Thomas Green
Chairman of Aspull Urban District Council 1953/54, 1960/61, 1971/72
Elected Chairman 22 May 1953
Elected Chairman 20 May 1960
Elected Chairman 2 May 1971
b 1906 Aspull
Parents: Frederick Green, collier, and Elizabeth
m 1928 at St David Haigh, to Mary, daughter of Joseph Mercer, collier and Janet.
children: One son, three daughters.
d 1982, Aspull, Mary died 1977 in Aspull.
Thomas Green was born in Aspull in 1906 son of Frederick Green, colliery labourer, and Elizabeth. He started work in the mines but after the Second World War he worked for the North West Electricity Board (NORWEB).
He married Mary, daughter of Joseph Mercer, a collier, at St David’s Church Haigh in 1928, they had a son and three daughters. They lived most of their married life in Crawford Avenue, Aspull.
Thomas was a founder member of Aspull Labour Club and was president for 48 years. In 1946 he was elected to Aspull Urban District Council on which he served until local government reorganisation in 1974, apart from one period when he was unseated by an independent.
He was elected Chairman of the Council on three separate occasions - 1953/54, 1960/61, 1971/72. He served on the management committee of several local schools.
Mary died in 1977 in Aspull. Thomas in 1982, both were buried in Haigh St David Churchyard.
Following his death in 1982 Councillor Arnold Singer said, “We didn’t always see eye to eye, but Tom Green put in a tremendous amount of work on behalf of the people of Aspull. He was instrumental in seeing that the Council building programme got off to a good start after the war and the welfare of the people of the district was always uppermost in his mind.”
Author: Peter Walker
Sources:
Aspull Urban District Council Minutes
Wigan Observer 25 May 1965 p3d – Councillor John Hatton, independent, objecting to “cut and dried” appointment of Chairmen.
Wigan Observer 11 February 1982 Biographical cuttings Book 10 p191
Post & Chronicle ?? February 1982 Biographical cuttings Book 10 p193
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