Walter Ainscough was born on 22nd January 1891 in Westhoughton and was the son of John William Ainscough (b. 1865) and Dinah Dickinson. In 1891 he was aged 1 and was living at 646 Chorley Road, Westhoughton. In 1901 and 1911 he was living at 176 Atherton Road in Hindley. In 1911 he was a collier labourer, working above ground. He married Clara Arkwright on 19th May 1918 at Hindley Unitarian Church. In 1939 he was living at 25 Cinnamon Avenue, Hindley, and was a disabled labourer doing light work. Walter later worked at a paint works in Hindley, and died in March 1975 in Billinge Hospital, from a leg amputation following dry gangrene.

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• 1. 1901 Census. 176 Atherton Road, Hindley. Walter Ainscough. Son. Age 10. Born Westhoughton. • 2. 1891 Census. 646 Chorley Road, Westhoughton. Walter Ainscough. Son. Age 1. Born Westhoughton. • 3. Brenda Montague’s data. Walter Ainscough was born Jan.22/1891 in Blackrod. Walter married Clara Arkwright, adopted daughter of the Ashton family of Ince on May 18, 1918 at Hindley Unitarian Church. Walter and Clara lived in an old row house behind the Victoria Pub at the corner of Atherton Road and Long Lane in Hindley Green. The houses were torn down (pre 1954) and they moved round the corner to 25 Cinnamon Avenue, Hindley Green. (Walter's mother, Dinah Ainscough, smoked a clay pipe and apparently wouldn't let her grandchildren into her house - they had to stand on a mat just inside the kitchen door.) Walter worked as an above-ground labourer at a coal mine and later in life I believe he worked at the paintworks down Platt Lane in Hindley. Walter died in Billinge Hospital in March 1975, after having his leg removed. He had "dry-gangrene" and his leg was all black and scaly. • 4. 1911 Census. 176 Atherton Road, Hindley. Walter Ainscough. Son. Age 20. Colliery Labourer Above Ground. Born Westhoughton. • 5. 1939 Register. 25 Cinnamon Avenue, Hindley. Walter Ainscough. Birth Date: 22 Jan 1891. General Labourer, Light Work. Disabled.