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John Spedding Foulkes

Published on 17/06/2021

JOHN SPEDDING FOULKES of Clifton Road, Leigh, sadly passed away on Sunday 6th June 2021 at the Royal Bolton Hospital, after a short illness, aged 93 years. Beloved husband of Kath, devoted and much loved dad of Steven, Jane and Ruth and their partners Malcolm, Barry and Linda. John was a dear friend to many and loved by everyone who met him. John made many friends from his long career at BICC in Leigh. John will be leaving Clifton Road at 11:20 on Tuesday 22nd June to make his final journey through Leigh Town Centre via Belong on Mealhouse Lane, Atherton before the service at Howe Bridge Crematorium at 12 noon; please feel free to say goodbye to him along the route or to attend socially distanced outside of the Crematorium. Family flowers only please and any donations to The Ticker Club at Wythenshawe Hospital. All enquiries to Pennington Funeralcare, 76 St Helens Road, Leigh, WN7 4HW; Tel 01942 269555.


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TONY KNIGHT June 17th, 2021
Very sorry to hear of John's passing. He was my first boss in the drawing office at BICC Leigh in June 1958. He was a hard taskmaster but put me on the road in an engineering career I wouldn't change. Commiserations to all his family.
Kind regards Tony Knight Australia. john. knight6 at bigpond dot com