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ALF W. SEGUSS
It is with much sadness that we have to report the death in April this year, of Alf Seguss, a long-time member of Leyland Historical Society and member of the committee for the last sixteen years.
Many members will remember the talk that Alf gave after the AGM at the July meeting in 1992: the theme of his talk was his boyhood years in Leyland. In 1938 his father had been transferred from the Woolwich Arsenal in London to the newly built Royal Ordnance Factory in Euxton and, in January 1939, the rest of the family - Alf, his mother and sisters Edna and May - had followed, leaving their home in Plumstead on the London/Kent border to come to their new home in Broadway, Leyland.
Initially attending the Methodist School, he soon moved to the Leyland Senior Council School on Yewlands Drive, where many of his new schoolmates became his life-long friends. Alf loved to recall how his southern accent both puzzled and amused his classmates - he was just as baffled by the Lancashire accent His description of how he found Leyland and Leylanders showed how keen an observer he was even at an early age; coming from Plumstead on the London/Kent border (now SE18 but formerly part of Kent) he must have felt that he had come to foreign parts.
On leaving school he worked briefly at both Leyland Motors and the ROF but was unable to get into the Drawing Office at either place. He moved on to English Electric the forerunner of British Aerospace, where he achieved his ambition of becoming a draughtsman and, staying with the Company all his working life, he spent his latter years as a liaison officer. At BAe he managed to combine work with one of his life-long interests - cycling. He cycled to work in Preston and later even to Warton when moved there from the Strand Road works, clocking up an enormous annual mileage. As a keen youth hosteller he spent many holidays cycling in different part of mainland Britain and the Isle of Man. His love of books and photography were just two more of his many interests.
His work for the Leyland Historical Society must also be recorded. Chairman from July 1982 until forced to retire owing to ill-health in 1985, he took up the reins again as Chairman from 1991 to 1993, and was Vice-Chairman from 1995 to 1997 when ill-health once again forced his retirement as an officer of the Society. He continued as an active member of the Committee however, and his support could always be relied upon in many activities of the LHS.
Although Alf became an adopted Leylander, he never forgot his place of birth and never lost his southern accent; people meeting him for the first time always assumed that he had moved north only recently and when told that he had come to Leyland in 1939, always found it hard to believe. But that was Alf. A true gentleman, he will be sadly missed by his family and friends but not forgotten.
W.E.WARING.
Taken from the Lailand Chronicle (The journal of the Leyland Historical Society)
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1881 Census
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Census Place:Kirby Bedon, Norfolk, England
Source:FHL Film 1341471 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 1958 Folio 100 Page 17
MarrAgeSexBirthplace
John OSBORNEM30 MBerghapton, Norfolk, England
Rel:Head
Occ:Ag Lab
Maria OSBORNEM25 FKirby St Mary, Norfolk, England
Rel:Wife
Harriet OSBORNE 3 FKirby St Mary, Norfolk, England
Rel:Daur
Ellen OSBORNE 1 FKirby St Mary, Norfolk, England
Rel:Daur
1901 Census Reads:-PRO Reference Schedule Number
RG Number, Series Piece Folio Page
RG13 1853 87 16 90
Address
Road To River
Civil Parish Rural District
Bramerton
Town or Village or Hamlet Parliamentary Borough or Division
South Norfolk
Ecclesiastical Parish Administrative County
Bramerton St Peters Norfolk
County Borough, Municipal Borough or Urban District Ward of Municipal Borough or Urban District
John Osborne
Relation to Head of Family Condition as to Marriage Age Last Birthday Sex
Head M 50 M
Profession or Occupation Employment Status Where Born
Agricultural Labourer Worker Norfolk Berghapton
Language Infirmity
Maria Osborne
Relation to Head of Family Condition as to Marriage Age Last Birthday Sex
Wife M 40 F
Profession or Occupation Employment Status Where Born
Undefined Norfolk Kirby Bedon
Language Infirmity
Ellen Osborne
Relation to Head of Family Condition as to Marriage Age Last Birthday Sex
Daughter S 21 F
Profession or Occupation Employment Status Where Born
Undefined Norfolk Kirby Bedon
Language Infirmity
John Osborne
Relation to Head of Family Condition as to Marriage Age Last Birthday Sex
Son S 18M
Profession or Occupation Employment Status Where Born
Fisherman Worker Norfolk Kirby Bedon
Language Infirmity
Herbert Osborne
Relation to Head of Family Condition as to Marriage Age Last Birthday Sex
Son S 16 M
Profession or Occupation Employment Status Where Born
Agricultural Labourer Worker Norfolk Kirby Bedon
Language Infirmity
Arthur Osborne
Relation to Head of Family Condition as to Marriage Age Last Birthday Sex
Son S 13 M
Profession or Occupation Employment Status Where Born
Agricultural Labourer Worker Norfolk Kirby Bedon
Language Infirmity
Albert Osborne
Relation to Head of Family Condition as to Marriage Age Last Birthday Sex
Son S 8 M
Profession or Occupation Employment Status Where Born
Undefined Norfolk Bramerton
Language Infirmity