John Wilkinson    Family Tree 

Catherine Knox (nee Wade)  1900-1979  Maternal GrandMother Catherine   Wade   was   born   at   Gordon   Street,   Amble,   Northumberland,   on   28th March   1900   to   John   Thomas   Wade   and   his   wife   Eleanor   (Nee   Tate).   She   was   one of   eight   children.   She   married   Joseph   Knox   at   St   Pauls   Church,   Alnwick,   on   the 25th   February   1922.   On   leaving   school   she   went   into   service,   or   'place'   as   she used   to   call   it.   My   earliest   memories   are   staying   at   her   house   most   weekends after   my   father   died.   I   used   to   help   with   the   washing   in   the   old   dolly   tub   and mangle,   100   turns   clockwise,   100   turns   anti-clockwise   and   on   and   on.   She   and husband   Joe   moved   from   Colliers   Close   to   Widdrington   Cottages   and   I   used   to love   calling   in   to   see   them   on   a   saturday   afternoon.   They   loved   watching   the wrestling   on   TV   and   would   really   get   into   it   shouting   ‘you   dirty   bugger’   especially to   Steve   Logan.   Another   reason   I   liked   calling   was   to   have   a   jam   sandwich.   They always   used   best   butter   and   jam,   really   tasty!      She   was   a   prolific   smoker   and would   normally   have   a   yellow   nicotine   strip   running   through   her   white   hair.   She died of congestive heart failure in Alnwick infirmary on 19th August 1979.

Nanna and me About 1951

The Happy Couple