961-2). My occupation on leaving school at 14 years old, was at Ogden's Sweet Factory in West Leigh. I left this work a year later to learn a trade in weaving at the Leigh Manufacturing Co. Unfortunately their two mills closed down at the beginning of the slump in the cotton trade, and I moved to Stanley Mill in Duke Street where I worked only for three weeks, following which I went to Welch Hill Factory in Twist Lane. After two happy years there, my father, Wilfred Collinge, suggested I go to Courtaulds Brook Mill as a silk weaver, this was an improvement from my previous work. A new weaving shed was opened at Bedford Square where we weavers were each given ten to fourteen looms to operate on shift work and five years I was employed weaving parachute material during Wartime. My husband and I were separated by the war after one month of marriage. Robert Scotson had enlistment for the Army Airborne Division (later Parachute Regt) in which he served for five years. The war years were long but were able to find entertainment in the cinemas of Leigh: 'The Regal' in Spinning Jenny Street; 'The Empire' in Bradshawgate; 'The Palace' and 'Sems' in Railway Road. I still remember the first talking pictures at a cinema on Leigh Road, and across the way was Leigh Hippodrome with the live shows. 'The Theatre Royal' in Lord Street had all kinds of variety - I wonder what this building is now? I also belonged to an afternoon dramatic group at St. Thomas's Church in Bedford. Harry Heap was the producer of Gilbert & Sullivan operettas. In 1946 we came to live in Coventry. My husband had worked in Stanley Mill but due to the slump there, he found work in silk spinning at Courtaulds, Coventry where he worked for 34 years and eventually became a superviser. I have been a pianist for the Coventry Keep Fit Association for over thirty years, and still play the piano for a local ladies choir , for elderly people's homes and clubs, and for Salvation Army Senior citizens. My daughter also teaches the piano in Coventry to school children. My son, Allan Scotson, works as a Free Evangelical Church minister in Finland and he introduced me to "Past Forward" during my recent visit in his home. Now having read the past five editions I wanted to express my appreciation for many happy memories they gave me. I thank God for all these. Yours faithfully Ellen Scotson

  
  

• Sources

  [S1183] British GRO births index, Leigh Mar 1916 8c 439. Ellen Collinge (Isherwood) b. Leigh Mar 1916 8c 439 [S1362] BMD Lancs births, Wigan & Leigh CUL/71/389 (Reliability: 3). Ellen Collinge b. 1916 Culcheth, Wigan & Leigh CUL/71/389 [S119] GRO birth certificate, No. 389. Culcheth, Leigh, Lancashire 6 Feb 1916 12 Brideoake Street, Leigh Ellen Collinge d. Wilfrid Collinge, stoker at cotton mill + Lavinia Collinge (formerly Isherwood) Informant: Wilfrid Collinge, Father, 12 Brideoake Street Registered: 17 Marc 1916 Registrar: B Partington No. 389 [S125] Document. Ellen Collinge baptized 14 March 1916 John I Lawton [S1007] Register 1939. 12 Brideoake Street, Leigh MB 207/4 Ellen Collinge (Scotson) b. 6 Feb 1915 S Silk weaver Birth date incorrect, she was born in 1916 [S125] Document. Coventry Telegraph Pride of Coventry & Warwickshire Community Awards 2012 Ellen Scotson, finalist Local Hero Friday 15 February 2013 at Ricoh Arena [S741] GRO death certificate. Ellen Scotson (Collinge) d. 7 December 2019, University Hospital, Coventry b.6 February 1916, Leigh Occupation: Weaver (retired) Widow of Robert SCOTSON Silk Spinner (retired) 235 Middlemarch Road, Coventry Informant: Certificate received fron Sean McGovern Coroner for Coventry. Inquest held on 13th day of December. I Cause of death: Community acquired pneumonia II Frailty, Heart failure, Periprosthetic hip fracture Conclusion: Natural causes Registration: 13 Dec 2019 V McCracken, deputy registrar QBDAC 366833 [S1163] Private Allan Scotson. Funeral of Hope and Blessing conducted by Allan Scotson, pastor Celebration and Thanksgiving for the Life of Ellen Scotson conducted by Steve Cobbin, pastor [S1163] Private Allan Scotson. Internment of ashes conducted by Allan Scotson, pastor [S427] GRO marriage certificate, No. 279 (Reliability: 3). Leigh. St Thomas's Church, Bedford. 20 February 1909. Wilfred Collinge 26 yrs, bachelor, platelayer. Residence 53 Brideoake Street. Father: John Collinge (deceased), silk finisher. + Lavinia Isherwood, 19 yrs,spinster, 61 Brideoake Street, Bedford. Father James Isherwood, operating spinner. [S1182] BMD Lancs marriages, Wigan & Leigh C7L/3/279 (Reliability: 3). Wilfrid Collinge + Lavinia Isherwood m. 1909 Bedford St Thomas, Wigan & Leigh C7L/3/279 [S1184] British GRO marriage index, Leigh Mar 1909 8c 336 (Reliability: 3). Wilfred Collinge + Lavinia Isherwood m. Leigh Mar 1909 8c 336 [S427] GRO marriage certificate, No. 383. St. Thomas's Church, Bedford. 11 May 1940, Robert Scotson 27 yrs,bachelor, silk spinner. Residence 190 Cheveral Avenue, Radford,Coventry. Father Ernest Beswick Scotson, farmer labourer. + EllenCollin ge, 24 yrs, s pinster, silke weaver. Residence 12 BrideoakeStreet. Father Wilfred Co llinge, textile mill labourer. Witnesses:Wilfred Collinge, Ernest B Sc otson, Ruth Collinge. Vicar G.Willett. [S1184] British GRO marriage index, Leigh June 1940 8c 681. Robert Scotson + Ellen Collinge m. Leigh June 1940 8c 681 [S1182] BMD Lancs marriages, Wigan & Leigh C7L/6/383. Robert Scotson + Ellen Collinge m. 1940 Bedford St Thomas, Wigan & Leigh C7L/6/383