Mexborough and Swinton Times, May 27th, 1932
Obituary
Mr John Pocklington
The interment of Mr. John Pocklington, aged 78, of 13, Mexborough Road, Bolton, took place at the Bolton cemetery on Saturday. A service was held in the Primitive Methodist Church and many mourners attended to pay tribute to a popular resident.
Mr. Pocklington died last week after a short illness, and leaves a wife, four sons and four daughters. His youngest daughter is in America.
Mr. Pocklington was born at Osgodby, near Selby, and went to live at Bolton 51 years ago. He was a devoted church worker and was the last surviving member of the original trust formed when the Primitive Methodist Church was built. As a local preacher he did 60 years’ service.
He worked at Manvers Main for forty years and had to retire owing to ill-health. He was a very keen gardener. It was one of his ambitions to occupy the same garden for 50 years, and he achieved it with only a margin of weeks before he died.
The Rev. J. H. Cash officiated at the funeral