Anne Whitaker

Anne Whitaker, reffered to by children and younger people as Mrs.Whitaker is a teacher at blackpool secondary school, she teaches maths, literacy and Food technology she is well liked and likes all her pupils, she is a strong willed woman and although well past retirement age, chooses to continue in work.

She was born in 1935 the fourth of six children, the others were born in 1923, 1927, 1933, 1937 and 1940 respectivley. Her father was absent in the war years, but their mother took care of them all. In 1955 age 20, she married a man called James Whitaker and stayed married until his death in 1996. In 1959, the two had a daughter, Espeon, and in 1962, a daughter, Nellie, but in 1964, annes father died from stomach cancer age 67. However, Anne and James had two more children, a daughter, Leanne in 1968, and a son, Thomas in 1970. Her second oldest sibling died in 1973, age 46, from lung cancer. Her mother died in 1981, peacefully in her sleep age 77. her second youngest sibling died in 1987 age 50 from brain tumour. Her oldest sibling died, in the same way her mother did, in 2006, age 83. So, from the initial family, Anne, Her sibling born in 1933, and her sibling born in 1940 are the ones still alive.