Trevor Savage | About the ceremony

Trevor Savage

15.06.1939 - 20.11.2018

  Trevor was born at Bolton General Hospital on June 15th, 1939.<br />
  He lived in West Way, Little Hulton, with mum Mary, dad Joe, brothers Jack and Brian and sisters Josie, Anne, Edith and Kathleen.<br />
  He attended St Paul’s Peel Junior School, Little Hulton and Birch Road Secondary School, Walkden.<br />
  Trevor worked at Sandhole Colliery, near Swinton, on the pit railway, mainly as a ‘fireman’, which he said was his favourite job and gave him a love of steam trains for all his life.<br />
  He also worked at Seddons for a spell before starting at Chloride Batteries in Clifton in 1964, until his retirement in 1999.<br />
  He married Margaret Robertson at the Congregational Church in Little Lever in 1960 and they settled in Little Lever, where he lived until his death.<br />
  Trevor was a keen sportsman.<br />
  He played football for Blackpool FC and had a spell on Manchester United’s books after the Munich Air Disaster of 1958.<br />
  But his first love was cricket and he played for several clubs in the Bolton League and Association.<br />
  They included Walkden, Little Lever, Kearsley and Astley and Tyldesley.<br />
  He was captain and professional during his time at Astley and Tyldesley and also played as club professional at East Lancashire Paper Mill.<br />
  After he stopped playing cricket, he coached youngsters at Atherton Cricket Club.<br />
  Trevor is survived by Margaret and sons Ian and David.<br />
  He had four grandchildren - Victoria, aged 28, Jack, 21, Emily, 17 and Ryan, 12.